Indeed, the English 'Great Horse' seems to have been a native development of that British 'War Horse' whose strength, courage and aptitude for discipline are spoken of in high terms by the Roman legions at their first landing upon these shores. ... Some believe they are descendants of the original horses found in the region during the Ice Age. Regardless of it's ancient beginnings it is known that at two points in history the native mares of the Le Perche region of France were mated with Arab stallions, first during the eighth century and later during the Middle Age...

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The minimum age limit to drink in the U.S. is twenty-one years, but the age limit of adulthood is eighteen. ... In high school I was always the sober driver, and drove to some pretty weird places. ... Middle school kids drink, high school kids drink and college kids drink. ... In Europe, drinking is not a big deal to high school and college kids. ... Raising the driving age and lowering the drinking age would generate various problems. ...

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Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are not only adult problems, they also affect a significant number of adolescents and young adults between the ages of twelve and twenty, even though drinking under the age of twenty-one is illegal. ... This organization is in many high schools, junior high schools, and middle schools. ... I also propose that the drinking age be lowered to eighteen and permit those of legal age to consume alcohol socially in controlled environments such as restaurants and official university functions. ... In my opinion, raising the legal drinking age to twenty-one has m...

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The children, five in all, were eating KFC and also had a huge plate of fudge brownies in the middle of the circle they had formed. ... According to Time magazine, in America 13% of children under the age of eleven are obese. ... In addition, as many as three of seven children, in same age group, are considered overweight (51). ... On average, children under the age of thirteen, eat at fast food restaurants seven times a month (Modern 3). ... Overweight children are twice as likely to have high blood pressure or heart disease as normal weight children. ...

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This was attributed to the population of baby boomers which added high demand for everything from consumer goods to education. ... The most common ages of women getting married and having children was 20 to 25, but most ages saw a rise.1 The reason for such an increase in population could largely be attributed to the GI Bill, which gave allot of financial stability to veterans coming home. It allowed for veterans to finish high school and attend colleges. ... This introduced the family car the middle class families, as earlier it was more of an upperclass privilege than necessity. ... Many new...

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During the Middle Ages, punishment was the solution to every criminal or social offense ranging from stealing to adultery to heresy. ... Masks or hoods would be beneficial in this day and age if we used a punishment from the medieval times because public humiliation is humiliating. ... The affect of humiliation on a person is significantly high. ...

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Glaberson, William. " The Lawyer; Defending Muslims in Court and Drawing Death Threats As Well as a High Profile." ... After September 11 Rosses felt sorry for all Middle Eastern people and Muslims living in America. ... One of the most horrific incidents have happened with a Newtown High School's honor student Mustafa Mohamed, a17-year-old. He came to America from Egypt at age of 3. ... This article claims that after September 11 people of different race, except those of Middle Eastern descend, became closer. ...

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Although portraying a high level of patriotism by taking part in the fight for colony independence, women were not permitted to attend either the Continental Congress, or the state congresses, nor did any woman sign the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. ... Since the making of a middle-class lady in the 1800s, husbands have been returning home to their wives after a hard day's work, expecting a well-cooked meal, a spotless house, and well disciplined children. ... Always present in the unwritten rules of television and cinema is the principle that, "As men age, they become ...

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To compound our naturally competitive natures, Americans often impose various forms of contest into everyday life from a very early age. Whether its identifying the "gifted" children in middle school, or placing students on "slow" academic tracks in high school, our society has permanently institutionalized inequality. ...

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Nationwide, high schools and elementary schools are forced to balance the budget given to them for education and the art courses are often the first to be cut. ... In fact, these studies have shown that high school students who are actively involved in art courses have higher standardized test scores than those who had little to no involvement in art courses. ... "Through arts study, middle school students improved in their ability to turn barriers into opportunities and persist in completing tasks, and the mastery of art skills at the high school level was found to encourage further mot...

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It was a problem that was on the rise then and now is even more so as by 2007 the gap had increased to an outrageously high 400 to 1. ... " This concept is unfair to the middle class, the rich are taking advantage of a system in a way that only they can. ... According to Census data by the Economic Policy Institute "Adults over the age of 20 make up 88 percent of all workers who would receive a raise if the federal minimum wage were raised." That fact shows that raising the minimum wage to reflect inflation would result in giving adults over the age of 20 many of which are raisi...

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Leiss, Kline, Jhally and Botterill state that "this was advertising's golden age, not merely because advertisers had grasped its almost unlimited transformational capabilities, but because society as a whole almost completely agreed with its key premise, that the road to happiness was paved with more goods and services". ... Economic growth post world war created an affluent consumer society where the urban middle class and upper class had more purchasing power than before. ... Modern consumer goods became extremely appealing as they made life much easier and provided high quali...

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Pew Research Center found that in 2013, the "Median net worth of upper-income families was 6.6 times greater than that of middle-income families.... Unlike communism, which has repeatedly failed due solely to corruption in the high ranking government, socialism does not have very specific guidelines at all. ... The age of socialism is around the corner and hopefully will be here to stay. ...

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My nephew goes to a suburban, mostly white, primarily middle-class and affluent school that teaches largely to tests while valuing less and less the language of a child's inner world. ... I cannot speak very much to my own early past views as a younger man, say up to the age of 24, on people who are disabled or many other subcultures because my own thinking then on the subject was undefined and nebulous. During my own primary education through high school there were no autistic children, no self-identified gay youth and none with obvious physical disabilities such as blindness or cerebral...

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