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    Parent Social Status

    Sex International Journal of Psychology and Counselling. Vol.3 (1). Pp.15-19 http://www.academicjournals.org/ijpc/abstracts. Abstract This study examined the impact of home type on involvement of in-school adolescents in premarital sex in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria. This study adopted a survey research design. Three hundred and sixty-eight students from four secondary schools were randomly selected, 128 or 47.8% were males and 148 or 53% were females. Their ages range from 16-19years with the mean

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    Mexico Glacier

    which has changed the picture," Delgado said. Scientists generally believe global warming is caused by large amounts of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. Heat radiating from the sprawling, concrete-covered metropolis of Mexico City nearby is also contributing to the disappearance of the glaciers. Iztaccihuatl has one of two glacial fields left in Mexico, which are among the world's few tropical glaciers. Glaciers in the tropics can only exist on the cold peaks

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    Film Review Essay: Sound of Music

    The Best Musical in the World “Do a deer a female deer, Re a drop of gold sun, Mi a name I call myself, Fa a long long way to run, So a needle pulling thread, La a note to follow So, Ti a drink with jam and bread, and that would bring us back to do, do, do, do.” The Sound of Music aired in the year 1965. It was set in Austria in the 1930’s. The movie is a biography, drama, family, musical, and a romance. There were three main actors in this film. The three were Julie Andrews (Maria), Christopher

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    Case Study

    1311.S70 Professor Cockerell 04 April 2013 Why was Natsumi’s family excited about their “surprise” for her? You can tell by the connotation of Natsumi’s description of her home in Japan that it is more likely a smaller town instead of a major metropolis; the construction of a fast food chain restaurant would be a big deal. I have a friend who was stationed outside of Tokyo while in the Air Force and in the last year a McDonalds was built in the town. When we had spoken he said that everyone in

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    Syllabus

    HIDDEN CITIES TEXT A metropolis home to 1.3 million people, Davao is the biggest city in Southern Philippines. It is also known as a gateway to culture and adventure. However Davao is also of Historical importance. One such reason is the Japanese Tunnel, located in Diversion Road. Nestled inside a resort, I was able to gain access by paying fifty pesos. I was met by a tour guide who narrated bits of information that I found interesting such as the Mickey Mouse money that was on display near

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    The Ground Zero Mosque

    The Ground Zero mosque These days the Americans are divided about a sensitive question. Should a mosque be build on Ground Zero in New York? The place on which the Twin Towers stood before 9/11. This attack on the american people and civilization took many lives. For that reason this matter evokes much emotion. Firstly, in reality, there will be no mosque at Ground Zero. In fact the so-called ‘Ground Zero mosque’ isn’t a mosque at all. It is a multifaith community centre. Including a fitness

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    Salsa Dancing

    Salsa. Salsa is based on Cuban styles that had developed in the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. In the ‘60s and ‘70s the salsa spread to other parts of Latin America like Colombia and Venezuela. Throughout the ‘70s, in an area in south-west Colombia called “Metropolis”, emerged as an important new center for salsa dance and music. This area was known as “the world salsa capital”. Types of Salsa Dance Salsa has been made into different forms of dance. I will briefly discuss the various types of dancing

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    History of New York

    lost their lives than those who had died in every battle of the war combined. But on November 25, 1783 occupancy of New York State was given back to the Americans. After the Americans regained control New York City and World War I ended, the metropolis was recovered quickly and was once again used as one of the most important ports in the United States. It was especially important to the

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    The Devil In The White City Book Report

    hotel and how he pulled it off. Not long after Jack the Ripper haunted the ill-lit streets of 1888 London, H.H. Holmes (born Herman Webster Mudgett) dispatched somewhere between 27 and 200 people, mostly single young women, in the churning new metropolis of Chicago; many of the murders occurred during (and exploited) the city's finest moment, the World's Fair of 1893. Larson's breathtaking new history is a novelistic yet wholly factual account of the fair and the mass murderer who lurked within

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    Ss Fair

    “DON'T BUY WHERE YOU CAN'T WORK” MOVEMENT Senior Division Historical Research Paper "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" was a movement also known as the "Buy Where You Can Work" It emerged in many major northern cities of the United States during the years of the Great Depression. It was put together in order to protest black unemployment rates that were often double or even triple the national average rates. In the year 1929, the Whip, a Chicago newspaper, under Editor Joseph Bibb, sponsored

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