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Richter Scale Indian People
539 wordsEarthquakes are one of the most devastating natural disasters on this planet. In this essay I will talk about what an earthquake is, why India regularly suffers from major earthquakes, and how the major earthquakes effect the Indian people. I will also explain some of the most devastating earthquakes in Indias history. An earthquake occurs when tension builds up in the layers of rock underneath the earths surface. The tension is so strong that the earths plates cant handle it, so they either gri...
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Assured Destruction Second Strike
1,503 words... action, " in short, states act rationally. The first principle of realism is for the state to defend itself and its citizens from other states. The superpowers tried to defend themselves and their citizens by deterrence, a preventative method of ensuring peace. To ensure that each side knew that the other sides threat was real, the US-Soviet arms race escalated to enhance their second strike capability - enabling a country to withstand an initial strike by an adversary and retain the ability...
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War In Iraq Chemical And Biological
2,099 wordsArguments for War in Iraq (Pros) Military activity of the United States in Iraq, supported by armed forces of the UK and Spain, was initiated in March 2003, after a number of sanctions and political doctrines from the side of President G. W. Bush. In April 2003 united forces took over Baghdad and appointed a civil administrator Paul Bremer to control Iraq, as former ruler of the country Saddam Hussein was in hiding. Military activity has been unfolding all around the territories, accompanied by ...
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Million Years Ago Permian Extinction
1,401 wordsAnthropology Is human extinction possible? Why does this happen? What causes a species to be extinct? Can human race prevent it? To answer these questions we must first define what extinction means, what types are there and why do they occur. As extinction is a continual product of natural selection, since the dawn of competition spawned by the first meiosis event, natural selection has altered all life on earth, precariously engaging in life experiments some that work and some that dont. Those ...
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Ozone Depletion Ozone Layer
2,469 wordsThe Potential Effects of a Depleted Ozone Layer And God said, let there be light and there was light and then God saw the light, that it was good (Genesis 1: 3 - 4). Undoubtedly, light is good. Without light man could not survive. Light is the ultimate cosmic force in this universe allowing man to progress and flourish. In the form of heat, light from the sun warms the Earth. Light, also, is the single most important factor influencing the growth and development of plants. Photosynthesis, a proc...
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Millions Of People Assured Destruction
2,996 words? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Deterrence is a theory of International relations based in Realism. Essentially, it tries to explain the situation of when two or more states threaten retaliation if attacked, in order to deter the attack. It is therefore possible to very simply state deterrence as " You hit me, I hit you. " For this essay, two main questions have to be addressed, ? Has it worked? ? and? Does it make sense? ? To answer these questions, I will firstly define what deterrence is, I w...
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Third World Countries World Health Organization
2,965 wordsExotic diseases are the greatest threat to humanity. In a world where so many things are overlooked, diseases and epidemics are clearly overlooked and underestimated far more than any threat of nuclear war, global warming, or any comet headed for earth. Throughout history epidemics have plagued the earth several times resulting in a devastating number of deaths. As we approach the new millennium, many new and old diseases await humanity. What the world doesnt comprehend is that an epidemic can b...
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Short Story Long Term
852 wordsThe Devastating Effects of Intolerance Intolerance is something that everyone has to deal with; It is a nation-wide problem. There are many forms of intolerance and all of them lead to devastation. This is shown throughout history, literature and in personal events. We are the only ones who can stop it. One form of intolerance is religious bigotry. This is clearly illustrated in Elie Wiesel s book called Night. In this novel Elie and his family are put into a Nazi death camp in 1944. The experie...
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Compulsive Gamblers America
4,035 wordsOver the past twenty or so years, great wealth and improved economic and social conditions have been promised to the communities that have embraced legalized gambling. However, with twenty years of experience it is time to look back and analyze whether this is true or not. It could easily be said that gambling is as American as apple pie. Gambling has shaped American history since its beginning. Lotteries were used by The First Continental Congress to help finance the Revolutionary war. Many of ...
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