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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
Gambling 2
Number of words: 660 - Number of pages: 3.... toward gambling
derived from their general attitude toward the environment. To these
people the world was a mysterious place controlled by supernatural beings
whose favor or disfavor was manifested through chance situations and the
outcome of such events as hunts, wars, and games of chance; instruments
of divination frequently included objects used in gambling.
As people gradually acquired knowledge of the nature of their
environment and interpreted it in terms of cause and effect, their attitude
toward gambling changed. Games of chance became pastime .....
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Love 2
Number of words: 1037 - Number of pages: 4.... reason to separate. For example, a woman who is always lending her boyfriend money for his rent, car note, and social expenses will probably eventually grow tired of it and leave him.More reasons why couples separate, addictions often result in ugly breakups. Whether it is an addiction to drugs, sex, gambling, or whatever, hardly anyone would be willing to take that on an everyday basis. Most people would agree that it is not pretty to see someone throw their life away on addictions. It is simply not attractive and thus, not many people would want to be with s .....
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Subliminal Advertising 2
Number of words: 977 - Number of pages: 4.... in the sale of popcorn and Coca-Cola as a result of his subliminal messages. He was later questioned about his results. He had no evidence of his findings and admitted his results were false. This example brought the publics attention to the power that advertisers held over them.
In nineteen seventy nine about fifty department stores in the United states played music with subliminal anti-theft messages. The messages on the tapes were “I am honest. If I do steal, I will be caught and sent to jail” (Rogers 14). These sentences were replayed nin .....
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Bermuda Triangle
Number of words: 1396 - Number of pages: 6.... planes or ships having been found. Disappearances continue to occur with apparently increasing frequency, in spite of the fact that the seaways and airways are today more traveled, searches are more thorough, and records are more carefully kept (Berlitz 1).
During the past century more than 50 ships and 20 aircraft sailed into oblivion in the area known as the . Exactly what happened to the ships and aircraft is unknown. Most disappeared without a trace. Few distress calls and little, if any, debris signaled their disappearance (Baumann 44).
Ships and .....
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The Truman Show
Number of words: 775 - Number of pages: 3.... and that each of us like Truman are held captive in a world that has been altered without our permission. We in our own lives are held captive to the effects of media. In every direction we move we will always come to a wall, some form of media or advertising will stop us and attract our attention. It is a reality that we are not aware of and we can not escape. We in the real world, are much like Truman, held in captivity to this media that is influencing the society. The silent, but lethal effects are evident and do affect considerable risk to our race. Thi .....
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Allen Ginsberg : Howl
Number of words: 2787 - Number of pages: 11.... the hero of a broad-based subculture. In 1943, Ginsberg entered Columbia University where he met Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, two names that would later join him as fathers of a literary/social movement known as the Beat Generation. Ginsberg's subject matter focused on the activities of his social circle and included such things as drug use and homosexual sex. These topics hadn't been written about so openly, without some sort of literary masking before. Ginsberg's far-ranging, wildly expressive style greatly impacted the evolution of modern litera .....
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The Jab
Number of words: 511 - Number of pages: 2.... to your sides, and pivot your hips and shoulders to open side. If you were right handed the open side would be your right side, and if you’re left handed your open side would be your left side. Now you have the proper stance. I like to call this stance the ready position.
Here comes the hard part; you have to relax. Relaxation is necessary for faster and more powerful punches. In your stance extend your arm, nice and slow, rotating your thumb down, and then return it to the ready position. Do not let your elbows fly outwards, keep them in. All punches shoul .....
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Stolen Dreams
Number of words: 966 - Number of pages: 4.... familiar to us and our children.
A work day can be 10 12 or 14 hrs long and work is done 6-7 days a week. Often these children do not see their parents for a month a at a time. Some of them never get to see their parents. Many of them have been bonded to the company because their family had to borrow money. Because of this they have become enslaved a the debt with the accumulating interest never seems to be paid.
The abuses these children have to endure are unbeleivable. They are beaten for any reason, in fact a beating is the norm rather than unusual. Some .....
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