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  • Age of Reason

    Age of Reason

    The Age of Reason was a period in time during the 18th century in Europe and America when man become enlightened by reason, science, and humanity. The people involved with the Age of Reason were convinced that human reason could discover the natural laws of the universe, the natural rights of mankind, and the progress in knowledge. Each philosopher had his own ideas and theories about the world, nature, and human beings in general, and

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    Essay Length: 636 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Jack
  • Cathedral: A Lesson for the Ages

    Cathedral: A Lesson for the Ages

    Cathedral: A Lesson for the Ages Raymond Carver’s short story, “Cathedral,” portrays a story in which many in today’s society can relate. We are introduced from the first sentence of the story to a man that seems to be perturbed and agitated. As readers, we are initially unsure to the reasoning’s behind the man’s discomfort. The man, who seems to be a direct portrayal of Raymond Carver himself, shows his ignorance by stereotyping a blind

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    Essay Length: 1,083 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Drinkin Age

    Drinkin Age

    It is legal for eighteen year-olds to die for their country, it is legal for eighteen year-olds to marry, and it is legal for eighteen year-olds to vote. Why then isn't it legal for eighteen year-olds to drink? I don't think that is right, and I believe that the drinking age in the United States should be lowered from twenty one years of age, to eighteen. Underage drinking is wide spread through out the United

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    Essay Length: 890 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Top
  • Causes of Teen Drinking

    Causes of Teen Drinking

    These days, in our society, alcoholism is no longer not just an adult problem but also a teen problem. Why do teenagers want to drink alcohol even though it is prohibited in our law? This is a very good question. I feel the three main factors that contribute most to teen drinking are boredom, rebellion, and peer pressure. Boredom is just one of the many causes that leads to teens developing a drinking problem.

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: July
  • Adolescent Drinking and How It Affects ones Life

    Adolescent Drinking and How It Affects ones Life

    Literature Review Introduction Adolescent drinking has been a problem in the United States for decades. It has become one of the largest social issues among young people in America today. Statistically more than half of the high schoolers drinks on a regular basis, the problem are that they are not aware of how dangerous alcohol can actually be (Sanders, 1987). The reality is that underage drinking is a serious, even deadly, problem. Furthermore, alcohol use

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Monika
  • Robert Frost: Iceman for the Ages

    Robert Frost: Iceman for the Ages

    Robert Frost is often known as one of the greatest American poets of all time. Although he is sometimes remembered as hateful and mean spirited, his life was filled with highs and lows. These differentiating periods are represented throughout his poetry. Frost once said that “A poem begins in delight, and ends in wisdom.” As can be seen, this quote not only reflected his poetry, but his life. Though many years of his life were

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    Essay Length: 909 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Yan
  • Drinking and Driving

    Drinking and Driving

    The growing awareness of alcohol hazards has made people more cautious of their drinking habits, particularly young adults. At present young adults have the highest prevalence of alcohol consumption than any other age group. They also drink more heavily, experience more negative consequences, and engage in more harmful activities, specifically drunk driving. Although surveys have documented a decline in recent years, consumption rates remain highest from late teen years to the late twenties (Johnston1-3).

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    Essay Length: 1,270 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Stenly
  • The Age of Exploration

    The Age of Exploration

    The Age of Exploration Summary: Provides a look at the many explorers of the Age of Exploration. Discusses the the high demands for Asian goods in Europe and the need for quicker trade routes to Asia for these goods. Describes how the era led European merchants to adopt a new policy of mercantilism aimed at strengthening their national economies. In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west in hope of reaching the east coast of Asia. Instead,

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    Essay Length: 555 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Jack
  • Teenage Drinking

    Teenage Drinking

    Teenage Drinking In the article, “An Analysis of Environmental and Social Factors Affecting Adolescent Problem Drinking,” by J. Kelly Coker and L. DiAnne Borders, the authors describe their research about their findings about teenage drinking. The article was originally published in 2001 in the Journal of Counseling & Development as examination of why teenagers decide to drink. The authors describe many factors as why teenagers begin to drink such as peer pressure and the

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Binge Drinking Scholar

    Binge Drinking Scholar

    To examine the extent of binge drinking by college students and the ensuing health and behavioral problems that binge drinkers create for themselves and others on their campus. DESIGN--Self-administered survey mailed to a national representative sample of US 4-year college students. SETTING--One hundred forty US 4-year colleges in 1993. PARTICIPANTS--A total of 17,592 college students. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Self-reports of drinking behavior, alcohol-related health problems, and other problems. RESULTS--Almost half (44%) of college students responding to

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    Essay Length: 252 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Edward
  • Tenn Drinking

    Tenn Drinking

    Alcohol use among American teenagers is a problem of epidemic proportions. Alcohol is a drug -- the drug of choice of adolescents and adults. Abuse of this drug Is responsible for death and injury in automobile accidents, physical and emotional disability, loss of productivity amounting to millions of dollars annually, deterioration of academic performance, aggressive and disruptive behavior causing problems with family and friends, and individual financial ruin. It also is the primary cause

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Anna
  • Wal-Mart and the Information Age

    Wal-Mart and the Information Age

    Wal-Mart and the Information Age Since it was founded in the early 1960s, Wal-Mart has been committed to being a successful retailer in the United States. Throughout the years, Wal-Mart has changed its business practices to take advantage of the ever-changing global digital economy. By introducing several uses of information technology and information systems, the company started a track which would lead them into becoming one of the nation’s largest and most profitable companies.

