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Highway Traffic Safety Administration National Highway Traffic Safety
395 wordsNHTSA Unveils New Brochure to Help Those with Disabilities Seeking Use of Adapted Vehicles The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) unveiled its consumer brochure to help persons with disabilities in the market for an adapted vehicle to take advantage of new technology to increase their mobility. "President Clinton and Vice President Gore are committed to removing barriers for people with disabilities so they can take advantage of the great bounty of opportunities in America, "...
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Life Of Ivan Denisovich One Day In The Life
1,273 wordsOne Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich: Summary In the book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, the main character Ivan and the other prisoners in the camp are treated very badly. Ivan tries to make himself warm and to get enough food to keep himself alive. He does only what is necessary to please the guards and the commanders of the camp. Ivan uses his intelligence to make his life easier so he can save up more energy to face the work load. He and the members of the 104 th group manage to s...
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Genetically Modified Foods Long Term Effects
998 wordsTo Eat or Not to Eat, That is the Question How often do you think of genetics or biotechnology as you are enjoying your favorite foods? Does gene splicing ever cross your mind as you slice tomatoes, or do you ever think about growth hormones as you sink your teeth into that juicy steak? Not very often if you are like most people, but perhaps you should. Many of the items you eat have been genetically modified by using biotechnology in some way. These products are often referred to as GMOs (genet...
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Douglas Macarthur South Korea
532 wordsOn June 25, 1950, North Korean soldiers stormed across the thirty-eighth parallel which separated Communist North Korea and non-Communist South Korea. This was the beginning of what would soon become known as the Korean Conflict, or as some say The Forgotten War. The two main persons from the United States were President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. Truman was the head, and the military followed his orders, as opposed to the Security Council. General MacArthur had a hard time acce...
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Army Of The Potomac Cemetery Ridge
820 wordsGettysburg was the turning point in the American Civil War. More importantly Gettysburg was the climatic clash between the two major American cultures of their time: the North and the South. The victory on Gettysburg was brought by three different aspects within these three days: Buford's defense, Pickett's charge, and the defense of Lil' Round top. A climax of a conflict between two cultures with such vastly different ideals that they could not coexist in "one nation, under God, indivisible, wi...
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Why Would Someone Want To Kill Jimmy Hoffa
1,138 wordsWhy would someone want to kill Jimmy Hoffa? Almost in any book you read Jimmy Hoffa was an achiever and set his goals high. He started the union known as the Teamsters and was very well known in politics. The thing that got Hoffa into trouble though was his ties with the mob. He went on trial for many different convictions. The death of Hoffa was a tragedy and a mystery. To this day, we never found out what exactly what happened to Hoffa, even though there are many different theories of his deat...
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Hydrogen Bomb Radiation Sickness
1,381 words... es as many cases of severe burns as there are burn beds in the whole of North America. A whole year's supply of blood for transfusion would be needed immediately, and of course is not available in storage nor could it be collected from volunteers in a few days. The injured who reached hospitals would have to be assayed for radioactivity, for the safety of the staff, which would cause a serious bottle-neck and delay in most hospitals. The result of this huge overload of cases is that most of ...
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Miles Per Gallon Fuel Cell
1,532 words... w. (Bill Moore 1) These major car companies are in the same race, but on different levels. Every possible market has been exposed to a part of an EV that appeals to them. The EPIC with fast charge and being an economy vehicle. The reliability of an EV Plus. Maybe the stylish body and responsiveness of GMs EV appeals to you. The size and technological superiority of the Nissan Altra EV. Does the Rangers advantage of being a pickup truck alone do it for you? The EV selection is becoming as div...
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Authority Struggle In Tempest
890 wordsThe Tempest: Is It Series of Treacheries and Rebellions? Yes the play consists of a series of rebellion, treacheries, mutinies and conspiracies against authority but the overall view of the dramatic action is much more complex. Many other aspects and themes such as illusion and the supernatural (magic) also play a very important part in shaping the plot. Power struggle is evident from the beginning, way back when Prospero's brother, Antonio, seized his status as Duke of Milan and banished him to...
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Amounts Of Money Amount Of Money
500 wordsAre athletes getting paid too much? Maybe they are, but I don't really believe that athletes are over paid. People don't understand how the lifestyle of a professional athlete really is or who would get the money we spend if the athlete's didn't get it. They just see those astronomical numbers and think that it is unfair that us working class people don't make that amount of money. Pro athletes are some of the most dedicated, hardest working people in world. They don't just play during their sea...
