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    Weed should stay illegal Marijuana is the growing topic in Americans daily lives; shockingly people are blind to realize that this substance will probably be one of the deadliest drugs in the next decade. “History repeats itself” a wise man once said‚ and this isn’t the first time or the last time America will use the excuses to make illegal substances that kill. The generations of the 20th century where blind and medically illiterate to the dangers of cigarettes in fact they believed it was

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    Sidnee Ramos U.S. History 151 Prof Richard Pate Module 5 When a group of people are different from us their way of living is wrong. That is what it seems to come down to when most conflicts in history are broken down. Men vs. women. Hippies vs. government officials. Blacks vs. whites. Jews vs.‚ well‚ everyone. All kidding aside it is very true. When Columbus first arrived in the Americas in 1492 he wrote‚ speaking of the Native Americans‚ “They were well-built‚ with good bodies and

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    had many different stages across history‚ from tribes’ traditions and war adornments to mark of undesirable societies (in the case of Jewish people during the Nazi revolution) and prisoners; from rebel behaviour to a particular lifestyle such as hippies. Nevertheless‚ these traditions‚ lifestyles or any other term used to

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    Cosi is a play written by Louis Nowra in the 1970’s. The comedy is about an inexperienced director‚ Lewis‚ who chooses to earn some cash and gain professional experience by working with a group of mental patients in Melbourne and directing a play for them to perform. Although the play is a comedy‚ there is many real messages throughout the play that are deeply significant‚ these messages are explored through different themes such as the nature of madness which is best showed in the characters; Roy

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    The fifties and sixties of the twentieth century are two of the most influential decades of American history. With out the events of the fifties the vibrant and rebellious sixties would have never been possible. Political‚ racial‚ and social tensions are what pushed many of the events that happened in the sixties. From teenage conformity to loosing to the Russians and sputnik in the space race the events of the fifties were screaming for a drastic change in America. The political struggles of

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    Rita Du ENGL 2328-MS1 Professor Gilleylen May 22‚ 2014 Living the Heritage The short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker (Norton 1530) is a story told in first person from the perspective of “Mama”. The piece depicts two sisters‚ Dee and Maggie‚ as opposites in their personality and way of living. While Maggie is shy and quiet‚ Dee is materialistic and bold. Furthermore‚ Maggie loves where she lives and her way of living. In contrast‚ Dee loves the urban life and wants to display her heritage

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    when we were putting our lives on the line for our country. The men in my outfit used to talk about it a lot. How could they do this to us? Many of us would not be coming back and many others would be wounded or maimed. We swore they would pay‚ the hippies and draft card burners. They would pay if we ever ran into them.” (Doc C). In this document‚ they mean they didn’t belong with the war and it was the better way not to go to the war would be better than going to the

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    The 1960s-1970s Cultural Revolution’s Impact on Culture Today To what extent did the cultural revolution of the late 1960s – early 1970s impact culture today? The cultural revolution of the late 1960s – early 1970s has had a major impact on current American culture. The distress caused by the Vietnam war forced American citizens to search for a new outlet of false-happiness or an ability to forget their worries to avoid what was currently a dull and depressing war-time state of living.

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    limited to one race or class‚ but instead is incredibly diverse and varys from location and culture. Everyone is incredibly different. Then you have the stereotype people often have when it comes to spiritual peoples that is also false. “They’re just hippies who do drugs and think they’re living the life when they’re usually

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