People are selling alcohol to minors and getting away with it. ... Many recent alcohol ads used animal characters that had youth appeal. ... Strengthen enforcement of underage drinking laws, by harsher punishments for distributers and minors in violation. ... The Officers look for any sign of probable cause to come in, which empty alcohol containers or a minor with an open container is usually good enough. ... If you try everything else and you still know a minor that drinks alcohol let them decide. ...

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There needs to be more tougher penalties and fines for people who sell to minors or buy for minors. ... Even implementing a fine for Minors In Possession of Tobacco may be necessary because it will save a lot of lives in America and a lot of money for the American economy. ... Making smoking highly illegal for minors may have a pos! ... Even if in their cartoons, the characters said bad things about tobacco use and the truths of tobacco use, the children would understand, and they might think twice about smoking. ...

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The Dream Act, short for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, is to allow the young illegal immigrant children that grew up going to the United States' high schools the ability to serve in the US military and to continue their education. ... In order to change the status from undocumented to legal status, these immigrant minor will have to pass background checks, have moral behaviors also to graduate from high school and to finish military services or to finish the college courses. ... Anyone that wants to qualify for the Dream Act has to meet the requirements of entering ...

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The story presents the characters being victimized, be it any from the structure of power paradigm. ... The latter being given minor part though but only her situation completes the circle of reality amongst whites. ... In the character of McLendon's wife, this proves to be true. ... Therefore the dryness and the effects of it are prevalent into the lives of characters. ...

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Diversity alters the societal character by redrawing racial and ethnic boundaries. ... " while the other languages like Spanish are seen as minor languages because those who speak are Hispanics. ... " (Korgen 154).Diversity is altering the character of society by redrawing boundaries around race and ethnicity (Aguire 49). ...

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I strongly disagree with this claim and believe that alcohol companies along with alcohol advertising industries directly target minors in an unscrupulous manor. ... Research shows, "A study on the responses of young people to alcohol advertising found that underage youth are drawn to music, animal and people characters, story and humor in alcohol advertising. ... The three most popular alcohol ads among youth in the study used animal characters as the leading actors" (www.camy.org). ...

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His cartoon like character was the image for the young teenage population. ... All the government will do about it is charge the minor with a fine and send him/her on his/her way, which is like getting a slap on the wrist that doesn't hurt. ...

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Every book that is published in the United States must go through an inspection, which will allow or not allow the book to be sold to minors due to some sort of misleading content. ... This world is very diverse, and diversity builds character, and if we can all live in this diversity within the same country, we are doing very well as a country. ...

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Another example from the 50s is on the situation comedy I Love Lucy, in which the show's married main characters had to sleep in twin beds, so as to not make any suggestions that they had a physical relationship. ... By the 1960s, television shows and movies were getting more suggestive, and minor profanities, mild violence, and mild sexual themes were being allowed in television and, more prominently, movies. ...

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Games, Books and Movies: The Violence Accelerator or Misreported Non-issue? When a violent action is reported publicly, there is a move to blame someone or something for what has happened. As people look for someone to hold responsible for the action, blame can be attached to a variety of object...

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For the first few years of Constitutional government, under the leadership of George Washington, there was a unity, commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- " And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being republicans, ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists." ... Political parties or factions were considered evil as "Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally t...

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HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. Historians use this material to form coherent narratives and uncover linked sequences and patterns in past events. Most histories are concerned with causality, that is, why certain outcomes happened as they did, and how they are linked to earlier events. 1 Origins of Historical Writing In preliterate societies, the acc...

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"So what will it be, Dan? Cheerios and Chaucer? Or an illegal party at your prep school pool with your high-society girlfriend and her nasty cohorts?" his friend Vanessa probes. Dan hollers to his father in the next room that he and Vanessa are heading out for the evening. As the two Brooklynites jo...

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"They wait for a problem to happen and then they pay attention." This was stated by Jennie Luitenn who was forced to witness a school shooting (Cloud 8). Being afraid you were going to be killed at school was practically unimaginable not long ago and now it has become a very clear reality in America. There have always been troubled children in this country but unfortunately it took some very violent acts to put this problem into the light. Why is it that children suddenly feel the need to take their peers lives and why has it become more and more prevalent over the years? ...

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• Grade Level: High School