"Babylon Revisited" by F Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald is known as the spokesman of the "Lost Generation" of Americans in the 1920s. The phrase‚ "Lost Generation‚" was coined by Gertrude Stein "to describe the young men who had served in World War I and were forced to grow up to find all Gods dead‚ all wars fought‚ all faiths in man shaken" (Charters 489). Fitzgerald exemplified the generation that Stein defined. His family‚ with help from an aunt‚ put him through preparatory school and
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WEED OCT. 1‚ 2014 ADDITION makes 24 varieties of liquid spices for cocktails and a line of hot sauces for beer. The spices come in flavors like curry‚ cardamom‚ Thai green chili and clove and are packaged in small bottles with eyedropper tops so bartenders and party hosts can use them in specialty drinks. Based in Seattle‚ the company was founded by Matt Hemeyer‚ a sales director‚ and Eric Salenski‚ an aerospace
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André Santiago Beires – DEC 15 (20) Sample REPORT Introducing the Caipirinha in Australia Executive Summary The Caipirinha is a drink considered the symbol of Brazil‚ traditionally prepared with sugar‚ lemon‚ ice and a Brazilian alcoholic beverage called cachaça. It can be well appreciated in several occasions. Recently a Brazilian young man studying in Sydney came up with the idea of exporting the drink to Australia. However he recognizes that there may be cross-cultural issues in introducing
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WHAT IS POLICING? This essay will describe policing‚ and the role that is carried out by a number of professionals and ordinary people in our society. It will briefly illustrate how they help to control social order in the community. It will briefly describe the profession of the police‚ and that of community police‚ security guards‚ customs officers‚ and bouncers‚ and how they have helped‚ and continue to help reduce crime‚ and attempt to maintain order in our society today. Policing is
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fulfilling economic‚ social and biological needs. The concept of spare time is a required factor in defining leisure however it raises contradictions. An example of this is the crossover I experienced between my occupation and social life. As an employed bartender I have been invited to social events by work colleagues for the sake of networking. Events like these blur the line between work and leisure time. Simply having the time to indulge in leisure does not suffice a definition; we must understand the
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AL Capone Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit‚ which subsequently also became known as the "Capones"‚ was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor‚ and other illegal activities‚ such as prostitution‚ in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931. Born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Italian immigrants‚ Capone became involved with gang activity at a young age after having been expelled from school at age
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secret locations of breweries. Prohibition agents Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith drew upon less sophisticated tactics. Once inside an illegal barroom‚ they would place an order‚ pour the liquor down a funnel and into their pockets‚ and then arrest the bartender. When word of their tricks spread among bar owners‚ Einstein and Smith began to wear elaborate disguises. By some estimates the pair made four thousand arrests in five
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employee‚ who is also known as a barista. While most Americans became familiar with the term after the coffee industry explosion in the 1980s and 1990s‚ the original term for barista stems from the Italian words meaning "barman" or "barmaid" or bartender. In Italy‚ baristas are trained mixologists familiar with alcoholic‚ non-alcoholic and espresso based drinks. Working behind a counter‚ serving hot and cold drinks‚ most Italian baristas are more familiar with espresso-based drinks than any other
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Al Capone was an American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s. On January 17‚1899 in Brooklyn New York‚ Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born to Italian immigrants Gabriele and Teresina Capone. Capone’s father was as a barber‚ and his mother was a seamstress.Gabriele and Teresina had seven sons and two daughters‚ of whom Alphonse was the fourth oldest.Capone’s life of crime began
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In the Novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden’s dream is to stop children from growing up. He would imagine thousands of children playing in a field and on one side‚ there is a cliff. He would hide somewhere until a child came close to the edge of a cliff and then he would come out and stop them from falling off and catch them if they fell. To Holden‚ growing up means becoming normal and joining the fake‚ phony world. He is afraid of growing up because he does not want to be responsible‚ does not
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