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  • Langdon and Jones: Action for the Ages

    Langdon and Jones: Action for the Ages

    Langdon and Jones: Action for the Ages What could one of the greatest action movies of all time and a recent controversial bestseller have in common? In fact quite a lot. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and The da Vinci Code are great action tales; and all of America loves a great action story. Whether it is set in France, Egypt, London, or the United States; the thrill of adventures intrigues

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    Essay Length: 430 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Jack
  • Coming of Age

    Coming of Age

    Ruth Wubishet Hour 7 February 15, 2007 Anne Moody was born Essie May Moody in 1940. She grew up in Wilkerson County , a rural county in extreme poverty and racism. Her parents spent time working on plantations until her father, Didly, left the family. Her mother, Toosweet, trying to keep the family together works as a maid for different white families. Coming of Age in Mississippi, covers nineteen years of Anne’s life, from when

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    Essay Length: 819 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Victor
  • Drinking Age

    Drinking Age

    The drinking age in the United States is a contradiction. At the age of eighteen, one can drive a car, vote in an election, get married, serve in the military and buy tobacco products. In the United States you are legally an adult at eighteen. An eighteen-year-old, however, cannot purchase alcoholic beverages. The minimum drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one in the United States. Unbelievably, the United States citizens trust their sixteen-year-old children to

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    Essay Length: 574 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Bred
  • Ellen Olenska as a Mythological Muse in the Age of Innocence

    Ellen Olenska as a Mythological Muse in the Age of Innocence

    Ellen Olenska as a Mythological Muse in The Age of Innocence Long ago in ancient Greece, mythology was used to explain our world, our lives, and most importantly, our interpersonal relationships. Still today Greek mythology is infused into the literature of almost every influential and lasting author, one of the more effective authors being Edith Wharton, author of The Age of Innocence. The relationship between Newland Archer and Madame Ellen Olenska, two protagonists in Wharton’s

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    Essay Length: 647 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Under Aged Drinking

    Under Aged Drinking

    I feel that a serious problem that is facing the United States today is under aged drinking. Under aged drinking is going to be a problem forever. There is no way that this country can stop under aged drinking. When kids grow up they see everyone drinking whether it is at a family function, a school party wedding, etc. Young adult's even kids are put in situations whether they like it or not, just because

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    Essay Length: 374 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Jon
  • In Your Own Words Summarise How Hobsbawm (2003) and Sandbrook (2005) Chart Rising Working Class Affluence During Post War Golden Age?

    In Your Own Words Summarise How Hobsbawm (2003) and Sandbrook (2005) Chart Rising Working Class Affluence During Post War Golden Age?

    In your own words summarise how Hobsbawm (2003) and Sandbrook (2005) chart rising working class affluence during Post War Golden Age? There are many reasons why there was a rise in the affluence of the working class which Hobsbawm and Sandbrook both agree on, such as education and increase in employment through out the nation. There seems to be no single event or trend, which explains directly the rise in affluence, but by taking a

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    Essay Length: 436 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Yan
  • How Is Australia’s Aging Population Supported by the Australian Health Care System?

    How Is Australia’s Aging Population Supported by the Australian Health Care System?

    How is Australia’s aging population supported by the Australian Health Care System? PREAMBLE Since 1901 Australia’s elderly population has had a dramatic rise with it estimated that 65-year olds make up just under 15% of Australia’s population (Northern Health Research). The median age of the country has risen from 22 to 35 years and people age 0-14 has decreased from 35.1% in 1901 to 20.7% in 2001 (Mayne Health Research). As this “greying of the

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    Essay Length: 1,962 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: regina
  • The Effects of Divorce on Children; Specifically Focusing on Age and Gender

    The Effects of Divorce on Children; Specifically Focusing on Age and Gender

    The Effects of Divorce on Children; specifically focusing on age and gender When one is looking at divorce and its affects, many different approaches can be taken, and many different ideas can be thought of. Within the secondary research, focus is kept on the affects of divorce, which type is worse, methods of coping and a small focus on gender. The primary research focuses mainly on what role gender plays in a child’s adaptation of

