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Prohibition's unintended consequences: organized crime and violence in 1920s America

Prohibition of spirits in the United States was based on a set of moral principles as well as a series of convictions that lowering or eliminating the use of strong alcohol would reduce criminality and, further more, prostitution.

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James Rachels' argument against the moral distinction between active and passive euthanasia

It is written in laymen's terms and not specifically geared toward an audience of medical professionals. The article sets itself as an opposing view of the accepted practice of passive euthanasia.

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The double jeopardy clause and the Lemrick Nelson prosecution case

According to the stipulations in the Fifth Amendment, the double jeopardy clause protects against two abuses i.e. numerous prosecutions for the same crime and numerous punishments for the same crime.

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Romantic nature in Emerson's "Nature" and Goethe's "Sorrows of Young Werther"

Nature in Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Nature" and Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" The purpose of the current paper relates directly to the major theme of nature and its romantic approach in literature.

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The Surgeon General's evolving role in public health leadership

On January 28, 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S.

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Individual health, end-of-life rights, and same-sex marriage in the twenty-first century

Perhaps one of the most significant social changes that will shape the 21st century is individual health and healthcare. Already we have seen the idea posited by government at the state and federal levels of care based on outcome prognosis.

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Fetal origins of adult disease and developmental health outcomes

Fetal origins of health and disease has developed into a new medical frontier for researchers.

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Household savings decline in the UK: economic and expenditure factors

According to the UK Office for National Statistics, household savings declined in the second quarter of 2010 from 5.5% to 3.2%. There are a number of reasons why this decline could have occurred.

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Globalization through soccer and ethics in Foer and Appiah

Globalization is one of the most discussed subjects at the moment and in the last decades. This is largely due to the fact that its components affect everyday life and determine future evolutions.

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The Marshall Plan's role in post-World War II European economic recovery

Designing Europe in the Aftermath of World War II: The Marshall Plan and its Lasting Effects The twentieth century was a period of major change and reorganization in the international geopolitical power structure, as globalization truly got underway via the interconnections of land and marine…

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