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    upon looking alone what is held dear by the people who created it. It’s why hospitals are clean and hotels are lavish‚ and why we’re going to expect specific friends houses to look a certain way before we see them. The same way all of this still applies to our life‚ the Catholic and Protestant Churches of the era surrounding the Reformation were designed by the people in the faith to represent the ideals of their religion‚ and you can see many of the differences between the two such as the belief

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    Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act Shelia Greenwald POL201: American National Government (ACK1431C) Instructor: Benjamin Copeland August 12‚ 2014 MDPV is an ingredient in bath salts‚ a street drug that causes paranoia and hallucinations and waves of terror and frightening delusions. Bath salts are an illicit drug‚ but much more dangerous than other illicit drugs including crystal meth‚ cocaine‚ ecstasy‚ PCP‚ heroin‚ etc. Marijuana is a plant and the flowering buds of the plant is smoked

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    Once Prohibition was enacted congress had soon become disengaged with the movement‚ because many Politicians were drinking despite the law. Subsequently congress never provided proper funding for any type of reinforcement for the extensive violations of the Volstead act. Even those who strongly supported prohibition were reluctant to produce or request additional funding‚ because revealing to the public how severe violations had become would be compromising to the cause. This weakness allowed street

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    A strong support system can help one grow beyond societal preconceptions. The support systems may come from a loving and caring individual‚ or group of people‚ who believe in you and your ability to achieve your goals. Characters who are born into or stuck in roles they are not happy with‚ want to rise above their circumstances and become the best versions of themselves. However‚ these goals are difficult to achieve without a strong support system. There are a number of characters in literature

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    blindness (a reason speakeasies were called blind pigs and blind tigers)‚ sickness‚ and paralysis (alcoholsolutionsandproblems.org). Some people who followed to Prohibition laws turned to other things‚ especially drugs. This led to more addicts and a rising demand for these substances. Many people who had formerly just had a beer or two now went to saloons to get drunk‚ because they never knew when their next drink would

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    Strong federal government vs Strong state government “Most bad governments have grown out of too much government‚” Thomas Jefferson once said. The question is‚ how do we know when our government is too strong? That’s a question that takes a lot of thinking about. Or‚ is our state government too strong? Sadly‚ most people have no idea what their state government is doing‚ trying to do‚ or putting to the side. Everyone is always too busy thinking or questioning about our president‚ and never paying

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    The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God Mardi Campbell PHI 208 Prof. Michele Clearman-Warner March 11‚ 2013 The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God The Cosmological Argument for the existence of God is one of the most famous of all philosophical arguments that address the existence of a supernatural being who created the material universe. The supernatural being whom created the material universe is the logical

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    Venuto Venuto 1 Professor Sindy Finkelson Argument and Persuasion November 5‚ 2013 Ending Marijuana Prohibition “Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are‚ they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use... Therefore‚ I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of

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    Issue #10 Was prohibition a failure? In 1919‚ the Volstead Act outlawed alcoholic beverages with an alcoholic content over 0.5 percent. This topic is debated in the book‚ Taking Sides; there are two opposing sides to the question‚ “was prohibition a failure?” David E. Kyvig argues that the Volstead act did not specifically prohibit the use or consumption of alcohol beverages and that liquor was still being provided by gangland bootleggers to provide alcohol to the demands of the consumers. Regardless

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    What happens when two faith traditions collide in unique and groundbreaking architecture? Churches are everywhere. The buildings that shelter worshipers and become major architectural landmarks have been omnipresent in humanity for thousands of years. Throughout time many architecturally significant churches have been destroyed through war‚ misguided renovations‚ and natural disasters. During Medieval times in Norway‚ thousands of Stave churches began to appear across the country‚ but few remain

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