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    Essay Length: 1,255 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Victor
  • Big Business in the Gilded Age

    Big Business in the Gilded Age

    The late 19th century and early 20th century, dubbed the Gilded Age by writer Mark Twain, was a time of great growth and change in every aspect of the United States, and even more so for big business. It was this age that gave birth to many of the important modern business practices we take for granted today, and those in charge of business at the time were considered revolutionaries, whether it was for

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    Essay Length: 815 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Anna
  • Lower Drinking Age

    Lower Drinking Age

    Specific Purpose: The purpose of my speech is to convince the audience that the minimum drinking age in the United States needs to be lowered and doesn’t make sense. Thesis Statement: the current minimum drinking age doesn’t make sense and needs to be changed. Organizational Pattern: Topical. INTRODUCTION I. Can you come up here? (Tyler Reynolds). Look at this gentleman; look at the uniform he wears. Think about what it symbolizes; think about what it

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    Essay Length: 1,179 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Steve
  • Christinaity in Middle Ages

    Christinaity in Middle Ages

    Christianity in the Middle Ages By: Erica Bottoni E-mail: airy09@aol.com Christianity played a major role throughout the Middle Ages in society and politics. The Middle Ages, classified from 600 AD to 1350 AD, was significantly effected by Christianity because of the impact it had on the daily lives of people of the time. The beginning of the Early Middle Ages, after the Fall of Rome in 476 AD and the period known as the Dark

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    Essay Length: 1,135 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Drinking Age

    Drinking Age

    It turns into the forbidden fruit, that when teenagers start consuming alcohol mainly forced by the fact that it is something they are not supposed to do. This temptation, in a combination with all the hiding and sneaking, takes away the clear mind of the teenager while consuming the alcohol. And apart from the 'Forbidden Fruit' standpoint, it always better to inform young people about everything out there instead of just saying "No"? It is

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    Essay Length: 380 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: regina
  • Youth Aging out of Foster Care

    Youth Aging out of Foster Care

    Project Plan Youth Aging out of Foster Care Project MGT573 Jun 18, 2006 Project Plan An estimated 9.2 million to 15.8 million children are considered “at-risk” in this country encompassing all ages from 13 to 19 years old. These youth are at-risk because they are at a crossroad: one leads to successful transition to adulthood, the other to dependency and negative long-term consequences. Youth typically considered or identified as at-risk are more likely to

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    Essay Length: 3,463 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Legal Drinking Age

    Legal Drinking Age

    Legal Drinking Age At 18 years of age, there are many responsibilities gained, such as being able to marry, but one cannot drink alcohol at the wedding reception because every state in the United States has set the legal drinking age at 21 years old. The drinking age has a major impact on the 18-21 year-old crowd because many feel drinking is a right they should have since they are considered adults. This is an

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    Essay Length: 773 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Monika
  • Celtic Coming of Age Ceremony

    Celtic Coming of Age Ceremony

    Celtic Coming of Age Ceremony From Childhood to Adulthood Boys 13 is the age in which a ceremony or ritual takes place. This is a belief because of the significance of the number, 13 is a number of transitions. “1” represents the individual person stepping onto divine path of the “3” goddesses. Numerogical meaning  it add all numbers until there is only one 1+3=4 Four is a number of wholeness or the full circle

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    Essay Length: 282 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Mikki
  • An Overview of Aging and Existing Cultural Differences

    An Overview of Aging and Existing Cultural Differences

    An Overview of Aging and Existing Cultural Differences Society predetermines a specific life course for each person of their community. Missing any stage of this course is detrimental to the development of the human life. But not all societies have these stages of life; ergo different cultures define stages differently. The stages of the life course are childhood, adolescence, adulthood, young adulthood and middle adulthood, old age and death. Society thinks of childhood as the

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    Essay Length: 1,556 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 12, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Crisis of the Middle Ages

