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Smokey Restaurants
Number of Words: 610 / Number of Pages: 3
... of nicotine odors ruining many meals. The Onion, located in downtown Spokane, requires that all smoking be done in the bar area. The bar is separated from the main restaurant by a gate. I ate lunch at this restaurant, and while I was there smoke from the bar drifted to my table and spoiled my lunch. The non- smoking policy is catching on in various public places and restaurants taking on the same policy would solve this problem of spoiled meals caused by cigarette smoke. Enclosed smoking sections is also a solution to . Enclosed smoking areas have solved the cigarette odor problem for public Bing ha ...
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Heroin
Number of Words: 1228 / Number of Pages: 5
... entire metamorphosis starts with the opium poppy plant. This flower is grown chiefly by impoverished farmers in remote regions of the world. The opium poppy flourishes in the dry, warm climates of countries such as Turkey, Pakistan, Laos and Colombia. After three months, the flower’s petals fall away, exposing an egg-shaped seed pod. The opaque, milky sap is extracted from the seed pod by slitting it vertically in parallel cuts with a special curved knife. When the sap oozes out, it forms a thick, brownish-black gum which is then bundled into bricks, cakes or balls and wrapped in plastic or leaves. ...
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Imperialism
Number of Words: 385 / Number of Pages: 2
... And social causes also
led to imperialism. Many people believed the word of Rudyard Kipling, who said
it was the white mans burden to educate the people of the underdeveloped world,
spread the customs of what they perceived was a superior western culture, and to
convert people to Christianity, since it was believed that the souls of the non-
believers would not be saved.
The new era of imperialism brought about important and farreaching
effects. Through the creation of global empires, the imperial powers helped
spread the Industrial Revolution and the capitalist system around the ...
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Electoral Basis Of The Two-Par
Number of Words: 1140 / Number of Pages: 5
... system is less a photograph of opinion is a projection of the party system.”
According to this statement, Duverger expresses that “the general development of parties tries to emphasize their deviation from the democratic regime [which is a mode of system of rule or government].” The electoral processes are gradually losing ground in the appointment of leaders by nomination or co-option. Because of this fact, “discipline among members is tightened both by these material means and by an even greater effort of propaganda and persuasion which leads them to venerate the Party and its leaders and to believe ...
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Differences Between Bureaucrat
Number of Words: 1124 / Number of Pages: 5
... Oct. 28, 97). This of course deprived the hereditary aristocracy of power 'they had enjoyed during the period of division, when appointments had been made by recommendation, and opened government service to a somewhat wider class of people...' (Schirokauer, p.103). For the first time, men who entered office through examination could attain the highest office, even that of Chief Minister. Examination graduates earned (earn being the operative word) prestige, and even though officials still entered government by other means such as family connections, at the same time the literati and thus the bureau ...
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Desensitized America
Number of Words: 658 / Number of Pages: 3
... are the instances that are just as tragic but get less press. So many times we hear of children bringing guns to school, teens that play around with guns that don’t belong to them, and someone gets hurt or even dies.
In the summer before I was in eighth grade a boy in the class ahead of me was killed by a gun when he and his cousin were having target practice. I cannot even remember the details of that tragedy, and that happened in my own town. I am sure that many of you have your own memories of instances in your hometowns, but sometimes they seem less important when compared to the “bigger” ...
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Conflicts And Relationships
Number of Words: 1703 / Number of Pages: 7
... lover Cassio who happens to be his trusted lieutenant. This scheming by Iago to conceals his jealousy of Desdemona marrying Othello and allows him revenge against Othello for eloping with Desdemona. Iago knows he must gain the respect of Othello. “In good time, must his Lieutenant be”(I.i.32). Iago has the stage set to take advantage of Othello’s suspicion of Cassio. He then convinces Othello that her infidelity is true as he saw Cassio with Desdemona’s handkerchief. “By Heaven, that should be my handkerchief”(IV.i.147). This whole scene then plays in to Iago’s plan “And to see how he prizes the foolis ...
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The Rise And Fall Of American Communism
Number of Words: 5580 / Number of Pages: 21
... The advent of the Second World War and the Korean War, however, once again heightened the American government’s desire to control public opinion so as to increase the effectiveness of the American war-machine. This time, the government’s more fervent and, even more relentless, attacks on foreign ideas reduced the membership and the prestige of the American Communist Party to a minimum, diminishing its political presence and influence. Although it would be foolish to maintain that the actions of the Soviet government in no way influenced the popularity of communism in America, it is fair to say tha ...
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School Uniforms
Number of Words: 398 / Number of Pages: 2
... a positive view on the subject. Similarly, a student might want to wear green colored clothing to show his or her support for St. Patrick's day. would end both of those examples listed within this paragraph and many, many more. The last issue that needs to be addressed is the unnecessary burden that will be placed upon those families of limited resources. Many low-income families do not have the money available to furnish uniforms to their children. They can barely make ends meet with the help of charities and social programs. In Polk County, Florida, the school board is trying to pass legislation th ...
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Handling Stress
Number of Words: 2047 / Number of Pages: 8
... is or can cause stress². CAUSES OF STRESS There are many different things that cause stress. One may be if you have a big term paper due and you want to do your best to impress your seminar leader. Another may be peer or family related. All in all it is things, events, situations, and people that cause stress. It is how we perceive them that will determine whether or not stress will be a result from the encounter. Not only negative situations are the cause of stress. Joy and happiness can also cause stress even though they are positive. In a sense, it is we then who choose our own stressors. Selye note ...
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