More than 106‚000 die yearly due to drugs. The War on Drugs started in the 1970s. It’s the government’s work to fight drug misuse and trafficking. Prez Nixon made this term popular. This has changed a lot over the past 50 years due to social and pull factors. This looks at how the War on Drugs began‚ its effects and if it works. Drugs go back to the 20th century. In the US‚ rules have been introduced for narcotics. The first drugs were herbs‚ plants‚ roots‚ vines‚ and fungi. Anyone could grow these
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A Sport that has been played for decades. Football is among the greatest sports played in history. That’s why it’s called America’s game. However‚ in the past few years‚ the sport has become very dull and unentertaining. The NFL has implemented rules and regulations that have taken the excitement from the sport. Some changes that can counter that‚ and make things more interesting. Stop taking away celebrations out of the game‚ Add more contact (bring the sport back to a contact sport)‚ and stop calling
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Good afternoon to Ms. Cheryl and my classmates‚ the topic for my interpretive speech today is ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’. This is an idiom which carries the meaning of - it is always possible to get something positive out of a situation‚ no matter how unpleasant‚ difficult or even painful it might seem. So‚ people always use this idiom to comfort others who are facing difficulties. First I want to tell about how I got to know about this idiom. In this semester‚ I was very stressed when
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Jem‚ who she looks up to as a role model. Her brother Jem‚ who is four years older than her. Scout and Jem understanding about Boo Radley changes gradually throughout the book. Scout and Jem were taught to see Boo Radley as the town’s lunatic. It has been said that Boo Radley had stabbed his father‚ been accused of killing animals. To talk about Boo in maycomb is like telling scary stories in the dark. The children have never seen him so they don’t know if he’s alive or real. “Boo was about six-and-a-half
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Reality TV Why is Reality Television (TV) so popular? What is it about shows in which they take normal people like you and me and put them on TV and expose every aspects of there lives. The personal‚ emotional‚ and physical characteristics of these people’s lives are broadcasted for millions of people to watch‚ as they compete to win a large sum of money. But in every show there are only one winner and the rest of the people going home usually empty handed. What is it that people find so entertaining
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Feminism Has Only Just Begun Levy‚ Ariel. "Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture." Reading Pop Culture: A Portable Anthology. Ed. Jeff Osbourne. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2013. 158-161. Print. In Ariel Levy’s article "Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture‚" she describes how raunch culture is a blow to more traditional feminist ideals. She describes how culture is changing and women are wearing less and less clothing. She also describes how she thinks this is damaging feminism. When Levy asked
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This I Believe In the article “Everyone Has Talent‚” Sajé‚ N (2015) talked about her experience of writing poems. Sajé said that she had taken a poetry class‚ and she had written a poem. Her professor and she had disappointed because that pome was not good. Later‚ Sajé went to her professor to ask him if she had talent or not. Her professor said that she had no talent. Sajé s did not give up‚ and she attended a writing workshop. She said‚ “I earned an “A.” Many years later‚ the professor
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The Harry Potter Franchise has influenced young people from all over the world. Whether someone is watching the movies or reading the books the effect on society is unquestionable. Harry Potter’s popularity is massive‚ because his appeal cuts across demographic and religious lines. The vast majority of teens regardless of gender‚ ethnicity‚ faith‚ or other characteristics have been personally exposed to the story. For instance‚ even a large majority of teenagers from groups that have objected most
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Explain why the auteurist theory has become so important to film analysis. What are some arguments against auteurist theory? How does auteurist theory affect the way that films are marketed? How does it affect the way that films are analyzed by critics and audiences? Please use an actual film/director/marketing campaign to illustrate your points. The auteur theory‚ when applied to directing a film‚ infers that the director is indeed the author of the film‚ imprinting it with his personal
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My reading has improved by taking this class this term. I learned how to read fiction by practice reading and analyzing the text. I have also learned strategies for my studies by analyzing textbooks and how to research. I learned reading skills for general reading too. That’s what I have learned by taking this class. When reading fiction‚ the reader need to analyze the text to understand what you are reading. This first thing the reader needs to know is the setting‚ that is the time and place
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