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    "Think for yourself and question authority," said Timothy Leary, a Harvard lecturer and advocate for LSD. The 1960s became a turning point in history because of this mentality; people believed it was time to be vocal about their views and ideas. Prior to this decade, the nation was conservative in voicing their opinions, but then again, this era changed it all. Weather it was the women and African Americans who fought against the injustices they dealt with daily, or those who were fed up by the…

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    Arab Music Outline

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    country is a lot more accessible to Westerners than, Syria or other countries in the eastern Arab world. iii. When Morocco became independent it became a magnet for counterculture musicians. 1. Ornette Colman 2. Rolling Stones 3. Brian Gyson 4. Timothy Leary b. Wedding Celebrations in Morocco- Depending on which region of Morocco you’re in, depends on how long a wedding celebration lasts. The wedding celebration can last anywhere between three days to a whole week long; many pre-wedding…

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    The Great Fire Analysis

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    already in bed. Both Patrick and Catherine had to be up very early in the morning: he to set off for his job as a laborer; she to milk their five cows and then deliver the milk to the neighbors. Sullivan ambled down the stretch of land between the O’ Learys’ and their neighbor, crossed the street, and sat down on the wooden sidewalk in front of Thomas White’s house. After adjusting his wooden leg to make himself comfortable, he leaned back against White’s fence to enjoy the night. The wind…

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    John Lennon had said in the 1960s, “It matters not who you love, where you love or how you love, it matters only that you love.” This quote explains the challenges, the failures, and struggles, one of the major bands, the Beatles have encountered during the 1960s. When two of the Beatles were younger, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, they would sometimes leave school to practice together. McCartney's younger schoolmate George Harrison was soon recruited as another guitarist, as was Lennon's art…

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    Understanding Addiction

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    This brought controversies of its use. In 1966, Timothy Leary created a religion to the use of LSD. Today, psychoactive drugs are used most by young adults. Inhalants Inhalants are most commonly used among older children and pre-teens because they are not expensive and can be found among most household products…

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    Problems With Work

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    dedication. Unfortunately, their idea of work has become alienated by modern economy and those who strive to earn more than their fair share without the necessary work to support their aspirations. The book Every Good Endeavor by Timothy Kelley with Katherine Leary Alsdorf captures these exact concepts. The authors explain what God originally meant for work to be, humanity’s modern problems…

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    Sixties Music Analysis

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    From the eclecticism and psychedelic experimentalism of the Sixties, a large range of musicals styles appeared and grew throughout the Seventies. In many instances, these styles refined the stylistic features of psychedelia which usually coexisted but now heralded new styles within rock. The unifying factor between music of the late Sixties and Seventies rock is the hippie aesthetic, not only in terms of the perspective of the audience but also the artists themselves. It goes on to show how…

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    Hallucinogenic medications, particularly LSD, were generally utilized therapeutically, profoundly and recreationally all through the late 1960s, and were advanced by Timothy Leary with his trademark "Turn on, tune in, drop out". Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters likewise had impact in the part of "knocking some people 's socks off on". Hallucinogenic affected the music, fine art and movies of the decade, and various unmistakable…

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    Oxycontin Case Analysis

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    Obviously, for many users, OxyContin serves merely as a substitute for heroin, but many people with legitimate pain problems were duped into taking the drug. For instance, that was seemingly the case with Rush Limbaugh who started taking the drug after back surgery. After all, most patients trust their doctor’s word as the gospel and the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, convinced doctors that it had “reduced addiction risk.” That was a completely false marketing claim as OxyContin is just as…

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    When Morpheus first shows Neo the real world he says to him, “Welcome to the desert of the real.” The world as Neo knows it does not exist and is merely a construction by machines. Life inside the Matrix is similar to that of the end of the 20th century yet it is a computer generated dream world built to keep humans under control in order to change them into energy. While connected to the Matrix humans are none the wiser about the fact that what they perceive to be reality is actually just a…

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