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    PROHIBITON LEADS TO ORGANIZED CRIME “Dry America”: The First Phase * The initial impact of the prohibition was what was expected – a decline in drinking. The national consumption of alcohol declined 1 1/4th gallon per capita during the war years. (1921 – 1922). Although alcohol use rose again after the war‚ it never reached the height it had in the pre-war days. * Alcoholism as a medical problem severely dropped and many hospitals closed their alcoholism wings because of lack of patients

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    Key Judgments Background: Three Generations of Stealth The first generation of the Lockheed Martin U-2 was created in 1955 and was labeled U-2A. It was developed to allow the U.S. a glimpse into the Soviet Union. It was in direct response to the Soviet’s development of the Myasishchev M-4 bomber (“Hammer”) and the alleged bomber gap. President Eisenhower called for designs of a stealth aircraft that could fly near and over Soviet airspace without the risk of being shot down. It was developed by

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    is needed‚ one area that this paper will shine light on is the opportunities women have within soccer. Women have come far in making developments in equality in most parts of the world. However there is still a visible distinction in equality‚ especially when looked at within sport. Sport develops differently dependant on the culture it is situated in and the same goes for the equality and opportunity given to women. Different cultures have progressed differently and many maintain different viewpoints

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    lives‚ especially when entering into the United States. They are a popular minority group in America that is strongly discriminated against. They face every day struggles that make their lives that much more difficult. Muslim women in particular is what I am going to be discussing in my research paper. Women in general‚ are still being discriminated against in the world today‚ but being a Muslim women in America‚ has unthinkable consequences and daily hardships that many of us American’s could not begin

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    Women in Classical Athens vs. Women in America Women in classical Athens‚ according to many of the accounts of women’s position in the Greek city-state‚ lived a life of domestic slavery. Men controlled politics and societal influence in the public setting‚ so the lives of women were no different from foreigners or slaves who also had no civil rights. The lives of women in classical Athens greatly contrasts the lives of women in America today; however both share similar family obligations. While

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    Oral Lore from Pre-Colonial Times: Before the colonizer invades the Philippines our ancestors had already developed the oral tradition which is said to be the start of the Philippine literature. Even on the precolonial period‚ studies shows that early Filipinos had grew in accordance with what surrounds them and truly dependent to nature. When the Spaniards came some of our ancestor had preserve this oral lore through living away from the center of colonization thus they able to continue

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    In part 1 of Makers: Women Who Make America it talks about how it was complicated for women in society‚ because they weren’t treated equally as men. People viewed women as being less capable of what man could do. When they interviewed …… she explain how women weren’t able to run in the Boston marathon. She had a good interest in running and thought women should be able to run in the marathon as well. So she sign up for the race with just her initials‚ and when she was in the race everyone was surprised

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    of Latin American Women Workers looks at the livelihood of women in Latin America that have come to work in the factories in the early 1900s. This book focuses on the integration of customary work with accounts of issues of women. It also accounts on the exploitation and work of females in the labor of industry in the mid 1900s. It investigates the mind of working women. The essays show an abundance of stories concerning the lives of women as kids‚ parents‚ workers and women with their hand in

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    this paper I would like to take a closer look at Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road‚ in context of the Beat Generation‚ in comparison to Ernest Hemingway‚ the leader of the Lost Generation. This paper tries to show the differences and the agreements between the two literary streams and how it influenced the two particular authors. Therefore‚ the paper starts with a definition of the Lost Generation and Hemingway in particular‚ and then I will try to deal with different aspects of Jack Kerouac’s novel

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    Comparing and Contrasting the Colonial Regions Established in British North America British North America by the mid 1700’s consisted of three major regions. The New England region included the colonies of Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island. The Middle Region included the colonies of New York‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey and Delaware. The Southern Region‚ also known as the Chesapeake Colonies‚ included the Maryland‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and

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