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J Alfred Prufrock Aids Epidemic
1,512 wordsAt first glance, Esquire magazine seems harmless enough. In fact, I often thought of it as the magazine for an unenlightened J. Alfred Prufrock. J. Alfred Prufrock was the dissatisfied upper class crybaby created by T. S. Eliot. Both Prufrock and Eliot himself choose to use initials instead of full names to accomplish an air of upper classmanship. This is very much in the same vein as naming a magazine Esquire which, according to my computer thesaurus, is synonyms with such words as sir or arist...
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Gun Control Advocates Gun Control Laws
1,602 wordsA gun is a mechanical device that expels a projectile. In most cases the projectile is a gyroscopically stabilized bullet which can accurately travel a large distance. Most guns burn solid propellants to produce high-pressure gas, which drives the projectile through the barrel. Guns have been used for hundreds of years in the history of our world and nation. Although, gun control has been a major debating issue during the past few decades. On one side there are those who completely agree with th...
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Life In Prison Put To Death
1,446 words... t surprisingly, defendants represented by court-appointed attorneys are more than twice more likely to be sentenced to death than those represented by private attorneys or public defenders. Furthermore, capital punishment increases the violence in the society. Some people argue that the death penalty brutalizes society, by sending out the message that killing people is the right thing to do in some circumstances. Statistics show that more murders are committed in some societies than in other...
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Economic And Social Black Death
1,343 wordsThe Black Death is the name later given to the epidemic of plague that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351. The disaster affected all aspects of life. Depopulation and shortage of labor hastened changes already inherent in the rural economy; the substitution of wages for labor services was accelerated, and social stratification became less rigid. Psychological morbidity affected the arts; in religion, the lack of educated personnel among the clergy gravely reduced the intellectual vigor of the ...
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Bubonic Plague Lymph Nodes
692 wordsNo pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seattle redness and horror of blood. (Edgar Allen Poe The Masque of the Red Death. ) Many thought the Black Plague was a curse from God; punishment for the sins the infected had committed. Those that survived were the chosen people, the ones who added by the laws of the Church. Scientists know now that the devastating disease was not a result of sins or spiritual inadequacy, but the terrible illness was caused by a...
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Magna Carta Roman Empire
1,083 wordsDuring the Middle Ages, countries fought and argued for land and pride. The main goal of the leaders of these countries was global domination. With several countries fighting for one cause, there was no chance they would resolve their differences peacefully, often leading to wars and conflicts. Feudalism was the staple of European government. Although it served medieval statesmen well, the social structure was incredibly unbalanced, which was the main reason for its downfall. The creation of thi...
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Tourism Riding The Tourist Roller Coaster
756 wordsTourism is an economic activity associated with all types of traveling away from home, for business, pleasure or other reasons. Tourism is undoubtedly the largest industry in the world and generates lots of many for countries all around the world. In 1999, world tourism contributed 11. 7 % of worlds Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Although this industry provides a lot of opportunities, it also hides many risks. Some people refer tourism as riding a roller-coaster because it is unstable and moving ...
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School Uniforms Public Schools
729 wordsMedia stories about a nationwide school epidemic in which assaults on teachers are frequent and children are routinely killed over designer clothing have been constant over the past few years. Before the situation gets out of control, public schools need to have uniforms at schools. The adoption of school uniforms seems to offer a visible means of restoring order to the nation's classrooms and a quick and ready solution to the problem of public schools in a rapid state of decline. There are few ...
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Leading To Obesity Fast Food Fat
669 wordsObesity is an epidemic that is sweeping over the United States today affecting adults and children alike. In fact, the World Health organization now considers obesity to be a global epidemic and public health problem as more and more nations become Westernized (WebMD. com). With studies indicating that nearly 55 % of American adults are either overweight or obese, it is clear that obesity is now justifiably emerging as a disease attracting much interest in the clinical research field in order to...
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Todays Youth Younger Age
1,640 wordsTeen parenting these days is a startling epidemic. In fact, the U. S. leads all other developed nations in incidences of pregnancy among adolescents age 15 - 19 (Robinson). With all of the problems that we are currently facing as a nation one would not think that this would be one of the worst, but it is. The rates that contribute to the high averages of teen pregnancies are appalling. For every five girls you see, three of them are having babies (Moorer). These rates have done nothing but escal...
