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Salem Witch Trials 14 Th Century
1,570 wordsThe Salem witch trials began with the accusation of people in Salem of being witches. But the concept of witchcraft started far before these trials and false accusations occurred. In the early Christian centuries, the church was relatively tolerant of magical practices. Those who were proved to have engaged in witchcraft were required only to do penance. But in the late Middle Ages (13 th century to 14 th century) opposition to alleged witchcraft hardened as a result of the growing belief that a...
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Twentieth Century James F
1,157 words... events-century American naval hero, traveled to Hanover Iron Works in the Pines to test new cannonballs. While testing, Decatur observed a bizarre creature flapping its wings across the range. With precision, he sighted and then fired a cannonball directly through the Jersey devil. All present were stunned that the gaping hole did not appear to affect the devil in the least (web). While hunting in Bordentown, Joseph Bonaparte, former King of Spain and brother of Napoleon, claimed to see the ...
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426 wordsCategories: Society Crime True Crime Arts Celebrities L Lindbergh, Charles FBI's Most Wanted - Kidnappings and Missing Persons - The... During the search at the kidnapping scene, traces of mud were found on the floor of the nursery. Photograph of Lindbergh house with latter outside of the... web - 34 k - Cached - Similar pages FBI's Most Wanted - Kidnappings and Missing Persons Select from the following: The FBI's Role in Kidnapping Investigations; Preventing Kidnappings; Kidnapping and Missing ...
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Eoanthropus Dawson British Museum Piltdown
752 words1. A hoax A hoax: n. 1. Practical joke 2. Deceptive trick 3. Play trick upon 4. Decide example: Piltdown Man For forty years they were considered one of the archaeological finds of the century: A fragment of jaw and a part of a skull that could prove man evolved from the apes. They were the bones of Eoanthropus dawson found near Piltdown Common in Sussex. The bones of the "Missing Link. " Not since 1953 the name "Piltdown" hasn't been associated with great scientific discovery, but great scienti...
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Y 2 K Programming Language
970 wordsSome people wonder what Y 2 K is, and whether it is true or false. Should we be worried about Y 2 K? Some people are sure it is false, yet the news stresses that it is true. This has many people in fear for their life. Some have been preparing for over a year now because they think Y 2 K is going to hit and the power will go out and absolutely nothing will work. Should we believe this? Many people ask, "What is Y 2 K?" . It made me wonder one day, "What does Y 2 K really mean?" . I went to the s...
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Boston Little Brown Crying Of Lot 49
1,820 wordsThe philosophy behind all Pynchon novels lies in the synthesis of philosophers and modern physicists. Ludwig Wittgenstein viewed the world as a totality of facts, not of things. 1 This idea can be combined with a physicists view of the world as a clos ed system that tends towards chaos. Pynchon asserts that the measure of the world is its entropy. 2 He extends this metaphor to his fictional world. He envelops the reader, through various means, within the system of The Crying of Lot 49. Pynchon d...
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Urban Legends Good Times
1,927 wordsImplicit in the rhetoric of the Information Superhighway is the understanding that through this technology, individuals will better understand the world around them, establishing a stronger sense of community through open dialogue. An examination of folktales and urban legends on the Internet, however, suggests that, if anything, this technology is becoming increasingly mythologized and is leading to a new sense of domestic alienation. In the years since Carl Lindahl noted that turning to modern...
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George W Bush Republican President
2,264 wordsDid Nostradamus really predict New York attack? By Geert De Clerk SINGAPORE, Sept 13 (Reuters) Internet chat rooms are abuzz with talk that 16 th century French astrologer Nostradamus forecast the attack on the World Trade Center in New York. Thousands of people have received e-mails containing this prophecy, often with a second part forecasting that the attack on the twin towers will mark the beginning of World War III. Several versions are doing the rounds. This is one of them: In the year of ...
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Internet Fraud Ethical Issues
1,778 wordsThe Internet has many beneficial uses that everyone can use to create an easier and more relaxed life. People can now work in there home over the computer, purchase goods and services and even meet new people. The Internet has taken the vast amount of space that separate people from across the world and connects them through a network of phone lines, cable and DSL modems, and even satellites. Unfortunately, with this great new technology we face a new problem. Internet fraud and hoaxes have beco...
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459 wordsKidnapping Results Categories: ? ? ? Society? ? Crime? ? True? Crime? ? Arts? ? Celebrities? ? L? ? Lindbergh, ? Charles? ? Kids pping Results Categories: ? ? ? Society? ? Crime? ? True? Crime? ? Arts? ? Celebrities? ? L? ? Lindbergh, ? Charles? ? Fbi's Most Wanted Kidnappings and Missing Persons The During the search at the kidnapping scene, traces of mud were found on the floor of the nursery. Photograph of Lindbergh house with latter outside of the web 34 k Cached Similar pages Fbi's Most Wan...
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2000 From The World Wide Closer To God
1,940 wordsWhat are stigmata and can it occur to anyone? Can it happen to you or someone you know? When does it happen? Is this phenomenon true or just another hoax? What happens to someone who is considered a stigmatic? What exactly is a stigmatic? Stigmata is the spontaneous duplicated wounds that Christ received during crucifixion (Nickell, 219). The wounds that one receives are the wounds that resemble the wounds Jesus Christ suffered in crucifixion. The wounds of Stigmata are presumable inflicted by a...
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