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    The 1920’s was filled with many new social movements created in order to improve the country. While some changes benefited the nation‚ others seemed to backfire. On January 17‚ 1920‚ prohibition was passed which prevented the consumption and production of alcohol (History.com Staff). Although this became a national amendment‚ millions chose to turn a blind eye toward this reformation. Alcohol was secretly made and imported to the United States and became a guilty pleasure of most Americans. Speakeasies

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    Prohibition was when the government made the using selling and making of alcohol highly illegal . This had many affects on our way of life which you can still find there’s changes in our society today . After the government made alcohol illegal many people still tried ways to make money selling the illegal product . One thing that happened in many large cities was the rise of speakeasies . Theses were like our now day bar people would go out to have a drink and just have a good time allround . Prohibition

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    is also depleted‚ although only to about 80% of the Sun’s helium composition. This depletion may be a result of precipitation of these elements into the interior of the planet.[21] Abundances of heavier inert gases in Jupiter’s atmosphere are about two to three times that of the Sun. Based on spectroscopy‚ Saturn is thought to be similar in composition to Jupiter‚ but the other gas giants Uranus

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    UAE Facts The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was formed as a federation of seven emirates (Abu Dhabi‚ Dubai‚ Sharjah‚ Ajman‚ Ras Al Khaimah‚ Fujairah‚ Umm Al Quwain)‚ which came together as one state on the 2nd of December 1971. The federal capital of UAE is Abu Dhabi and it is ruled by the President of the UAE‚ Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan UAE Timeline 1760 The Baniyas Tribe finds fresh water on the island of Abu Dhabi and decides to settle there. 1790

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    After having won their independence from Great Britain in 1781‚ the nation of America put into action the first constitution of the United States of America‚ the Articles of Confederation. This constitution ultimately failed as it did not give congress and the national government enough power to govern over the people of America. After much debate‚ a Constitutional Convention was called to reconsider “the situation of the United States”‚ and ended up ratified a new constitution in the hope of bringing

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    Should We End Marijuana Prohibition? Paula J. Telisczak March 4‚ 2012 Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Safiyyah- Al Amin The subject of legalizing marijuana or keeping illegal has been an ongoing debate for some 40 years. America is getting closer to having the ban on the “devil weed” lifted‚ with approximately eight states now allowing marijuana for medicinal purposes. While the use of marijuana has been connected to a rise in criminal activity in some communities

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    My Part a lot of coastal shipping‚ especially around the Seto Inland Sea‚ pays for the lack of sailing rivers. The Pacific coastline south of Tokyo is described by long‚ narrow‚ gradually low inlets produced by sedimentation‚ which has created a lot natural harbors. The Japanese islands are the best of mountain ridges uplifted near the end of the continental shelf. About 73 percent of Japan’s area is made of mountains‚ and scattered plains and intermontane basins cover only about 25 percent

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    Gunleen Deol 5/14/16 Mr. Bauer Pd. 2 The Failed Ventures of Benito Mussolini From an early age‚ Benito Mussolini was greatly impacted by his father who restrained from showing much affection toward him but advocated his political beliefs strongly. As a result‚ Mussolini became increasingly involved in politics‚ initially siding with the socialists but eventually shifting to the right upon foreseeing great ventures for Italy during World War I. He served in the Italian army during the war but later

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    A time when I failed was towards the end of my school year second semester‚ when in the tenth grade studying for my Honors Biology class. I studied for hours and hours for my EOC that was coming up ad was very getty about how I was taking responsibility of everything. The day of the test I was For sure that I was going to pass without hesitation. Mistakenly I was wrong and my ego and pride literally dropped to the floor once I received the results. I took it really hard with horrible expectations

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    STATEMENT OF FACTS 1. Mr.Saurav Shukla and Mr.Rahul Reddy‚ businessmen from Hyderabad entered into a 1year contract from 1st April 2008 to March 2009 with each other. 2. According to the contract Mr.Saurav would supply goods to Mr.Rahul by 5th of every month‚ the payment of which should be received by the 10th of the same month. 3. They couldn’t have more than 1 supplier for the same kind of goods at the same time. 4. On 1st February‚ 2009 they met at a common friend’s party where Mr.Rahul proposed

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