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Bubonic Plague Lymph Nodes
1,415 wordsProfessor Piciche The Black Death: From a Dark Past to a New Light It is impossible to discuss Europe's history without mentioning the Plague of 1348, also known as the Black Death. The Black Death reached Italian shores in the spring of 1348. The presence of such a plague was enormously devastating making its mark in unprecedented numbers in recorded history. According to records, it is estimated to have killed a third of Europe's population. The Black Death was caused by bacteria named Yersini...
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Living With Hiv Infected With Hiv
1,292 words1. 1 Global situation of HIV/AIDS Since the first cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported in 1981, infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has grown to pandemic proportions, resulting in an estimated 65 million infections and 25 million deaths (UNAIDS, CDC, 2006). During 2005 alone, an estimated 2. 8 million persons died from AIDS, 4. 1 million were newly infected with HIV, and 38. 6 million were living with HIV (UNAIDS, 2006). HIV continues to disproportionate...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases One Hundred Years
590 wordsNo Magic Bullet In 1918, the Spanish influenza killed more people than died in combat in World War I. With advances in disease control and medicine, diphtheria, typhus, and tuberculosis are under control, but sexually transmitted diseases are out of control of epidemic proportions. Brandt asks why we have been unsuccessful in controlling these diseases. Perhaps disease and dirt are the precipitating cause of venereal disease, and the stigma attached to them keeps the problem hidden. Brandt discu...
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Bubonic Plague Prevention Measures Disease
740 wordsPANDEMICS AND NATIONAL SECURITY According to Wikipedia, there are must three preconditions for the danger of pandemic spread to become actual: the population does not have historical immunity against the new disease, the prolonged incubation period of disease, the highly contagious properties of the disease. Throughout the history we witnessed several pandemics that occurred mainly in Europe and Asia. All of them took a heavy toll onto the native population, sometimes even bringing the whole civ...
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Fast Food Industry Fast Food Nation
1,845 words... effects have been profound throughout the American agricultural economy. Well, again if you go back to 1970, before the meteoric growth in the American fast food industry, the top five meat packing firms in the United States controlled about 20 % of the beef that was being sold in America. Today the top five control more than 85 % and there's really three meat packing companies that control the overwhelming majority of beef that Americans eat. There are 13 slaughterhouses in the United State...
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African American Women Hiv And Aids
482 wordsRehm Bastien. A. (1995) HIV In The Inner Cities: Epidemiologic Trends And Their Influence On Policy-Making Decisions. Journal Of Community Health. 20. (2). 177 - 180. HIV disease has a disproportionate impact on the inner-city residents, as compared to suburban and rural areas. Americas inner cities are populated by ethnic minority groups and are plagued by a multitude of health problems including poor health insurance coverage and a high prevalence of chronic diseases. In addition, there are an...
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Legalizing Pot Drugs Drug
512 wordsI read this question and immediately one answer came to mind, yes we are in the midst of a drug epidemic. Drugs seem to be a huge problem to this present date. You can walk down any side street in New York City and buy pot or several other drugs. I would call that an epidemic. Everywhere you look you see the issue of drugs being brought up, and the topic of legalizing certain drugs. Is this just another phase the United States is going through or are they really thinking about legalizing pot? Le...
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Ku Klux Klan Hate Crime
980 wordsMany people would argue that hate crime epidemic in the United States even exists. Some would consider it to be of epidemic proportions. Those that oppose crimes of hate also oppose other prejudices. Hate crime is criminal behavior that is motivated by racial, religious, ethnic, gender, sexual preference, or any other type of prejudice. When a person hears the word prejudice, he or she might think it only refers to the racial prejudice often found between those with light skin and those with dar...
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Jonas Salk Salk Vaccine
626 wordsIn America in the 1950 s, summertime was a time of fear and anxiety for many parents; this was the season when children by the thousands became infected with the crippling disease poliomyelitis, or polio. This burden of fear was lifted forever when it was announced that Dr. Jonas Salk had developed a vaccine against the disease. Salk became world-famous overnight, but his discovery was the result of many years of painstaking research. Jonas Salk was born in New York City. His parents were Russia...
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People Around The World Aids Epidemic
551 wordsAbstract: A new process in bio-chemistry involves the manipulation of molecules to defeat diseases, viruses, chemical warfare, and to reduce the cost of bio-chemical engineering. This new process is refined in that the researcher utilizes new computer technology to model the behavior of certain molecules to insert a slot for discarding unwanted foreign objects. These unwanted foreign objects are discarded by fixing the slot to fit the objects. This slot can be customized, through manipulation an...
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