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Gulf War Syndrome Vaccinations
916 wordsDuring Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm other service-members including myself, received a series of two shots. We were told to protect us from anthrax. These inoculations were never recorded in our medical records. We were even told by the medical staff that these shots were experimental and non-FDA approved. For several years now the government have been trying to explain or cover-up the truth of The Gulf War Syndrome. The inoculations that veterans received for anthrax are linked with the...
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Cuban Missile Crisis John F Kennedy
1,823 wordsNuclear destruction, when those two devastating and frightening words are brought up one thought comes to mind, The Cuban Missile Crisis. This was the closest the world has ever come to being blown apart by the people living on it. In April 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev conceived the idea of placing intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM) in Cuba. Placing IRBM in Cuba would double the Soviet strategic arsenal and provide a real deterrent to a potential U. S. attack against the Sovi...
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Nuclear Weapons Cold War
1,383 wordsSince the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the whole world has been in fear of nuclear war, for the first time in our history we can completely destroy the world. During the era of super power confrontation, the world came very near to nuclear annihilation on more than once. But now that the era of super power confrontation has ended with the fall of communism and the collapse of the USSR, what are the implications for nuclear stability? 80 Whilst during the cold war, there were only tw...
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India And Pakistan Jiang Zemin
1,389 words... ge Bush ordered the withdrawal of all US nuclear weapons aboard US naval vessels back to the US. Gorbachev acted in return, by withdrawing all USSR missiles from Warsaw pact countries. This has resulted in missiles being stored in over crowded and unsecured conditions. 63 In September 1998, a team of US experts visiting Moscow was shown a building containing 100 kg of highly enriched uranium, which was completely un-guarded, as the facility could not afford the $ 200 a month security guard. ...
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Post Cold War Second World War
2,205 words... latin was to launch the infamous Kamikaze anti shipping campaign. Though Japanese Army Air Force pilots occasionally flew on such one-way suicide missions, the overwhelming majority of Kamikazes were Japanese naval attackers. The threat of the Kamikaze was the greatest aerial anti shipping threat faced by Allied warfare forces in the war. Approximately 2, 800 Kamikaze attackers sunk 34 Navy ships, damaged 368 others, killed 4, 900 sailors, and wounded over 4, 800. The Kamikaze anticipated th...
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Alter Ego Comic Strip
2,080 words... ost of the time incredibly futuristic, gadgets to the detectives crime solving arsenal. The detective takes on a persona that is almost constantly fighting the internal battle between good and evil. He appears to be above more than just the law, seeming supernatural, the subject of awe and ridicule throughout his city. The police think him a criminal, the citizens believe him a myth, and the children worship him as a god like idol. He is the hero, pure of heart, sound of mind. He is the knig...
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Atomic Bomb Los Alamos
472 wordsRobert Oppenheimer was born on April 22, 1904, in New York City. Robert Oppenheimer's family was wealthy when he was a child, but they did not spend their money foolishly. Roberts family were Jews, but did not worship regularly. Oppenheimer was a smart boy all through school, but he lacked physical activity. Oppenheimer studied at Harvard after he graduated he took a position in the physics department at University of California at Berkeley. The government then started to make the Atom Bomb so t...
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Boston Tea Party French And Indian
1,326 wordsGeorge Washington was promoted to lieutenant colonel by Governor Dinwiddie in 1754 with orders to attack the French fort Fort Duquesne. Washington was inexperienced in battle and inevitably blew his assignment. While marching towards Fort Duquesne, Washington and his men came upon a French reconnaissance party. Washington attacked with victory and fled the area to prepare for the French retaliation. Washington ordered his men to construct a fort as a meager means of defense from attack. This for...
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Hornby Uses Hyperbole Plays A Very Important Part Life
1,524 wordsThe purpose of this essay is to discuss the theme of loyalty within Fever Pitch and how Nick Hornby does so by use of humour, characterisation and setting. The genre of this novel is that of humour. Fever Pitch is a book that has no chapters but a series of match reports that fall into three time frames within the authors life childhood, adolescence and manhood. The time span ranges from 1968 to 1992 The novel is an autobiography about the author, Nick Hornby, a memoir of a life devoted to Arsen...
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Dazhrej Accompanied His Prince Accompanied His Prince Ronan
1,116 wordsForeword In the days of the Ancients there was a race like no other, for they were blessed with a unique gift of being able to speak and understand Dragon Tongue. Rumors spread about these magical folk, penetrating right into the heart of the Evil Lords great fortress in the Dark Lands. Evil Lord Malus Dominus heard of this race, and he became worried. All knew that dragons were a superior race that could be only be defeated by immortals. They were the strongest creatures alive. If these folk we...
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Period Of Time End Of The World
1,462 wordsDuring the Cold War, the relationship between the United States of America and the USSR were not friendly at all. In fact, as this episode was going on, the relations between both countries were not improving. During this same period of time, another conflict took place between those two superpowers; this one was even more serious and worrying. In October 1962, the USSR decided to install nuclear equipments and weapons in Cuba, in order to increase their power (strategic positioning of rockets),...
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Washington D C Hampton Roads
1,504 wordsThe Merrimac was the first ironclad ship built by the Confederacy. It was built to do battle with the Union Navy. The Confederates were the first to bring forth a warship of this kind. The Union was in control of a navel yard named Gosport. In April of 1862, the South started to advance on this navel base and the North had little choice but to flee. While leaving they tried to destroy whatever they could in a desperate attempt to prevent the Confederacy from gaining more military power with Unio...
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Rest Of The World Ballistic Missile
1,044 wordsNuclear Diplomacy and Arms Control 1. There would be several advantages for the Government of India by adhering to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). For instance, adhering would ease international pressures spearheaded by the United States, Great Britain, and France. As India is just starting to become a nuclear power of its own, the already nuclear? powers that be? want to use India as an example to the rest of the world. As more countries become nuclear, they should sign the CT...
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Time Of Death Young Woman
1,263 wordsForensic Entomology: A New Type of Detective The use of Forensic Entomology is quickly becoming recognized and accepted as a valid form of forensic identification. Although some problems have been found with the method, many police departments want to add its use to their crime-solving arsenal. Some people cannot understand how a simple bug can be used to solve a crime. Nevertheless, forensic entomology has been documented and proven very effective in crime solving. This is why I believe that fo...
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Sirs Cd Rom Nuclear Weapons
1,886 wordsPresident Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative: In Relation with the Soviet Union|For the first time humankind has the power to destroy itself. X 1 The nuclear age has changed the world, for the good and the bad. Though the bad, is far greater than the good. We sometimes ponder to our selves, |what would happen if we were forced in to a nuclear war ware their are now winners. X The way life would be after such an incident would change life as we know it drastically. In the event of a nuclear wa...
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