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    Essay Length: 1,394 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Knights of the Middle Ages

    Knights of the Middle Ages

    Knights of the middle ages have many important virtues. Many of these virtues are still very important in modern day life. Knights were the symbol of hope and bravery for there time, and icons like that are still needed today. It is believed that many of the virtues may have died with the Knights from the middle ages. Evidence of that can be seen everyday in the current events and front-page headlines, these have made

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    Essay Length: 410 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: David
  • Drinking from a Helmet

    Drinking from a Helmet

    Drinking from a Helmet” We don’t always think of the soldiers that die in battle until we really sit and think about them. We don’t think of the innocence lost or the final thoughts those soldiers may have in their abandoned helmets. “Drinking from a Helmet” shows how the innocence is destroyed in the young soldiers of war. Sometimes we are away from things for so long that when we finally come out of hiding

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Jack
  • Iron Age Hoplite Warfare and Democracy

    Iron Age Hoplite Warfare and Democracy

    Iron Age Hoplite Warfare brings about the First Democratic Societies in Archaic Age Greece, Following the Role of Monarchy, Feudalism and the Aristocracy As per the coverage in our course, in the Persian War, a Greek force from Athens set out to meet the invading Persian army at Marathon, and set them running. They were outnumbered by the Persians two to one, and the Persian army had been the biggest force the Greeks had ever

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: David
  • The Age of Exploration

    The Age of Exploration

    The desire to explore the unknown has been a driving force in human history since the dawn of time. From the earliest documented accounts, ancient civilizations have explored the world around them. Early adventures were motivated by religious beliefs, a desire for conquest, the need for trade, and an unsatisfying hunger for gold. The great Age of Exploration, beginning in the late 1400s, was an important era in the discovery and development of lands yet

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Defining Moments of the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages

    Defining Moments of the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages

    The Early Middle Ages, though highly debatable, is thought to have started sometime after the Roman Empire’s collapse (Rosenwein, 2007). The Merovingian monarchy was the next ruling power; through their military conquests they gained territory. The Merovingians divided their territory into three separate kingdoms, and the ruling families sometimes ruled in unison, but more often than not fought among one another for sole leadership. This territory became much of the European continent that later kingdoms

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Anna
  • Middle Ages

    Middle Ages

    The history of the modern world derives from thousands of years of human history. Embedded in its history are the many eras of man which have constructed our modern learning, art, beliefs, and order. The middle ages, although represented as "dark", backwards, and idle, were in fact a bridge linking the classical and modern world. Medieval society may not have been in a sense glorious, but the era of itself was a prime foundation of

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Eat Drink Man Woman Summary

    Eat Drink Man Woman Summary

    Foreign films intimidate many people; it could be the culture shock, or it could be the hesitance to reading subtitles for two hours. Despite these setbacks, foreign films are some of the best made and Eat Drink Man Woman, directed by Ang Lee is no exception. Eat Drink Man Woman offers many elements of a great movie such as excellent filming techniques, interesting and unique characters, and unanticipated plot twists. Eat Drink Man Woman focuses

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Max
  • Television Viewing for Children Ages 3 and up Can Be Beneficial

    Television Viewing for Children Ages 3 and up Can Be Beneficial

    Television Viewing for Children Ages 3 and Up can be Beneficial For years, parents have been placing their children in front of that black box sitting in the living room. Is it really helping the kids? Do they really process the information shown? These are some questions that many parents ask themselves when they place their child in the hands of the almighty television. Children who are ages 3 and up usually process the

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Anna
  • It Is Not a Eurocentric Bias or Incorrect with Historical Records to State That the 18th Century Was an Age of Progress

    It Is Not a Eurocentric Bias or Incorrect with Historical Records to State That the 18th Century Was an Age of Progress

    It is not a Eurocentric bias or incorrect with historical records to state that the 18th century was an age of progress. The 18th century was able to obtain the term, age of progress due to the massive changes which occurred around the world. Issues which arise exemplifying an age of progress were the Asian influence on world economy, the American Revolution and the rise of Islam. The Asian economy played a major part in

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Jon
  • Character Analysis of Ellen the Countess Olenska in the Age of Innocence

    Character Analysis of Ellen the Countess Olenska in the Age of Innocence

    Ellen, the Countess Olenska is the character is chose to analyze. She fulfills Newland’s longing for an emotional fantasy life. Her words, her unconventional taste in clothing and interior decorating, and her attitudes symbolize the exotic to traditional Newland. She makes him question his narrow existence and brings out his protective instincts. Where May is ice, Ellen is fire. Ellen’s elegance and style would be at home in Europe, but seem passionate in New York

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Tasha
  • How the Digiral Age and Technology Has Impacetd My Life

    How the Digiral Age and Technology Has Impacetd My Life

    Communications 110: Media and Society 13 June 2005 Project 1: How the Digital Age and Technology Has Impacted My Life All the different types of digital devices have impacted my life. From books to the Internet my life is influenced by these mass communication devices. I read textbooks and different novels for school to gain information and knowledge. When I was living with my parents in New Orleans, I would read The Times Picayune on

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Change and Continuity in the Guilded Age

    Change and Continuity in the Guilded Age

    Change and Continuity in the Gilded Age Emergence of Modern America “Every day things change, but basically they stay the same.”-Dave Matthews Change and continuity are two major principles of life. They can easily be applied to history because their application accurately portrays the circumstances, and characterizes the era of interest. Merriam-Webster defines continuity as an uninterrupted connection, succession, or union, or an uninterrupted duration or continuation especially without essential change. Change is defined as

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Vika
  • Gilded Age Dbq

    Gilded Age Dbq

    After the soaring ideals and tremendous sacrifices of the Civil War, the post-War era of the United States was generally one of political disillusionment. Even as the continent expanded and industrialized, political life in the Gilded Age was marked by ineptitude and stalemate as passive, rather than active, presidents merely served as figureheads to be manipulated rather than enduring strongholds. As politicians from both the White House to the courthouse were deeply entangled in corruption

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Bred

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