Shoo Long ENG 1010 July 13‚ 2010 Crack and the Box “Crack and the box” was written by Pete Hamill. In this short essay the narrator explains his thoughts on a very common topic of addiction. He compares crack which is a drug to the box which in this case would be a television. The narrator speaks of his time as a reporter interviewing many different crack addicts some which were his personal friends. He explains that they cannot break
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In "Crack and the Box" Pete Hamill explains why he feels that watching television in excess has the same effects on you as doing drugs. He begins to state that both drugs and television have the effect of escaping a person from reality. If you are blocking everyone out while your watching television you are doing pretty much the same thing as you would drugs because using drugs make you feel like you are in your own little world like television can make you feel if you let it. Hamill’s idea is
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The drinking age has been something that has changed a lot throughout the United States history. There’s been a debate for years whether the drinking age should stay at age 21 or be lowered to 18 or even lower. Medical research shows that when your 21 your brain is fully matured‚ thus that being the reason the legal drinking age is 21. With that fact‚ though‚ there does seem some injustice to it‚ some rights that we as Americans feel we should have at age 18. The legal drinking age should be lowered
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African Americans‚ but also for the LGBT community and women. With the emergence of America as a media savvy economic powerhouse post the World Wars‚ a tide sort of changed within the community of women. According to Sara Evans in the selection “Cracks in the Mold‚” women in the 1950s recognized they were somewhat limited to performing the dutiful tasks of motherhood‚ but many were outright no longer finding fulfillment in such rolls (176). Evans describes the complexities of sexism in the United
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The most thought provoking read from the selection was “Crick Crack” by Merle Collins. Interweaved within her poem are lessons- from those lessons the reader is afforded the opportunity to learn from Collins. Collins alludes to the history of Africa in the final stanza of her poem with “until lions have their own historians‚ they say‚ tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter.” This is true in a since that when a person does not know their history they are targets of misinformation. Often we
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Summary – “The Box”‚ by Marc Levinson. Princeton 2006 Marc Levinson brings together in his book “The Box”‚ How The Shipping Container Made The World Smaller And the World Economy Bigger‚ a history in unitised freight handling in its birthplace‚ and shares with us an education in obsession‚ innovation‚ and invention. He describes through his main character‚ Malcom McLean‚ how to do business by integrating shipper‚ transporter‚ and customer in controlled logistics/ in a smooth supply chain. Further
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There have been questions regarding cocaine along the lines of “Aren’t crack cocaine and powder cocaine the same drug?” and the answer is yes. Do they result in the same penalties under the court of law if caught possessing such drugs? Well‚ in a way‚ both yes and no. The same penalties are given for the same conviction‚ however‚ both must meet different requirements in order for the same punishment to be given. So then what’s the difference between the two? Scientifically‚ there is no chemical difference
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In Seneca’s essay “On Noise” the reader initially encounters a hypothetical array of distractions that the speaker has set forth in order to prove a point. In this essay‚ the speaker discusses two types of distractions: external distractions that detract from one’s senses‚ and internal distractions that detract from one’s sense of reason. The speaker goes back and forth between the distractions discussing the various effects of each type. In “On Noise” Seneca illustrates that in order for one
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The significance of my title “El Crack” comes from nicknames given to soccer players who do amazing things in the field from their hard training hours. Meanwhile‚ my father and uncle both loved to play soccer; they eventually made me go outside to play soccer with them at a young age. They commented on how I could become a soccer prodigy with the amount of skill I had as an amuetuer player. Next‚ I played soccer for about a year it didn’t go so well for me and my team. On the other hand‚ I trained
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How to crack a website n previous articles‚ we ’ve looked at protecting your online business in relation to credit card fraud and web site hacking‚ but another very important aspect of online security focuses on your most important tool - the computer you use to run your business. Many of us involved in ecommerce choose to work from home - it ’s a comfortable environment‚ we can dress the way we want‚ save time and money in travel and be close to our loved ones. But if the computer you use
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