Whenever a new type of beverage entered Europe and became popular it was only time until certain classes would be associated with these drinks. ... In beginning of the second decade in the twentieth century, a very popular drink suffered that same fate, after a few decades of debate, Absinthe was made illegal, and banned in most of the western world. ... Not until the last decade, especially in the last few years, did the drink start to become popular again. ... It must be more than a coincidence that some of the most famous art we have comes from the Age of Absinthe. ... The most famous Rock ...

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The Italian Renaissance was influenced by many cross-cultural influences resulting from political conflicts and alliances between Italian city-states and from other influencing countries such as Spain and France. Fashion were derived from an International Gothic style in the first part of the era, ...

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Most European scientists expanded on and publicized Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection, including in Ireland, the Netherlands, and France. ... There were men who spread Darwin's theory. 2 One ordained clergyman who became an academic advisor at the largest and most prestigious college in Ireland, Trinity College in Dublin, George Salmon, addressed the question of Darwinism. ... What he said about Darwinism carried much greater weight both intellectually and politically than most of the comments made from other clergymen. His comments held greater weight because he b...

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The most renowned figure of this period was the minister Alcuin (c. 732 "804), who amassed a wonderful composition accumulation of established works in the library of York. ... Anyway it was in Florence, especially among the patrician class, that Petrarch's formality was most emphatically gotten, most quite through his companion and devotee Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 "1375). ... Salutati welcomed the most praised Byzantine researcher of the times, Manuel Chrysoloras (c. 1353 "1415), to educate in Florence. ... His most famous work, Elegances of the Latin Language (published 1...

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In that sense, Europe primarily has appeared to be a bipolar model: social popular government versus oppression; Manichean; a fight in the middle of good and fiendishness. As indicated by the European Idea, social citizenship must be unrestricted, particularly that of its most defenseless individuals. ... Most importantly, the European Left ponders what could possibly be done? ... In Europe, social solidarity turned into the heart of its belief system, on account of ahead of schedule social popular government and communism. ... Left are most importantly social balance and justice. ...

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Most accounts centre largely on change in the social scene across Western Europe during the 16th century with intense focus on colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade as the central feature to its inception some stating "slaves were the capital that made capitalism"2. ... Firstly ships would leave Western Europe for Africa filled with goods for which sailors would exchange for slaves the most popular and important commodities were weapons and gun powder followed by textiles, pearls and other manufactured goods. ... "12 Nicknamed the "Pearl of the Antilles" due to it b...

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Louis, who became King of Holland shows this as he became popular with the Dutch people due to the fact he looked to reform the Kingdom of Holland and strived for improvement, showing that in fact Napoleon's use of the clan system and appointment of those closest to him did make attempts to improve the outlook for European states and provide stability and improvement. ... Throughout Napoleon's military career in France, it would be Poland who would provide the French with the most military support in terms of conscripted troops as the number of Polish troops in the French Army totale...

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Some kind of 'cost benefit analysis' is not so easy when globalisation is perhaps the most over used and under specified concept in the international policy sciences since the passing of the 'Cold War'. ... The first two charges are the stuff of current popular and populist analysis of the international political economy of globalisation qua economic liberalisation. They find most resonance in developing countries, and especially those states of Southeast Asia for whom recent economic crises have brought back shades of the north-south contest between the developed and de...

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Olympia was the recognition of the biggest most muscular man in the world. ... Quality of training is one of the most important aspects of the workout. ... Surprising to most, your body actually grows when at rest, not when training. ... However most people do not fall into the three body types. ... Do not perform less than 10 reps generally for most exercises. ...

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Alcohol dependence is known to be the most severe form of alcohol abuse. ... They have a higher tolerance for alcohol intake than most people. ... Abstinence, most prominently advocated by the self-help group, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), is defined as "the act of refraining from engaging in a positively reinforced, or pleasurable, behavior" (Leischow, 2002). ... The popular group AA, with its twelve step healing program for alcohol abusers, promotes abstinence as the only way to achieve successful recovery. ... Also, "subjects with the most restrictive goal, absolute abstinence, ...

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The currency they concluded to be the most beneficial for solving the currency problem was the Euro. ... The popular belief however is that the Euro will have a positive effect on the U.S. economy by perhaps bringing about a healthy competition between the two currencies. ...

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The group took on a cell type organization, at the time popular with secret Communist groups, to avoid prosecution. ... This was the only mainstream church that allowed homosexuals as leaders or members, in a time where most churches would not even allow membership, much less leadership. ... Employment discrimination and physical violence were the two most threatening forms of oppressions they faced daily. However, most gays and lesbians felt the worst form of maltreatment came through gay bashing, especially when done by public officials. ... Within two years of the Stonewall Riots, gay liber...

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France had the most far-reaching and violent of the rebellions against the state. ... The Bourbon king Louis XIV, the powerful monarch of the early seventeenth century (1661-1715), had been the most successful absolute monarch in history, but his grandiose imperial ambitions led to massive military failure and had left his country in economic ruin. ... The Third Estate represented the middle class and the most numerous, and their demands clashed with those of the upper classes. ...

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U.S Foreign Policy Toward Jewish Refugees During 1933-1939 PART I HISTORICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS In reviewing the events which gave rise to the U.S.'s foreign policy toward Jewish refugees, we must identify the relevant factors upon which such decisions were made. Factors includin...

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Most liberals are enthusiastic about the economics of the free market. In the international realm, such thinking is most obvious in liberal views concerning free trade (though many liberals would take a slightly more ambiguous view than the neoliberal one set out here). ... Comparative advantage (a state's most efficient production) varies from state to state (for example, Argentina may be better at beef farming than textiles). ...

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