... based out of Dulles, Virginia, offering its customers a variety of communication tools, online shopping, and a helpful search engine. Some of the specific services offered by America Online include: MapQuest, AOL Instant Messenger, AOL Moviefone, Spinner, Winamp, and Digital City, Inc. America Online's "mission is to build a global medium as central to people's lives as the telephone or television. . . and even more ... do's and don'ts, trademark guidelines, and copyright links. "America Online has developed these guidelines to assist you in properly using America Online trademarks, ser...

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... technology. These I feel is were my greatest time-waster started. With the invention and fast growing number of computers, time began to dissipate. During my Junior High School years, I remember AOL Instant Messengers coming out. All my friends were on it, and so was I. Now, as I have grown, and have to check my college e-mail, I tend to "wonder who is on ... , keeping files, keeping my schedules up to date then that would be a good investment. Instead of talking to my friends, I could be helping someone study, or volunteering in the community. AOL IM is great for talking with family tha...

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... have virtually all the advertising they can put on-line at no extra cost. A webpage (through a provider like GeoCities or Angelfire) is free and posting in Usenet groups or on AOL's "Card Collector's Corner" is also free. All you have to pay is the monthly service charge. An advantage of using the Internet for this business is the profit margin. It ... ...

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Whystan Hugh Auden greatly contributed to the literary world of the twentieth century with his influential works of poetry, prose, and play writing. Auden's writing style and unusual subject matters were mostly contrived as a result of his travels, political affrications, vast intelligence, experien...

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... 's. He argues his point by using detailed historical events and providing a vivid picture of great rock 'n rollers, including Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly. He also incorporates the reactions from those who listened to and experienced the rock n' roll movement. For example, in describing rock n' rolls effects on the 1950's generational conflict he ... ...

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The traditional ideologies about an American family have evolved over the years. The typical image of a nuclear family with a dog buddy, happily standing next to their family house is drastically fading away. This depiction of the American family no longer applies to most families in the US today because of the ... ...

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... . Bootleggers like Junior Johnson got his start on the back roads of the Deep South, running moonshine. He became one of the fathers of NASCAR Racing. Lee Petty, Cail Yarbrough, Buddy Baker, and Red Falmer got their start running the night shift white lightening express on the back roads of the south. Even back then, auto racing was a great spectator sport ... ...

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... ethnicities had a large impact on all racial relations. You had black men doing country music and white men doing gospel. Fats Domino was appealing to a majority of white kids and Buddy Holly was appealing to a majority of black kids. When the country saw Sam Phillips producing and developing young black artist it made heads turn. In the same way a Church doesn ... ...

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... slogging through Hell, And I was the kid with the drum! Say, don't you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time. Why don't you remember, I'm your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime? Writings from people who suffered through the great depression: It was difficult to find any type of work during the Great Depression. Young people found it ... ...

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... of Canada and an attack upon the "Savages" who had been tormenting homes on the frontier. Madison never really expected or desired the annexation of Canada and neither did his buddy Monroe. A compromise with Britain would have been very difficult due to the increasing "sectionalism" in America. New England had virtually everything in common with British Marine interests but the further ... ...

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... we are always in such a rush to go to work, and make money that we never stop and eat healthy? We are always just grabbing food on the run, the quick easy meal fix. If you watch television or even in newspapers and magazines, there are all of these new dieting plans and exercise programs. Maybe we should stop and think ... on how they look before we even know them. So at the same time that we can look at our society and say we are so quick to accept fat people, but we are very quick to discriminate them and make fun of them. Today everyone thinks twice before using a racial slur or judg...

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... time as you would to react and avoid an accident. Driving continually demands multiple tasks. It requires your constant attention and quick responses or decisions to an unexpected interference. In order to be a safe driver you must be alert, make quick decisions and be able to execute them. A twelve ounce can of beer, a five ounce glass of wine, and a 1.5 ounce shot of ... kills people in our country. It is horrible to think that most of the victims who's lives are claimed are innocent people. This problem has been declining but not as quick as we need and not as fast as some of us woul...

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... night long. "Keggers" are a cheap way for the students to drink alcohol and have a good time. These parties are also a good way for the people throwing the party to make quick money. The number of people at the parties who are paying for a cup easily covers the expense of the kegs. These parties are a staple at colleges all across the United ... States. These parties are also host to many drinking games. These drinking games are quick ways for the participants to get drunk, and have fun at the same time. At many small parties, card games are popular. These games are played with a normal...

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... , it's obvious that raising the minimum wage is missing its goal of providing aid to its intended demographic. The reason this is such a controversial subject is because there is no quick fix. Raising the minimum wage is the equivalent to that of a band-aid on a severed limb.   As a society it's our responsibility to regulate how the government is spending our money ... have considerable qualities, keeping it the same amount is better suited to prevent economic decline within our country. However, it's easier said than done. Human compassion and the need for quick fixes override our bet...

