The controversy lies in that the government literally blackmailed states into increasing the legal drinking age. The nationwide legal age limit was enforced with the threat that President Reagan would not give money to states for roads until they increased their drinking ages. ... Former Senator Baker says, in Teenagers and Alcohol: When Saying No Isn't Enough, that alcohol is thebloody monster that defiles innocence; creates misery, poverty, fear; causes helplessness and hopelessness, then certainly, I am against it (Qtd. in Vogler & Bartz 3).? ... Opposing Viewpoints: Alcohol, ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When children are forced to work at a young age, they can also develop serious health problems. ... This causes the children to delay their mental and physical development both internally and externally, and have a lower IQ (The Path of Innocence, n.d.). ... Retrieved April 21, 2003 http://www.safechild.org/childabuse5.htm The Path of Innocence (n.d.). ...

• Word Count: 1238
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• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby is considered to be the "great American novel" by many because the main character of the story is said to "embody the innocence of the American dream." ... Not necessarily in his actions, but it seems that his world begins to lose its innocence. ...

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A student who was only six years of age from Colorado Springs was suspended for having a type of candy called "lemon drops"(foldvary). ... An article in the Chicago tribune points out that "In criminal law there are standards of intent, and there are assumptions of innocence as well as procedures of due process. ...

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they cry, "The world changed that day" the media proclaims and "The world has lost its innocence!" ... So the middle aged female chemist fills her car with intricately homemade explosives and complex bombs and drives to the front of an embassy. ...

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Lindh's parents, who had not seen their son in two years, assert his innocence and his love for America. ... He was raised Catholic, converted to Islam at age 16, after graduating from high school he went to Yemen to pursue Islamic studies, and then traveled to Pakistan and joined the Taliban movement. ...

• Word Count: 994
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The demographic of this magazine is men from the ages of about eighteen to thirty. ... According to the Center for Interactive Advertising, white often stands for purity, union, truth and innocence while black stands for power, sexuality, mystery, sin, and style. ...

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As in other works of this genre (for example, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth), Daisy Miller focuses on the behavior of its characters in social situations. ... They have no interest in a new, young attitude that will alter age-old customs. ...

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B) Prisoners of war must NOT be: • Compelled to give any information other than their name, age rank and service number. ... • Given individual privileges other than for reasons of health, sex, age, military rank or professional qualifications. ... Automatically the bias is in place and they have to prove their innocence in contrary to proving "Reasonable Doubt". ...

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The DPIC and most other opponents of the death penalty fail to review the role of clemency and appeals in cases when the person claims innocence or trial error. ... We live in a day and age where killing happens everyday and many get away with it. ...

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Capital Punishment is a new idea or way of dealing with criminals. This has been around for ages and dates back as far as the 18th century B.C. With more and more liberals stepping forward, more and more laws and bans have been placed and issued concerning the death penalty, or capital punishment. W...

• Word Count: 3139
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A petit jury will hear evidence and decide the guilt or innocence of a party. ... With the ages of Chief Justice Rhenquist and Associate Justice Stevens, also with Associate Justices Day O'Connor and Bader Ginsburg both having cancer, the court would lose two of its liberal opinions, and a moderate opinion. ... The requirements to be a representative are to have been a U.S. citizen for seven years at time of election, live in the state as to which have been elected, and reached the minimum of 25 years of age. ...

• Word Count: 4055
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School