FAST Lives In Claire’s Sterk’s book‚ “Fast Lives: women who used crack cocaine”‚ she uses information from observation‚ conversations‚ interviews and group discussions to explain how using crack affects active users. She also shows how they started using‚ how they survived‚ how they developed and maintained relationships with friends and family‚ and how they were mothers and drug users at the same time. In addition‚ Sterk started Project FAST‚ the Female Atlanta Study to identify the impact of
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Rebecca Kempner-Strehlow Claire McCaskill After the retirement of Kit Bond in 2011‚ a new State Senator from Missouri arose. Claire Connor McCaskill‚ the American politician and member of the Democratic Party‚ was born on July 24‚ 1953. After defeating Republican opponent Jim Talent‚ she was elected as the first women U.S. Senate of Missouri by a margin of 49.6% to 47.3%. Before all of this happened‚ she served as Sate Auditor of Missouri for more than eight years. Before all of her great deeds
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Live fast and die young. They say age ain’t nothing but a number‚ but in this instance‚ the “they” that comprises the clichéd masses have it right. I’ve seen ageism permeate the thought patterns of my brethren and I’m here to put an end to it if it’s not already too late. I’ve heard brilliant youth told that they’re too young to know their shit and sage elders marginalized to irrelevancy. I’ve known cats in their sixties with their finger on the pulse and eighteen year olds that put the “L” in lame
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space to grow. As a result‚ the surrounding becomes a better place to live in. In fact‚ big cities where life is competitive and full of cold-hearted citizens usually face with more serious and complicated social evils than small villages. To summarize‚ my belief is that a slow-pace life helps make us joyful moments‚ deepen our relationship and prevent evils‚ as well. People apparently have the rights to decide what their own lives would be‚ however‚ they should all allow themselves to experience being
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Claire Standish is one of the teenagers spending her weekend in detention in the movie‚ The Breakfast Club. Claire represents the “popular” clique. Claire is known as a princess; she is spoiled and gets what she wants. Even though Claire has money‚ friends‚ and gets what she wants‚ she is still unhappy. Claire feels like she is misunderstood. Claire comes off as being conceded‚ but says that she hates being that way. Towards the end of the film‚ as the group open up to one another Claire says she
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Discuss some of the ways in which Claire Denis’s Chocolat uses familiar techniques in cinema to comment upon the relationship between the French Colonials and the native African inhabitants of French Cameroon. i The theme’s of colonisation and neocolonialism that are the driving force behind Claire Denis’s masterpiece Chocolat‚ can be highly attributed to her own personal experiences whilst spending her childhood in colonial Africa. Albeit a child‚ Denis’s complete immersion into colonial life
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People take an interest on different subjects‚ in the case of Claire Sterk her article “Tricking and Tipping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of Aids” is about the lives of prostitutes from the prostitutes view points. Topics include how they introduced themselves to the world of sex in exchange for money or drugs‚ the violence and abuse they encounter during work‚ and how many of the prostitutes managed to conclude that way of life. Sterk began her research due to her interest in women’s health
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answer your question?” Claire Standish is believed to be the princess of the “club”. But who is the real Claire? Claire is the real princess because of her appearance‚ her actions‚ her life‚ and her future. Claire presents herself exactly how she is stereotyped to be‚ a princess. She is extremely beautiful with lips that fit her 80’s style‚ and a petite nose. If she were to have long hair I would think of her as princess Ariel‚ because of the red hair she has. But instead Claire has a shorter cut.
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Many people are brought up to think that it is inappropriate to express anger directly; that it must not be tolerated; that it is always dangerous‚ to bottle it up and ignore it‚ to express it only in indirect ways or to use it as a weapon. The idea that anger is dangerous is not without a claim . Angry people are capable of great violence. However‚ anger is more than a simple destructive force .Anger is also a critically important part of what might be called the self-preservation and self-defense
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English 301 B 10 December 2011 How the Fast Food Affects Our Lives Many American children like eating fast food even though it is unhealthy because it is tasty and fast services. They do not have to wait for foods when they are hungry. They can receive foods within 10 or 15 minutes. Fast foods actually are very convenient for everybody when they do not have time to cook and have to have foods for children. However‚ there are the many serious effects of fast food to children. The children have
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