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... drugs. Ritalin, Dexedrine, and Cylert are examples of the powerful stimulants used to correct the disorder. Ritalin, which is in the same family as cocaine, has parents worrying if the "quick fix- method is the best approach towards the problem. Side effects of Ritalin are weight loss, loss of appetite, head and stomach pains, possible liver damage, and mild depression. CHADD ... a different teaching approach for kids that are diagnosed. Studies show that kids diagnosed with ADD learn in a very different manner than those who excel in the school system today. Medicinal "quick fixes- may...

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... aggressive nature of men in the classroom. To give the option to women to have a separate class without males present will not fully solve this problem. The segregation is only a quick fix that will eventually hurt the women's performance rather than support it. First, having little or no experience working with men will give the women of the business world a severe ... problems. Society needs to teach discipline in class discussion and in a group-working environment. These will be the first steps to fully solving this problem. Having segregated classrooms is only a quick and easy fix t...

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... drugs. Ritalin, Dexedrine, and Cylert are examples of the powerful stimulants used to correct the disorder. Ritalin, which is in the same family as cocaine, has parents worrying if the "quick fix- method is the best approach towards the problem. Side effects of Ritalin are weight loss, loss of appetite, head and stomach pains, possible liver damage, and mild depression. CHADD ... a different teaching approach for kids that are diagnosed. Studies show that kids diagnosed with ADD learn in a very different manner than those who excel in the school system today. Medicinal "quick fixes- may...

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"Fad Diets, Healthy, or not?" Quick weight loss diets, now more than ever, seem to be flooding over the population. Everyone wants to lose 15 pounds in two weeks and not have to do any work ... diet because they are on the go could just as easily get their nutrition and fiber from a piece of fruit and a glass of skim milk. Instead of relying on these quick weight loss diets that could leave out essential things that your body needs, try a good diet. Reduce the fat and calories and eat fruit and vegetables. They have nutrients that ... ...

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... problems. After prohibition was put into effect an increase of alcohol consumption was almost immediately seen. Thereby going against everyone's perceived image of prohibition. Many people turned to bootlegging as a quick way to make money. Many alcohol related murders ensued. This was a wild time in the United States which could be linked to the growing need for, now illegal, alcohol. What ... was said that for every saloon that was closed because of prohibition two "speak-easies" were created. With this addition of flagrant crimes the 1920's, who already had a get rich quick attitude,...

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... , flooding, high taxes, bad economy, collapsing government, and crop failure. When gold was found in California and short on hand of workers, many Chinese travel into America to get rich quick. A young man in Canton wrote to his brother in Boston saying, "good many Americans speak of California, Oh! Very rich country! O hear good many Americans and Europeans go there very ... these built up this dream of the "Golden Mountain". The plan for most Chinese was to make their fortune, and return home to their family. The dream of getting rich quick has been around for ages. Due to this, a tric...

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... American way of life An American travelling in Europe nowadays, could easily get the impression that he or she never left home. After checking into the Holiday Inn and grabbing a quick lunch at the nearby Burger King, the traveller sets out to discover the local culture. But what most Americans see around them is not local at all. Shops sell Nikes ... supermarkets where we can buy all kinds of food. And what are these foods? The frozen meals, chips, Coca-cola, Pepsi, canned bear etc. But if we want to have a quick lunch we just drop into the McDonald's. The fast food restaurants are wid...

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... away from the block at an intense speed and when it comes to the flip turn, swimming back to stability it dies out into depression. This could be created from a quick scare from terrorists, talk of war, or just a bad weak, month or even year. The economy is suffering so are corporate earnings, unemployment is increased, and all stocks are down ... . A quick boost of energy sending the market straight up, into a surplus, winning the race is what is needed. This would call for the unemployed to spend money to bring up the ... ...

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... a society we need to take the illegal drinking problem head on and work out the problems. The problem is that we as a society are always looking for the "quick fix," but there is not a quick fix to this problem. As a society we need to be able to overcome this obstacle, but we cannot do it alone. Everyone needs to do their little ... ...

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... economy. The third reason for the great depression is the most widely known. Americans did not only buy their goods and food on credit; the people began to look for quick fortunes in the stock market by paying for their shares on credit. When buying a stock on credit, the buyer would only pay for a small percentage of the share and loan ... person would make a profit and sell the share, he would only need to repay his remaining debt from the sale of the stock plus a five percent commission fee. Stories of quick fortunes caused hoards of citizens to try their luck in the stock market. By...

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... would be faster door to door than a flight (Billitteri). Imagine what it would be like speeding up the scenic California coast, making it to San Francisco quicker than the "quick and easy" flights often advertised. Many would benefit from this. With the bump in population for the high speed rail, there would be less use of the interstates or ... ...

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