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    Running head: JUST SAY NO TO LEGALIZATION Just Say No to Legalization of Marijuana Your Name Your University Legalization of illicit drugs is a controversial topic. Proponents approach the issue from many vantage points. This paper will address two main arguments proponents of drug legalization put forth. First‚ they claim illicit drugs such as marijuana should be legalized due to medical value this drug is alleged to possess. They also claim that legalization would reduce crime. The

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    I meant to say good luck An AUBG teacher told a student: “Go break a leg” for good luck‚ and the student actually broke a leg during a performance. The teacher felt somewhat responsible as if he wished bad luck upon the student. I think the teacher was sorry for not using a simple “Good luck!” Furthermore there are a lot of phrases that are used to wish good luck but have a bad literal meaning as “Break a leg”. Most people use them without considering their literal meaning and history. The Oxford

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    COMMENTARY Every Woman’s Right to Say ‘No’ This article is an attempt to understand the interrelated triad of love‚ masculinity and sexuality in the context of the recent “love crime” episode at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. The naturalising of violence and masculinised love is not “exceptional” anymore‚ and the woman’s autonomy and right to say “no” have been subverted by their fear for safety. O n 31 July 2013‚ a student at the School of Languages‚ Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

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    Anne Curzan Says Who

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    In 2009‚ The Modern Language Association of America published the article " Says Who? Teaching and Questioning the Rules of Grammar" by Anne Curzan. She relates how a middle-aged man and a senior coleague questioned her teaching method. Curzan answered‚ " ...I believe that students... have the right to know where the prescriptive rules of written Standard English come from.’ ...all speakers have the right to make informed decisions about when those rules are appropiate for their writing." (870) The

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    William Carlos Williams’s short poem‚ "This Is Just to Say" is a brief confession of guilt and a plea for forgiveness. In the From World‚ Self‚ Poem: Essays on Contemporary Poetry from the "Jubilation of Poets‚ Stephen Matterson argues that “The poem‚ cast in the form of a note left on the refrigerator.” Matterson’s interpterion is logical and interesting‚ and I agree with it. In fact‚ there can be more than one side to the story since we cannot assume that the speaker is Williams himself. Fascinatingly

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    Say My Name Analysis

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    Say My Name” is a documentary by Nirit Peled. The film was shot in multiple locations such as Philadelphia‚ Detroit‚ Chicago‚ Atlanta‚ London‚ New York and L.A. In New York‚ there were such artists as Sparky Dee‚ Monie Love‚ Roxanne Shante‚ Queen Latifa and Chocolate Thai. Also there were immigrants to New York from other countries like Trinie from Trinidad. MCs from Detroit‚ Canada and Atlanta. Lastly in London‚ there was Estelle with Neo-Soul. There were multiple sub-genres shown in the films

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    It’s time to Say goodbye to “English fever” 俞佳霖111100048 A few days ago‚ the 2013 independent recruitment universities claimed to cancel the English examination‚ which caused a great debate. In the background that the fever of “English on all lips” has been cooling‚ people have to face the problems existed in English education system. Except English‚ maybe there is no other disciplines that cause such a “national movement” in China. In fact‚ the “English fever” in China has lasted for 30

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    punishment of death‚ use a first person word such as “I”‚ “me”‚ or “my” on any scholarly essay or paper (unless we were allowed to by the gods of English). All joking aside‚ this was an extremely serious rule‚ one that would seriously affect our grades were we not to follow it. However‚ as with many rules‚ people began to question them‚ and to argue as to why we still follow such an antiquated rule as that‚ and Ruth Behar’s article “Dare We SayI”” intends to explore this idea. To summarize her article

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    What do you think the psalmist is trying to say? This psalm has different meanings. I believe the psalmist is ultimately admonishing us to refrain from all forms of iniquity and evil‚ and instead encouraging us with a magnanimous opportunity to enjoy God’s blessing if we carefully obey His commands. How might this particular psalm apply today? I believe that this psalm is timeless. It has as much meaning today‚ as it did thousands of years ago. An example might be a former addict staying away from

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    Racism in Having Our Say

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    Having Our Say “The truth is you’re born a certain way and there’s some things you can change and some things you can’t” One of the many smart truthful things that Elizabeth Delany (Bessie) said. As Bessie and Sarah Delany (Sadie) grow up‚ the book Having our Say by Amy Hill Hearth and the two sisters follows every bit of the sisters lives through their own eyes just as they remembered it. As the two “colored” women are born and raised in the south they are raised on the campus of Saint Augustine’s

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