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Costa Rica Roman Catholicism
905 wordsCosta Rica, a country of Central America, covers an area of 19, 730 square miles. The capital is San Jos. Extending from northwest to southeast, Costa Rica is bounded on the north by Nicaragua, along its 185 -mile northeastern coastline by the Caribbean Sea, on the southeast by Panama, and along its 630 -mile southwestern coastline by the Pacific Ocean. Costa Rica has a narrow Pacific coastal region that rises abruptly into central highlands. The highlands, forming the rugged backbone of the cou...
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Indigenous Peoples Central America
805 wordsThe Republic of Honduras is a comparatively large country in Central America. Its area is at 112, 088 km 2, and has about 13, 000, 000 people in which about 60 % are literate. Honduras is the 2 ed largest country in Central America. Their national holiday is their Independence Day and they celebrate this on the 15 th of September, although it is not the only time they gained their independence, it is the only time they celebrate. The nation also escaped from the United Provinces of Central Ameri...
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Three Strikes Law Twenty Five Years
1,208 wordsCruel and Unusual Punishment is a fundamental right given to us by the United States (U. S. ) Constitution. The 8 th amendment states, Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. Last year in California voters approved a controversial ballot initiative. Proposition 184, also known as the three strikes and you " re out law, was passed on November 9, 1994. Under this new legislation repeat offenders, upon committing their third fel...
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Cold War Control System
1,263 wordsThe Cold War background to the Arrow. The threat was from across the Pole, and the swaggering post-war Royal Canadian Air Force wanted a strong deterrent. Design: The Arrow was primarily a triumph of innovative design. Here we glance at a few of the aircrafts design features. The Arrows fall from favor is an account of political intrigue and indecision in the face of a technologically changing world. The seeds that would ultimately doom it would be sown very early in the Arrow's life. In Decembe...
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People Were Killed Bomb Was Dropped
579 wordsOn August 6 th, 1945 the world's first atom bomb was dropped on the Japanese City of Hiroshima. The Atom bomb was dropped by an American B- 29 bomber. The atom bomb was described by a Japanese journalist as a glaring pink light in the sky that burn peoples eyes out. Anyone within a mile of the explosion from the atom bomb became a bundle of smoking black charcoal within seconds. About 90, 000 - 140, 000 people were killed those who where still alive writhed in agony from their burns. The atom bo...
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Hundreds Of People United Nations
1,761 wordsIntroduction: In February 1995, Li Dexian, an evangelist from Guangzhou, was about to address a house-church meeting in Beixing township, near Had city in Guangdong, when police officers arrived. According to reports, they kicked him in the groin in front of the congregation, then took him to the police station where he was beaten with a heavy pole, jumped on and kicked by police officers until he started to vomit blood. When he asked why he was beaten, the police officers reportedly said that t...
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Bugs Moran Johnny Torrio
1,080 words... Brewery. Knowing full well that there was going to be a raid, O'Banion arranged to close the deal with Torrio at the brewery. Not only did Torrio end up in jail, but O'Banion refused to return the money for a now padlocked brewery. Even worse, he bragged about how he had tricked Torrio. His fate was sealed. Dion's flower shop Mike Merlo, the head of the Unione Sicilana in Chicago, a group that provided national cover to gangsters of that era, died of cancer. A huge funeral was planned in whi...
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Health Care Costs Joint Ventures
1,494 wordsIntroduction Headquartered in Peoria, Ill. Caterpillar Inc. is the worlds largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. It is a fortune 100 company, ranked number 1 in its industry, with more than $ 26 billion in assets. It is a U. S. based competitor, recording half to its sales to overseas customers; Caterpillar has maintained its position as a leading U. S. exports in excess of $ 5. 2 billion in 1999. The company directl...
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Hemp Plant Term Memory
502 wordsI think that marijuana should be legal because it is no more harmful to you than cigarettes, alcohol, and caffeine, which are legal right now. Marijuana, also known as pot, reefer, weed, bud, herb, ganja, grass, wacky tobacco, funky buddy, green, indo, Mary Jane, hemp, kif, bones, etc. is a substance obtained from the dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant. It is technically known as cannabis sativa and is a tall, widely cultivated Asian herb of the mulberry family. Here ar...
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Iron Ore La Plata
797 wordsThe Pantanal wetlands are the largest wetlands in the world, spanning an area of 210, 000 km 2, a region the size of South Dakota and over ten times the current size of the Everglades in Florida (Silveria). The vast area contains over 600 bird and about 300 fish species and provides homeland to over 1. 8 million people (The waterway 40). In 1993 only forty wood stork pairs nested in the Everglades compared to over one hundred times that in the Pantanal (Eckstrom 54). This majestic wetland area, ...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Violent Crimes
1,115 wordsIn 1978 the state legislator of New Mexico made a law allowing physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients suffering from nausea caused by chemotherapy, much of this due to the efforts of a cancer patient by the name of Lynn Pierson. The Federal government modified the law to make it comply with IND regulations requiring a research program. The FDA also demanded many studies and required the doctors to fill out many pages of forms for every patient and documenting their progress, slowing the p...
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Death Penalty Deters Death Penalty States
1,479 wordsCrime and the Death Penalty- For most crimes committed in the United States a fine, sentence of time in jail or execution is the punishment. However, the death penalty is the most questionable punishment. Is it morally right? Is it effective in deterring crime, primarily murders? Weather not you agree if it is moral or not, one issue remains. The death penalty is not an effective way to deter crime. The death penalty has existed as long as humans have existed. The quote an eye for an eye is foun...
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