    Crisis of the Middle Ages

    Many things contributed to the crisis of the later middle Ages. There was inflation throughout the Northern Europe. Torrential rain ruined what little crops farmers had and caused a “great famine.” Since many people had little to eat they were not able to receive vitamins and became very unhealthy. They became susceptible to diseases and death. Many villages became abandoned, since work could not be found people resorted to living on the streets. It was

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    Essay Length: 330 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Monika
  • Comprehending the Mind's Aging Eye

    Comprehending the Mind's Aging Eye

    Comprehending the Mind's Aging Eye "The Allegory of the Cave," by Plato, explains that people experience emotional and intellectual revelations throughout different stages in their lives. This excerpt, from his dialogue The Republic, is a conversation between a philosopher and his pupil. The argument made by this philosopher has been interpreted thousands of times across the world. My own interpretation of this allegory is simple enough as Plato expresses his thoughts as separate stages. The

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    Essay Length: 1,162 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Mike
  • Age Discrimination in Employment Law

    Age Discrimination in Employment Law

    RACE Throughout history people have been discrimination on because of the color of their skin. The views of some are that people are not all equal. The Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has tried to make it illegal to discriminate or punish any individuals because of their color. All people should have the same rights, but even in today’s society this is not the case. One case study that represents this

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    Essay Length: 777 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • Legal Drinking Age

    Legal Drinking Age

    Eighteen-year-old Americans should be allowed to drinking. Restricting drinking alcohol to the age of 21 is contrary to drinking laws in other countries. In addition, it is contrary to other American laws which clearly establish adulthood at eighteen. The legal age for drinking must be set at 18; that establishes parity with other nations and with this own nation’s body of law. This paper looks at the minimum drinking age in the United States

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    Essay Length: 590 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 22, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Narketing in the Digital Age

    Narketing in the Digital Age

    Marketing In The Digital Age ANSWERS Be sure to answer all parts of each question. Be sure to use complete sentences whenever appropriate. Good Luck! 1. What were the four major forces that shaped the digital age? Digitalized and Connectivity Internet Explosion New type of Intermediaries Customization and Customerization 2. What are the four major e-commerce domains? Business to Consumer Business to Business Consumer to Consumer Consumer to Business 3. Define internet, intranet and extranet

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    Essay Length: 616 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Edward
  • Music in the Middle Ages

    Music in the Middle Ages

    There were many different things that went on in the Middle Ages. One thing was music. Music in the Middle Ages was very important to many people. People used music for many different things. Sometimes it was used for entertainment. It was also used in churches. The people were very devoted to church. In church music was a huge aspect. Music was also used throughout everyone's life at some point. It may have been his

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    Essay Length: 862 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • Lowering the Drinking Age to 18

    Lowering the Drinking Age to 18

    Lowering the drinking age? Why we should not lower the drinking age? Let me explain some reasons why not to lower the drinking age. One is that if we lower the drinking age we might be contributing to more fatal accidents. Second, lowering the drinking age might influence 18-year-olds to buy alcohol for younger teenagers (age 15-17). And third, 18-year-olds may not be mature enough to know their limitations on drinking. If we lower the

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    Essay Length: 506 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: David
  • Lowering the Drinking Age

    Lowering the Drinking Age

    In the United States, it is illegal to consume alcohol until the age of twenty-one. At the age of 18 people are considered adults. “The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen-years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age (Amendment 26, Section 1 of the Constitution). At the age of eighteen, a person can get married,

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    Essay Length: 2,465 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Max
  • Drinking Age: Lowered or Not

    Drinking Age: Lowered or Not

    Andy Vaughn Dr. Russell English 1020-47 October 23, 2001 Drinking Age: Lowered or Not The drinking age in the United States is 21. How ridiculous is that? You are able to do so many things at the age of 18. When a person reaches the age of 18, he or she can leave their homes or be kicked out, and become their own legal guardian. They no longer are required to have their parents sign

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    Essay Length: 439 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Vika

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