Many people, including farmers, businessmen, and high ups in Washington alike, believe that the lifting of the embargo would be beneficial for business and tourism, as well as the possibility to help steer Cuba as a whole away from the communist government they are currently ruled by, and to have them adopt some sort of democracy (Berrios 3). ... The sale of food and medical supplies to individuals rather than Cuba as a government is permitted, as well as humanitarian aid, special granted visiting rights for certain U.S. citizens (students learning abroad, journalists, artists and sporting g...

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House of Representatives. After one year in the house, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. senate. ... Nearing the age of 62, Jackson arrived in Washington D.C. for his inauguration. ... It directed government agents to accept only gold or silver for the sale of land. ... He brought this rugged tough guy attitude to the white house and people appreciated it. ...

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Together they founded the Women's State Temperance Society "with the goal of petitioning the State legislature to pass a law limiting the sale of liquor.... Around 1905, she met with the President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., "To lobby for an amendment to give women the right to vote.... Apart from that, a group of woman bought the house where Anthony used to live in, and developed a museum out of it. ... Anthony Museum and House. ...

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In a speech to the Illinois House of Representatives, on December 18, 1840, Abraham Lincoln said, "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. ... Since then Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Alaska, Maine, and Nevada have passed similar laws. ... His strategies would consist of the government exercising strong regulatory powers over all large-scale production and sale of marijuana and to make marijuana available only to competent adults, just the same as alcohol and tobacco. ... (Unanswered) Richard Dennis, the chairperson of the advisory board of the Drug Policy Foundation ...

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Taylor talks of the actions of the Prime Minister, "Baldwin, went off to Washington to settle Great Britain's debt Baldwin agreed to an unconditional settlement on harsh terms." ... The old fashioned England of villages and churches; the England of roads, cafes and new houses, the England of new industries and prosperity and the fourth England of mass unemployment. ... During this time local councils built approximately 700,000 houses for letting, whilst private industries built two million for sale. ... House building and buying increased. ...

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The act regulates imported guns, expands the gun-dealer licensing and record keeping requirements, and places specific limitations on the sale of handguns. ... In 1972, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms was created to control the illegal use and sale of firearms and to enforce the federal firearm laws (US Gov. ... In 1977, Washington D.C. became the first state to enact gun registration laws. ... This is helpful in cases where the gun is at a house with children around. ...

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Starbuck's Fact Sheet Locations: • Starbucks' corporate headquarter is located in Seattle, Washington. ... The Start of Starbucks It all stared in 1971, in Seattle, Washington, when three buddies decided to go into business together. ... Also, Starbucks made arrangements to supply an exclusive coffee blend to Nordstrom's for sale only in Nordstrom stores, to operate coffee bars in Barnes & Noble bookstores, and to offer coffee service at some Wells Fargo Bank locations in California. ...

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The Americans were fed up with the restrictions of movement West in the continent, the heavy taxes on imported goods and property, laws making the sale of certain items illegal, and the idea of having practically no rights. ...

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The state of Washington reported in May of 2000 that 70% of people in their local prisons were drug related. ... The Rotterdam Police Department superintendent in Amsterdam says; "when there are no coffee shops" (a place where people go to buy marijuana) "they [kids] will go to the illegal houses, where the dealer says, "OK, you want to have marijuana. ... Of these arrests, 87.2% were for possession -- not sale or manufacture. ...

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She decided to sale baked goods to raise money for her school. ... Over several years, the small house that had begun as a school, soon became a thirty-two-acre campus with 400 students and fourteen buildings for students to learn in. ... Due to the efforts of NCNW President Dorothy Height, Bethune's exemplary life of service to others has been honored in the form of a statue which graces Washington DC's Lincoln Park" (Mary 2). ...

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