As many of you may know for a brief time in the 1920’s alcohol was banned. The banning of alcohol is known as prohibition. “The Prohibition Era”‚ as we refer to it today‚ was brought upon the society of the 1920’s for a few reasons; many people were against the use of alcohol and suggested it was the drink of the devil and congress took a strong moral stance against alcohol use as well. The 18th Amendment established prohibition in the United States of America. The Volstead Act was also approved
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September 2007 Abstract This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate. While public financial institutions (such as public development banks) are commonly associated with developing countries‚ in fact they are prevalent
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Sustainable Cities: Building the Future City for the Next 100 Years Songdo International City-S. Korea In his book Urban Geography‚ Michael Pacione‚ discusses the “Future City-Cities of the Future”. In his analysis there are several principles that must be included in the future city in order for it to strive and be successful‚ “by 2025 65 percent of the world’s population will be in urban areas” (Pacione 2005) The need for the city of the next 100 years to be sustainable in all aspects is paramount
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The culture‚ poverty‚ and HIV representation in Haiti is very devastating and HIV is the main cause in Haiti based on the article titled‚ “Culture‚ Poverty‚ and HIV Transmission‚ The Case of Rural Haiti” because it is a sexual transmitted infection that creates a deadly plague among people in Haiti. Factors such as culture‚ politic and economic factors have an impact in particularly addressing HIV transmission in rural Haiti; however‚ to understand this urban epidemic. Farmer proposes that we must
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Urban Sprawl Rapid expansion of our metropolitan areas has been coined the term “urban sprawl”. Urban sprawl is now looked at negatively because of its affect on society. Because of capitalism and the idea of having your home with the white picket fence‚ urban sprawl has taken over the United States of America. The affects of urban sprawl can be seen in our environment‚ our community‚ and in our health. Our community has changed the most due to urban sprawl. “One in two Americans now lives
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Effects of Chinese Rural Tourism Tourism has substantially developed in some developing countries such as China. “Nong Jia Le” (Chinese rural tourism) is now a indispensable way to increase income in some rural areas. There are more than 1.5 million tourist destinations of “Nong Jia Le” from 31 provinces in China‚ and the economic benefit is very considerable (Guo‚ 2009). It is crucial for Chinese local governments to decide whether the rural areas should continue to develop the tourism or focus
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American popular culture has always been a market for sales. Everything that is and has made pop culture what it is in America has been built through commercialization. The ability to sell the main product and then the countless other revenue items that go with that product define American culture. Today in the United States a person would be hard-pressed to fined a movie showing in theaters that does not have a soundtrack out‚ t-shirt even action figures that go along with it. So where did this
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Urban Clothing Store Owner By Sarah Write Why I choose to be a retail store owner of an Urban Clothing store? One of the reasons is because I like urban clothing‚ reasoning for that is because the design of the clothing catches my eye and my attention. I know a lot of people have gone into clothing stores and found it hard just to find that one shirt you are looking for to match your shoes or that one pair of jeans. Well I feel like an urban store has it all‚ because it comes down to the designs
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Gravity Hills: Urban Legend Urban Legends are stories‚ usually false or exaggerated‚ that are repeatedly told and embellished over time until they are believed to be true. Gravity Hills is known to be an urban legend and it is also surrounded by scary stories. It’s said that in various hills of California‚ if a car is parked on neutral it will somehow roll up the slope of the nearby hill. There have been stories due to this belief that children died in the hills as they helped push their school
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The Cold War was partly fought in the Olympics Games. Discuss. The Cold War was a ‘war’ fought from 1947 to 1991‚ a battle fought with tension and subdued hostility‚ in which most of the world was affected. The main ‘participants’ in this war were America and its allies‚ against Russia and the aligning countries with that nation. Instead of fighting the war straight up‚ the countries played it out in more subtle ways.1 Politics have been involved in the Olympics for a long time2‚ and the Cold
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