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    bit of food choices would you eat the school food I won’t that’s why I’m writing about why the school lunch should be changed. Will you eat a food that looks unappetizing and that it’s expired?‚ I wouldn’t and most of the students in my class and in the school wouldn’t either because there has been students that had gotten milk that has been expired for days and some of the food is frozen and one thing that almost no one likes about the school food is the smell that makes me and some of the students

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    The 1960s was an era that changed America in so many ways. While many of the changes were in Civil Rights and in humanity in general‚ another change would come in the form of science and even the way we look at body armor and self protection in general. 1967 was the year in which a the world would have been introduced to Kevlar. Kevlar Not only influenced our military it also has changed the face of everyday American products. Discovered in 1965 an American chemist with the name of Stephanie Kwolek

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    GETTER: During the 19th century‚ prohibition was a nationwide act that banned the production‚ importation‚ transportation‚ and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. Prohibition attempted to reduce alcoholism‚ family violence‚ and deaths from alcohol‚ however‚ this national act failed due to the difficulty of enforcement and from the few that supported it. STILL ALCOHOLISM‚ ALCOHOL NOT THE ONLY REASON FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE‚ HARD TO ENFORCE. To begin‚ prohibition tried to stop alcoholism and

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    Once Prohibition was enacted congress had soon become disengaged with the movement‚ because many Politicians were drinking despite the law. Subsequently congress never provided proper funding for any type of reinforcement for the extensive violations of the Volstead act. Even those who strongly supported prohibition were reluctant to produce or request additional funding‚ because revealing to the public how severe violations had become would be compromising to the cause. This weakness allowed street

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    Contrary to popular belief prohibition was not as effective as legislation designed. The amendment was designed to protect the United States as public drunkenness was seen as threat to the nation. Additionally‚ it was designed to crush and eliminate crime‚ corruption‚ improve social conditions‚ decrease the need for welfare and prisons‚ and improve the overall health of Americans. It is estimated the United States did see a dramatic drop of “30 percent in alcohol consumption” (Nara). Additionally

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    show prospects in equality of gender. However‚ many illegal activity began due to the eighteenth amendment enacted on January 16th‚ 1920. The eighteenth amendment was ratified to decrease drunkenness and family abuse when consumed alcohol. The prohibition interdicted the manufacture‚ distribution‚ and sale of alcohol in the United States. Thus‚ contributed in the creation of bootlegging liquor business as a complex criminal enterprise and many other illegal activities. Bootlegging was an illegal

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    The human mind is easily distracted! You can either be the cause of these distractions or other stimuli will be the cause but rest assured peo- ple WILL BE distracted because the human mind is gullible. The human mind responds quickly to these three forms of stimuli •Sex •Humor •FEAR But the greatest of them all is FEAR! BTW – on the positive side we have faith‚ hope‚ love‚ but the greatest of these is LOVE. Fear usually takes the form of what is called “Scarcity Thought” You are

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    As Prohibition commenced in 1920‚ progressives envisioned an age of moral and social reform. As early as 1916‚ some 26 out of 48 states were already dry‚ and once the United States entered the first world war‚ Prohibition became identified with patriotism. This was the peak of progressive reform: to a generation of Protestant reformers‚ using the power of the state to regulate the anarchy of the industrial city and improve the lot of ordinary workers seemed only natural and reasonable. By December

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    Why America Will Remain a Superpower Daryl Waldron HUM/114 September 29‚ 2014 Lisa Hunt Why America Will Remain a Superpower It seems that I can’t turn on the news without being bombarded with opinions and gossip about the so called inevitable decline of the United States as a superpower. Every day there is more bad news about the United States that only appears to confirm this idea. The country appears chaotic‚ with civil unrest in certain areas‚ government shutdowns‚ weak economic recovery

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    Emily Tracey Assess the view that the policy of National Prohibition (1919-1933) created more problems than it solved. Prohibition introduced to America in the January of 1919‚ then passed through the Volstead Act in the January of 1920‚ prohibited the consumption of alcohol that contained more than 0.5 per cent‚ unless given by health care professionals as medication. It was believed by some that the banning of alcohol would help to improve the lives of American people. It was hoped that

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