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    Drug War Nightmare Today’s society is known as the “Era of Color Blindness.” The war on drugs from the past to the future has not changed according to Michelle Alexander. The previous Jim Crowe law may be eradicated‚ but the law was brought back into effect by former president Ronald Reagan‚ known as the “War on Drugs.” The war on drugs that was put into effect by Ronald Reagan was targeted to lower class communities that had a violent crime rate. Focusing on the “Drug War” took light off a pressing

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    our nation today is the use of illegal drugs. Being fought against our own citizens‚ a national effort to eliminate drug production and use has failed leaving in its wake complete chaos. Assault‚ property crime‚ murder‚ corruption and many other things are burning through society fueled by the drug war’s policies. In addition to these problems there are the initial problems that illegal drug users inflict on themselves and society; the same ones the drug war was supposed to eliminate. Prohibition

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    War in the Cities Recently‚ Mexico has been facing a horrendous civil war. This internal conflict is coming from the country’s powerful drug leaders. This epic drug war was been taking place ever since these “cartels” relocated from the South American nation of Columbia to Mexico in the mid 1980s. since then ‚ this bloody conflict has arose several issues in Mexico. Mexico’s new president‚ Felipe Calderon‚ just recently launched an all out military campaign against these drug lords in

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    Exemplification Essay Organization and Essay Assignments Overview This is to help clarify our two essay assignments. The two 5-paragraph essays that we will write this semester will each have an introductory paragraph‚ three body paragraphs‚ and a conclusion paragraph. The first essay will be a simple expansion of the Exemplification (Example) Paragraph‚ so it will logically be about the same person you chose as the topic for your example paragraph. The second essay will be a basic Justification

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    Short Essay Questions 1. I was watching a new episode of White Collar an interesting‚ yet overly dramatic crime show and I distinctively remember four commercials. The first one was for some fancy restaurant that showed a nice juicy steak with a ton of appetizing food on the table. The next commercial‚ ironically‚ was for some gym that showed a man that had muscles in places I frankly didn’t know could gain muscle‚ the man was outrageously big. The next commercial was for another show by the same

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    The French and Indian war also known as the Seven Years War or The War That Made America‚ was a battle for colonial domination. The battles between the two colonies began when the Royal Charters had encouraged the British to expand their territory westward‚ but the colonists faced two opponents in their drive the French and Indians. The French did not want the English intruding on their monopoly‚ so the battle for land began. The first battle between the French and British was the Ohio River Valley

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    English 122: Composition II Ancillary Materials Avoiding Fallacies in Argument A logical fallacy is a mistake in reasoning that invalidates the claims that someone else is making. Fallacious reasoning is false or faulty reasoning. It often mimics logical argumentation in subtle ways. Certain varieties of fallacious reasoning are so prevalent that they have been given names. Many of the informal logical fallacies have Latin names because many of them were identified during the medieval period.

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    Cold War bring about Significant change in U.S Relations with Latin America? The Cold War period for the United States meant a shift in foreign policy‚ prioritizing ideological and anti-Communist issue. U.S policy towards Latin America notably changed in this respect to incorporate a heightened sense of hegemonic and interventionist power over the Americas differing from earlier U.S sovereignty in the region. This new change in policy mainly manifested itself in the area of Central America. During

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    It was 1920 and the war had left France devastated. After the war‚ our industries were destroyed‚ our economy collapsed‚ and our families ripped apart. Our lands and homes were gone; so we all had decided to leave and rebuild elsewhere in a land of opportunity. We were gathered on this ship in hopes of making a new life for ourselves. There were many men aboard‚ but even more women with children‚ perhaps going to meet their husbands already in America. One particular woman caught my attention. She

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    English Essay Notes! Intro: Drugs is a very big problem in the world many deaths are caused by taking drugs‚ over dosing and suicide. In this essay i will highlight the arguments for and against drugs and state my own opinion. Drugs are a very big problem in the world. Everywhere you look people are affected by them but even though they are common it doesn’t make them harmless.A drug is a chemical which is taken into your body if you are in pain or have an ilness which is legal‚ but other drugs such

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