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    pregnancies in the province. In 2006 there were 265 cases of teenage pregnancies; 293 cases in 2007; 305 cases in 2008; 342 cases in 2009; 472 in 2010‚ and 248 cases from January to June this year. Topping the causes of teenage pregnancies is drunkenness which occurs mostly in boarding houses and public places. “Due to lack of guidance of parents‚ teenagers tend to be influenced by their peers‚” Baguidudol said adding that when they got drunk they did not know what they are doing. She also mentioned

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    such as United Hebrew Charities and United Charities of Chicago‚ found the most common reasons for desertion by immigrant husbands to be “another woman”; “immorality of husband or wife or both”; “temperamental incompatibility”; “shiftlessness and drunkenness”; “economic factors like unemployment and financial depression”; “illness”; and “family interference. In the old country a child who did not obey or respect his parents

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    nerves responsible for sensation and mobility. To sum it up‚ alcoholism causes severe brain damage. Finally‚ alcoholism distorts the mental state of mind where the drinker’s consciousness will fade according to the inflicted effect and degree of drunkenness. It will ultimately force the person into a state of self-denial which will render him or her practically useless and almost without dignity. The effects render the reality of the drinker as an illusion‚ such that there are no boundaries to what

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    Julia Miller. The first of these three‚ Chase Henry‚ explained the theme regret very well. In life Chase Henry was the town drunkard. When Chase Henry died the priest of Spoon River denied him burial in the holy ground. Henry regretted his drunkenness because of his quote “Take note ye prudent and pious souls‚ of those cross-currents

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    Ira Hayes Ira Hamilton Hayes was an Akimel O’odham‚ or Pima Native American‚ and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community. A veteran of World War II’s Battle of Iwo Jima‚ Hayes was trained as a Paramarine in the United States Marine Corps (USMC)‚ and became one of five Marines‚ along with a United States Navy corpsman‚ immortalized in the iconic photograph of the flag raising on Iwo Jima. On February 19‚ 1945‚ Hayes took part in the landing on Iwo Jima. He then participated in the

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    close to the edge of the train platform as the train approaches; he pulls her to safety just in time. Inside the train‚ Gyeon-woo cannot help but stare at the girl wavering back and forth. He is slightly attracted to her but also repulsed by her drunkenness. Finally‚ she throws up on a passenger and faints but not before she calls Gyeon-woo "honey". The passenger aggressively chides Gyeon-woo and tells him to take care of his girlfriend. Gyeon-woo‚ completely flustered‚ carries her all the way to the

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    banning spray paint sales to people under the age of 16‚ it gives local councils the power to order the removal of graffiti from private property. It also specifically addresses truancy‚ crack houses‚ and false reports of emergency‚ fireworks‚ public drunkenness and gang activity. Crime & disorder act 1998 (c.37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act was published on 2 December 1997 and received Royal Assent in July 1998. Its key areas were the introduction of Anti-Social Behaviour

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    The ratification of the 18th amendment of the U.S. Constitution‚ which banned the manufacture‚ transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors known as prohibition. The Prohibition era had its positive and negative affects on America and its culture during the era. In the 1820 and 30s‚ a wave of religious awakening swept the United States‚ leading to increased calls for temperance. Women and anti-saloons groups were a driving cause for prohibition; in 1916 Woodrow Wilson signed the Sheppard act‚

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    The impeachment proceedings against Blount‚ however‚ were dismissed since he no longer held office. For examples‚ the first impeachment and found guilty was Judge John Pickering of New Hampshire. In March‚ of 1804‚ the judge was found guilty of drunkenness and unlawful rulings. Many believed that his mind had become unbalanced‚ when he was removed from office after the guilty verdict and then died one year

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    and the rich had influenced things like the hiring and firing of politicians‚ the old judges‚ the college presidents. Some fundamentalist strongly support strongly supported and succeeded in reducing the consumption of alcohol as well as public drunkenness and drink-related diseases. There were also two types of definitions of freedom‚ with fundamentalist Christians‚ strongest in rural areas of the South and West‚ clung to the traditional idea

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