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Teenage Parenthood

Marijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which ...

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Affirmative Action

The program is important because it gives job opportunities for many people regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, and national origin. The work force should be well represented by the different ethnic backgrounds of our society. Some people look at as reverse discrimination, but ...

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The History Of Phamaceutical Compounding

The profession of pharmacy was founded in the art and science of compounding medications. The beginning of compounding dates back to medieval times with priests, monks, and medicine men. Specialization first occurred in the early 9th century in the civilized world around Baghdad. Over time it ...

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Theodore Roosevelt

swept into the White House (which he so named) under rather unfortunate circumstances; he had been vice-president under William McKinley, who was assassinated in September 1901. “” made exceedingly fortunate use of his time. The youngest President ever inaugurated; Roosevelt was also among the ...

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Conflict In Organisations

"As new strategies are implemented in any organisation, tension and conflicts are likely to arise ... such conflicts must be confronted, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel to operate in such a situation. " Discuss in relation to LIS organisations and examine the management strategies which ...

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Punishing Sex Offenders

Punishing Sex Offenders Sexual assaults leave a lasting image in our minds and pull at the heartstrings of their victims and the public. Several highly publicized sexual assault cases have spurred states to crack down on offenders in various ways. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety ...

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Lower Drinking Age

The consumption of alcohol throughout history has been one of the main cultural pastimes of the human race. Although in today's society alcohol still maintains that cultural characteristic, the irresponsible actions of a few impact the lives and rights of others who are responsible about their ...

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Sentencing Minors

Introduction This paper will be exploring how minors, under the age of eighteen, are sentenced to life in jail for crimes in the United States that are committed when they were adolescent, and in some cases, children. There are many variables that affect how a juvenile is being sentenced, such ...

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The Great Exhibition of 1851

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations “The tremendous cheering, the joy expressed in every face, the vastness of the building, with all its decoration and exhibits, the sound of the organ... all this was indeed moving.” - (Queen Victoria,1851) On the 1st of May of 1851 ...

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Political Issues

Political Issues Abortion Rights Abortion is a medical procedure resulting in the termination of a human pregnancy and death of a fetus. Abortion was banned in 30 states until the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. The ruling made abortion legal in all 50 states but gave them regulatory ...

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Birmingham, Alabama And The Civil Rights Movement

In the early 1960s, two segregated cities in the deep south were the targets of civil rights demonstrations orchestrated by Martin Luther King, Jr. The tactics used by the demonstrators were similar; the responses of the top-ranking law enforcement officials in the two cities were disparate. ...

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Womens Development

Civic engagement in urban governance requires new forms of urban partnerships between users, designers and decision-makers. To achieve these, it is important to foster horizontal linkages between different organisations and actors involved in human settlements development: politicians, activists, ...

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Land Of Desire

: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture William Leach Random House; 1993 428 Pages The transformations that America went through in order to become a capitalist country were very significant and are sometimes looked past. However, in the book , the author, William Leach ...

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Crime

refers to many types of misconduct forbidden by law. s include such things as murder, stealing a car, resisting arrest, possessing or selling illegal drugs, appearing nude on a public street, drunken driving, and bank robbery. The list of acts considered s is constantly changing. For example, ...

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Biological Warfare And Terrorism

It was another calm early morning on the subway train. Many of the passengers were napping on their way to work. The train slowed to a stop to allow more passengers on, then sped along to its destination, the central government district in Tokyo. Many of the passengers found it strange that a man ...

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Censorship And The First Amendment: The American Citizen's Right To Free Speech

Censorship and the First Amendment: The American Citizen's Right to Free Are we protected from censorship under the First Amendment? In other words do individuals or groups have the right or the power to examine material and remove or prohibit anything they consider objectionable? This argument ...

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Video Games: The High Tech Threat To Our Younger Generation

Anyone who has ever walked through a shopping mall on a weekend knows how popular videogame arcades have become with our young people. It is becoming a force in the lives of millions of kids all across America. Parents and teachers become more concerned and worried when they see their kids ...

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CIA Covert Operations: Panama And Nicaragua

In the 1950's, the repression of domestic political dissent reached near hysteria. In the process the CIA's covert operations, already in progress in Europe, expanded worldwide. By 1953, according to the 1970's Senate investigation, there were major covert programs under way in 48 ...

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The Women's Civil Rights Movement

Women's struggle for equal right has not been an easy or short road. All throughout U.S. history women have been fighting for their rights and for the rights of others. Women have organized and fought their way through legislatures, congressional obstacles and have faced ridicule ...

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William McKinley

Twenty-Fifth President 1897-1901 Born: 1/29/1843 Birthplace: Niles, Ohio was born in Niles, Ohio, on Jan. 29, 1843. He taught school, then served in the Civil War, rising from the ranks to become a major. McKinley opened a law office in Canton, Ohio, and in 1871 married Ida Saxton. Elected to ...

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