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    Saving Water

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    The Solution is in the Tips of our Hands. "We think this water may one day be lost to us forever‚" a phrase said by Mohanbhai G. Patel‚ a hopeless well owner from India mentioned on the essay Water Pressure‚ presented in the book Green. This essay portrays a great understanding of how humans can change the water scarcity problem in remote places‚ such as villages in India and Africa‚ by just spreading their knowledge and showing methods that will decrease the effect of this ceaseless issue.

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    manufacturing and distribution of alcohol illegal. All in hopes of seizing violence and drunkenness. Needless to say it did the exact opposite … and the some. With to world in economic decline and many people out of work people saw this new “law” as an opportunity. Criminal opportunity. Everything that prohibition was suppose to fix got way way way worse. Arrests for prohibition violations had increased 102%. Arrests for drunkenness and drunken or disorderly conduct had increased 41%. Arrests for drunken drivers

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    wineries are all places where one can purchase alcohol. Dram Shop laws are unfair and unjust. Establishments should not be held accountable for personal decisions patrons make because drunkenness can be hidden or could not take effect until after the patron left the establishment. Many degrees of drunkenness cannot be detected. If a patron is clearly intoxicated‚ establishments should be held accountable if they do not try to provide an alternate mode of transportation for the safety of the

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    Sherilyn Ostrom Mrs. Raftery ENG-101-OL11 November 9th‚ 2014 Drunkenness “Be always drunken” is the words poet Charles Baudelaire claims in his poem “Get Drunk”. A deviation from the normal definition of drunk‚ this poet is exclaiming happiness. Not by just what he writes about in his poem‚ but by whatever brings a person happiness. After reading this poem‚ the poet makes the reader take a step back to look at life. Charles Baudelaire simply puts it in his poem to live stress free‚ find happiness

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    Translations‚ word origin‚ and more definitions Essay | Define Essay at Dictionary.com dictionary.reference.com/browse/essay Dictionary.com essay definition. A short piece of writing on one subject‚ usually presenting the author’s own views. Michel de Montaigne‚ Francis Bacon‚ and Ralph Waldo Emerson are celebrated for their essays. Essay - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster ... www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essay Merriam‑Webster a : effort‚ attempt; especially : an initial tentative

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    Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems‚ such as those connected with existence‚ knowledge‚ values‚ reason‚ mind‚ and language. It is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical‚ generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument.The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia)‚ which literally means "love of wisdom. Skepticism is a philosophical attitude that‚ in its most extreme form‚ questions the possibility

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    matching her description walking along the side of the road‚ carrying what appeared to be clothing. Once the officer reached the location of the woman‚ he recognized her—Mary Jones—as being an individual he had arrested several times before for public drunkenness‚ resisting arrest‚ possession of a controlled substance‚ felony larceny‚ and prostitution. Officer Marconi anticipated that this could be a very challenging situation because Jones did not like law enforcement‚ tended to be aggressive‚ and had‚

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    To react to that address‚ Sagan then gives a quote from Montaigne (who in 1580 distributed the first book ever on expositions) that inquiries man’s capability to impart‚ not creatures’ capacity to convey. (Overlook the commentary in the paper‚ yet read it later‚ affirm?) The main sentence of the fourth passage

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    the American Temperance Society‚ the Womens Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)‚ the Anti-Saloon League‚ and Carrie Nation‚ causing nineteen states to ratify their constitutions and ban alcohol. . They used propaganda to compare the slave-trade to drunkenness‚ including their most popular quote: “A slave had lost control of his body‚ a drunkard lost control of his soul” (Rorabaugh 214). With the ratification of the 16th amendment (that created income taxes)‚ the government no longer needed the liquor

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    AlanWatts  Alan Watts or Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher‚ writer‚ and speaker who popularized and interpreted Eastern Philosophy for the ... Read More Albert Camus  A Nobel Prize laureate‚ Albert Camus was the French Algerian philosopher‚ author and journalist‚ much renowned worldwide for his contribution in ... Read More Albert Schweitzer  Albert Schweitzer was a German born French theologian‚ organist‚ philosopher‚ physician‚ and medical missionary. His notable work is in founding

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