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    Ethnographic study

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    the top floor was brown wooden benches following the theme of natural & organic. Fresh and perishable foods like wines, cheese, pastries, chocolates and toiletries were displayed on the middle and ground floors. Majority of food items sold are natural and organic and were sourced from the best places in the world. For example, fair trade bananas were from Costa-Rica and Venezuela, wines were from vineyards in France, Spain, Australia and cheese was from England and France. On entering the store,

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    Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered In the United States a large topic of discussion is the drinking age, should it stay at 21 or should the age be dropped. Somewhat recently the age has been changed from 18 to 21 and a lot of people want to be changed back. By 1988, all 50 U.S. states and the federal government had set the drinking age at 21 years of age, but is it time to lower the MLDA (minimum legal drinking age) to 18 years of age? Those who argue against lowering the MLDA claim

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    Didgetwaylost Handshake

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    I discover the Hotel’s bar, not long after arriving, and sit down in a secluded inglenook, at the same time a nonagenarian eases himself into a wingback chair opposite me. I impudently stare, since I’d never seen a man, with such long silver hair, or an inlaid gemstone walking stick, or a stylish opulent cloak that gracefully flowed to the floor. He turns and our eyes meet, he smiles, offers a frail handshake, and says Didgetwaylost, son of Willgetwaylost, grandson of Maygetwaylost, and descendant

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    The Era of Prohibition

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    Many breweries had to shut down and the owners were now broke (About.com). The wine companies in the U.S. had to relocate to other countries to produce wine (About.com). The economy and quality of life was being destroyed by the Prohibition. The homicide rate had gone up by 13 percent (Prohibition Fast Facts). Medicinal alcohol sale rates had increased by four hundred

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    to be objective, telling the situation how it is.  Just looking at the titles for these articles tells you what the audience is supposed to feel.  Fox gave a death count: “ California wildfires kill at least 31, deadliest week for fires in state history”. CBS did too, but it is a much lower number: “At least 13 dead as wildfires devour

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    Science is an important part of a lot of people’s lives. Without science and scientists, the human race may never have some of the things that we take for granted in their daily lives. Thanks to some very important scientists and their works, you can enjoy many of those things. Louis Pasteur’s early life and further education led to his successful works and creations that helped further the lives of everyone. Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822 in Dole France and he grew up Arbois France

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    In the closing passages of the Odyssey, the suitors and disloyal servants are punished for their crimes against Odysseus, and it does indeed seem that the death penalty doled out by Odysseus is harsh. However, at this particular period of Greek history, it was expected that each man take his own vengeance against his trespassers as there was no judicial system in place to deal with these problems at the time, therefore it seems justified that as their crimes stretched over a period of nearly 20

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    Basse Yutz Flagon Essay

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    Approximately 2500 years ago, a pair of elegant bronze wine jugs called the Basse Yutz Flagons were made, but until 1927 they were found by workmen digging in Basse Yutz in Lorraine, in Northeastern France (The British Museum). In addition, they were called the Basse Yutz Flagons since they were found near the town of Basse Yutz. Historians believe they come from a burial from an important person. Additionally, one the Basse Yutz Flagons was found in great condition, but the other one according

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    indication that his background generates people’s idea of him to the conclusion that he was a threat to their society. Villa Torlonia, once a wine cellar, is connected to Judaism for its underground catacombs where Benito Mussolini declared his plans of racial laws to “strip the citizenship of the Jewish”. Moreover, the Villa was prominent for its history of the hiding of Mussolini in his practice of fascism in addition to protecting

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    books where the characters are white. To continue this essay, I will transition into the first piece of evidence which is about blue in ancient Greek life. In ancient Greek painting there was very few colors used and that was a red that looked like wine. This red was normal to them they didn’t know of many other

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