DRINKING AGE The age of being considered “legal” in the U.S. is eighteen years old. You can be charged as an adult‚ run for legislature‚ can be held accountable for a contract‚ and join the military to risk your life but you still cannot drink a beer. In the mid 1930’s‚ the illegal drinking age in the U.S. was set to twenty one. However‚ during the Vietnam War‚ young people were risking their life for their country‚ so in consideration‚ twenty nine states lowered the legal drinking age to eighteen
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Carolina Quiroga April 02‚ 2012 Leslie Jones English 102 The Drinking Age and Young Adults. Because underage drinking is a major problem for young adults‚ the drinking age has become a very controversial issue. In the 1990’s‚ the drinking age was 18‚ but it was changed to 21 in 1984. The Federal Government informed states to choose between raising the drinking age to 21 or foregoing highway funding. This decision obviously affected 18 to 20 year olds who could no longer buy alcoholic beverages
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without thinking of their safety as well as others. They usually pay less attention on the road while they are driving. It is because they tend to do something else rather than focusing on driving. Talking phone at the same time of driving is the most serious one among all of the activities that disturbs people attention on their driving. Because of this reason‚ some people say that talking phone while driving should be banned. “Distraction has been identified as a contributing factor in
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heavy episodic drinking‚ also known as binge drinking. The definition of episodic drinking according to the World Health Organization (2013) is the consumption of at least 60 grams or more of pure alcohol on at least one occasion in the past seven days. Heavy Episodic Drinking‚ HED‚ is considered one of the leading indicators for accidents related to alcohol use. The WHO (2013) also notes that worldwide there are about 1.5% of drinkers who participate in a weekly episodic drinking occurrence. Due
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While You Were Sleeping While You Were Sleeping‚ composed by Randy Edelman and directed by Jon Turteltaub‚ includes good examples of a leitmotif. A leitmotif is a reoccurring piece of music associated with a specific character‚ event‚ theme‚ or mood. The two leitmotifs used in this movie are “Lucy’s Theme”‚ which is a slow‚ romantic‚ or even sad piece of music. The “Family Theme”‚ has a faster beat that goes back and forth and is quirky. The main characters in While You Were Sleeping are Lucy
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Jasmine Spears Mrs. Blevins English 110-15 October 11‚ 2013 Phone Use While Driving When driving‚ drivers should wait to use their phones unless there is an emergency if road side service is needed. Also drivers should be paying attention to the road signs and pedestrians instead of their cellphones. Drivers tend to lose attention while engaging cellphones which affords lives to be taken including the driver. “With advancing technology‚ the distractions to which drivers are exposed continue
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The drinking age be lowered to 18 "Alcohol is the drug of choice among America’s adolescents‚ used by more young people than tobacco or illicit drugs... [T]here are 10.1 million underage drinkers in the United States... 39% of current 8th graders‚ 58% of 10th graders‚ 72% of 12th graders‚ and 85% of college students have tried alcohol.” -The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in their fact sheet titled "Underage Drinking" on report.nih.gov. Apparently keeping the drinking age at 21 is not
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billion drinks each year. Underage drinkers make lots of money for the alcohol industry! Alcohol consumption is the most common type of substance abuse in teenager. What causes this problem to be occurring? Peer pressure is a leading cause of teenage drinking. Many teenagers turn alcohol as a way to cope like stress‚ anxiety‚ depression and life change. The drugs act on nerve cells in the brain and alcohol initially serves as a stimulant‚ and then induces the feelings of relaxation and reduced anxiety
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her little girl‚ Angela Hayes. She thinks of the arrangement of leasing three boards to show her dissatisfaction to the citzens of Ebbing because of truth that no one has been sentenced for the murder of her little girl. The billboards read "Raped While Dying"‚ "And Still No Arrests?"‚ and "How Come‚ Chief Willoughby?". She advises the Police Department that they should be doing their jobs instead of targeting minorities. At first‚ everybody is stunned by this surprising move and the police are
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-THE CHOICE IS YOURS- Topic: Drinking and driving. General Purpose: To inform. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the dangers and outcomes of drinking and driving. Central Idea: Today‚ I will first explain the effects alcohol can have on a person’s body‚ secondly‚ the financial consequences of drunk driving and finally‚ how driving under the influence has impacted our society. Introduction A. Attention Getter: May 14‚ 1988. The worst bus accident in American history occurred
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