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Sicilian Mafia Italian Mafia
1,304 wordsThe Mafia was first developed in Sicily in feudal times to protect the estates of landlords who were out of town. The word Mafia, derived from the Sicilian word, Mafioso, means family. Today, Mafia is a name which describes a loose association of criminal groups. These groups can be bound together by blood, oath or sworn secrecy. Many people had considered the Sicilian Mafia as the most ruthless mobsters of the twentieth century. By the nineteenth century, the Mafia had become known as a network...
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Ways In Which It Functions Person In Charge Bureaucracy
448 wordsBureaucracy is a type of administration that is characterized by specialization, professionalism, and having a secure place in office. When you have bureaucracy, there are common ways in which it functions. The ways in which it functions are that there are fixed areas with certain rules, or laws that are governed by an administration. The authority to give commands is given in a fair manner, which is distributed evenly within the set jurisdiction. Within the bureaucratic structure, you have an o...
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Wal Mart K Mart
1,028 wordsI live in Mentor, Ohio, a suburb about thirty-five miles east of Cleveland. It used to be all greenhouses, until a few decades ago when it began the process of commercialization, along with other neighboring cities. Big-name stores moved into town, slowly at first. After awhile, along came a shopping mall and stores such as K-Mart. These businesses really began to change the community for the better. As the area became more developed, more people moved there. Eventually Wal-Mart made its way int...
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Middle And Upper Class Mustard Gas
1,623 wordsThe dictionary describes the word humane as humane adj. Kind, compassionate, merciful. and this was indeed so in the case of the volunteers who worked tirelessly to ease the suffering of the wounded soldiers of all combatants in the fields of northern France and Belgium, during the First World War. In the early days of the war, army nursing was strictly a male preserve, until it was necessary to recruit female nurses from the ranks of middle and upper class ladies. The warm summer days preceding...
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Hurting Piggy Rescue Ralph Jack
1,086 wordsBetween the Chapters One and Four, Jack changes and developed quite extremely, and drastically. He goes from being a civilized choirboy, to a savage and bloodthirsty hunter. In this essay I will define the major points of change in Jack, and attempt to understand why this change occurred. In Chapter One, Jack is introduced as the leader of the choir, well more of a dictator than a leader, but in charge none the less The group of cloaked choirboys began to scatter from close line. The tall boy sh...
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Feudalism And Toni Morrison Paradise
1,152 wordsAn investigation into life in Ruby, the city at the center of Toni Morrisons Paradise, must start with an understanding of the government or lack thereof internal and external to Ruby. It is not immediately evident why so many of the residents of Ruby seem unable to leave the town and willing to give up their enfranchisement, or why the founders of Ruby react with such violence to the Convent on the outskirts of town. External to Ruby, the surrounding world is an America hostile to black freedom...
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Gilgamesh And Enkidu Bull Of Heaven
1,456 wordsThe epic of Gilgamesh was found in the mid nineteenth century, written on over twenty five thousand clay tablets. After much studying and deciphering, this ancient Sumerian epic has finally been translated, though many of the tablets have not been found. It appears that all the most important elements of the story probably existed as separate poems when they were first written. One of the oldest pieces of literature found today, Gilgamesh is at least 1, 500 years older than Homer's epics, and wa...
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University Of Minnesota Sexual Harassment
1,619 wordsHow often do you see a woman as an executive in charge of a large company? And of those women that have succeeded into these positions, how many of them have families at home? Not all that many. It seems that the way society looked at women in the past has hindered them from succeeding in both the family and career aspects simultaneously. Many women choose one or the other. Either to raise a family of their own or to pursue their career, especially if their career choice is not one of the jobs c...
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Jury Finds Him Guilty Finds Him Guilty Socrates
588 wordsSocrates was a teacher and a very wise man. He was very controversial because of the way he approached things. He often questioned people to get his points across. In the Trial and Death of Socrates, he is charged with impiety, corrupting the youth, introducing new gods, and atheism. He is brought to trial for these accusations. Socrates explains during the trial that a friend of his went to the Oracle of Delphi (a temple of Apollo) and is told that Socrates is the wisest of all men. Socrates go...
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Future Cash Flows Research And Development
1,120 wordsRecommend for optimal sources for Intel to raise $ 675 million The Intel Corporation is considered to be one of the world leaders in silicon innovations, the largest chip maker and, most of all, it is a leading producer of computer, networking, and communications products. Thats why it has constantly to explore new ways to advance how people work and live. Intel believes in innovations. It is the main principle of its policy. But being involved in an industry that is characterized by constant un...
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