Days of Wine and Roses

Promoted Prohibition Aggressively). In order to increase awareness and gather more support for Prohibition, the Anti-Saloon League created the American Issue Publishing Company. The publishing Company had about 200 employees and operated 24 hours a day. Professor David Hanson states “within the first three years of its operation, [The Anti-Saloon League] was producing about 250,000,000 (one-quarter billion) book pages per month” (Anti-Saloon League: Promoted Prohibition Aggressively). The…

Lawson and Brady, 2010). The amount of alcohol a woman drinks determines whether she is considered a moderate, heavy, or binge drinker. Women are considered moderate drinkers with no more than 1 drink per day.…

Kate and a flexible university timetable which enabled me to “role change” to a stay at home dad. However, when Kate returned back to work on a three days per week I provided the welfare our family. Our second born, Ella Rose Davies (DOB: 24/04/2013) Kate has taken approximately 10 weeks maternity leave before she retuned back to work on a three day per week…

too familiar. Just three months ago, we bury my father, and now my brother lies beside him.” He raises his glass, still reeling from unresolved feelings of the loss. “May they find one another in the stars above. Until we all meet again.” He sips his wine, in which everyone else does the same. “What about the prisoner?” a nobleman hollers through the crowd. The people glance to him and back to the king, awaiting his answer. “The prisoner will be executed tomorrow morning,” the king announces.…

The ride did take all of the forty-five minutes Cédric had foreseen. Not only because of the mist, fog, and black-out conditions, but Cédric was concerned about Elisaveta. Several times he inquired as to how she was feeling and if she needed to walk. She thanked him for his concern but she was doing well. When they arrived at the Monastery’s driveway, the mist had stopped and muted light from the moon shown through the clouds. They dismounted the bikes and walked up the cobblestone drive. Even…

Charming. Unmatched beauty and subservient innocence have become a virtue for women, a societal expectation. This ideal for women is unfortunately what has been emphasized both in fiction and in contemporary society. In both Roman myths and modern day fairy tales, beauty is an advantageous and essential characteristic and trumps even intelligence and independence. The protagonists of Apuleius’s Cupid and Psyche, Charles Perrault’s Donkeyskin (1695), and Sylvia Plath’s Cinderella (1956) are all…

that has bravery and courage, he also puts himself before others. Juror stood against all other’s opinions to prove his own. Juror Eleven says it best, “It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly” (Rose, 28). This basically means that no matter how much you believe you are correct, it’s still hard to fight through all the peer pressure to prove yourself instead of just taking the easy way out and going with others. He turns every single juror…

The small dinghy that had dropped anchor in the turbulent waters of Stillwater Cove moved in synchronized rhythm with the undulating waves that knocked against the side and the occupant cursed under their breath, “Damn, the water’s rough tonight. I’m glad I don’t get seasick or I’d be puking over the side right now.” Turning the vessel into the choppy current, they surveyed the surrounding area. Stillwater Cove made the perfect place for a romantic weekend getaway or as the individual on the…

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John Wycliffe was born in the Yorkshire village of Wycliffe-on-Tees. Scholars differ as to the exact date of birth, but it is generally agreed that He was born in the Yorkshire village of Wycliffe-on-Tees around 1330. He entered Oxford College around 1345, just prior to the outbreak of the Black Death (1349-353). He received his Doctorate of Divinity in 1372. By 1371 Oxford had gained a reputation as the leading school of theological and philosophical studies, and Wycliffe stood out for his…