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Abusive Behavior Readers Digest
1,221 wordsWe who have been entrusted with the education and care of children are obligated to go above and beyond when it comes to looking out for their welfare. Educators and administrators have no recourse but to look beyond the surface, investigate if necessary, and protect the children to whom we have made ourselves responsible. Dave Pelzer, who is currently an advocate for abused children, has written a compelling three book series detailing his own life as an abused child and the aftereffects of his...
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Naval Operations During The Civil War
1,743 wordsAt the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, there was little reason to suspect that the United States Navy would play a very big role in the war. The Confederate Navy had absolutely no navy, nor did they have the ability to create one. The south did not contain a single plant that could create a marine engine. (Carrison, page # 17) The government of the Confederate States got underway in the spring of 1861, totally unprepared from a naval standpoint to uphold the independence it had declared. (Co...
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V 8 Engine Henry Ford
1,494 words... that publication, which is the longest any motoring journalist has worked for the same paper. The 1000 cc Toyota Corona was launched in May of 1957. The year of 1958 was the year of the Ford Edsel, a V 8 engine of 5. 9 or 6. 7 liters. The Lincoln-Mercury Division of Ford in Detroit launched it. Their appearance was quite strange with a wrap around windshield, prolific fins, lots of flashy chromium plating and a radiator reminiscent of a horses neckwear. Only 35, 000 were sold in the first si...
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World War Ii War In The Pacific
1,828 words... has Asia and that Britain would declare war the next day. Roosevelt responded that he would go before Congress the following day to ask for a declaration of war against Japan. Churchill wrote: "To have the United States at our side was to me the greatest joy. Now at this very moment I knew the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all! ... Hitler's fate was sealed. Mussolini's fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to powder...
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Form Of Government Hunter Gatherer
1,126 words... terrify. (The Book Of The Ancient World, p 25) The word government comes from the Latin word, gubernare, which means, to steer a ship. Among primitive people that live today, the leader may be only the oldest person in the tribe, and therefore respected. People tend to follow those that are respected. (The Third Chimpanzee, p 220) It might be that the leader of an early culture might well have been the best hunter, organizer and the strongest man in the village. In ancient Mesopotamia, Greec...
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Readers Digest Sound Waves
2,571 wordsThere are many differences between Dolphins and Porpoises. People might think that the two are the same mammal, but they are not. Dolphins have cone-shaped teeth and porpoises have spade-shape teeth. The easiest way to tell them apart is that the porpoise is smaller in size and is broader across the back. Dolphins are classified in the Delphinidae species and there are thirty to fifty different kinds of species in this family (Min asian 204). The Porpoises are classified under the Phoceonidae fa...
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Readers Digest W O
2,577 words... iru's that killed tens of thousands of seals in the north sea in the late 1980 's, and later caused the deaths of hundreds of stripped dolphins in the Mediterranean. They did not find any. Nor was there any suggestion that the dolphins had suffered from a parasitic disease or pollution. (Bonner 6) This is how they came to the conclusion it had to be nets because the dolphins didnt die from any disease, but had marks on them. The scientists then put two and two together and they figured out i...
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Gun Control The Real Issues
1,641 wordsMisuse or theft prohibited by law. This was the warning printed on a milk-carrying container at the local grocery store where I work. The use of the word prohibited intrigued me, so when I got home I looked it up in Readers Digests Great Encyclopedic Dictionary. I found two definitions: 1. To forbid, especially by authority or law; interdict. and 2. To prevent or hinder... (1077) Now, which definition was being used in the warning? Was is possible to forbid misuse or theft by passing a law? Cert...
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U S News S News And World Report
921 wordsGeneral Dangerous Drivers Dangerous Drivers General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to avoid dangerous drivers and steer away from being one. Introduction I. In August 1995, a 20 -year old man, enraged after a fender bender with a 33 -year old woman, pulled her out of her car and forced her to jump from a bridge into the Detroit River, where she drowned. II. Ugly incidents sparked by driver rage are becoming common on American roads. Usually highway spats blow over...
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U S News S News And World Report
750 wordsGeneral Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to avoid dangerous drivers and steer away from being one. Introduction I. In August 1995, a 20 -year old man, enraged after a fender bender with a 33 -year old woman, pulled her out of her car and forced her to jump from a bridge into the Detroit River, where she drowned. II. Ugly incidents sparked by driver rage are becoming common on American roads. Usually highway spats blow over swiftly, and drivers head on their way ange...
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U S News S News And World Report
949 wordsI. In Dangerous Drivers Introduction I. In August 1995, a 20 -year old man, enraged after a fender bender with a 33 -year old woman, pulled her out of her car and forced her to jump from a bridge into the Detroit River, where she drowned. II. Ugly incidents sparked by driver rage are becoming common on American roads. Usually highway spats blow over swiftly, and drivers head on their way angered but alive. All too often, however, anger escalates into battle and a tragic end. Statistics, etc. (Re...
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Pope John Paul Ii Readers Digest
2,186 wordsPage 1 Theology 2100 Final Paper Divorce and Catholicism Its hard to believe that there are over six million divorced Catholics in the United States alone. Recent statistics show that one out of two marriages now end in divorce. The national average is a failure rate of about one out of two marriages. Most Catholics are taught that marriage is sacred and that it means forever. It means that you give up your single life and prepare to be with one man or woman for the rest of your life. But today,...
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British Medical Journal Readers Digest
936 wordsThe Association Between Raves and Drugs Generally people associate raves (Underground Techno parties) with designer drugs like Ecstasy (MDMA), Speed (amphetamine) and other acids like LSD. These drugs are called the Techno Drugs for that reason and most of the time have uplifting and senator effects. To understand more clearly the relationship between the raves and these drugs, we first have to understand the philosophy behind the Techno era, and a little about the music. Techno, can lift the sp...
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One Of The Greatest Readers Digest
722 wordsBy the time Hadrian's contributions to his country had succeeded, and death was near; he was the most hated man in Rome. However, throughout his reign, he was regarded as a noble leader. The Roman emperor Hadrian exercised a profound organizational influence on the Greco-Roman world. He worked successfully toward the codification of Roman law and the strengthening of imperial border defenses (Eadie 8). Emperor Hadrian made many important contributions to Roman culture, and he was also known as o...
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Kidney Stones Readers Digest
479 wordsKidneys, Who Needs Them? Kidneys perform many functions essential to the bodies functioning. The strain that is put on kidneys opens them up to many problems that can occur. Childhood sicknesses can result in failure of the kidneys to perform dialysis in later years of a persons life. Also, excessive minerals in the blood stream can cause kidney stones, which are very painful. Kidneys perform the basic functions of removing water and waste from the bloodstream, this process is called dialysis. A...
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Readers Digest Social Behaviour
699 wordsReasons for Pro social Behaviour The heroic story of Arland Williams, as described in Hero of the frozen river, is touching and extremely eye opening. This man gave away two chances at survival to save two complete strangers. Safran (1982), the author of this article, describes one of the most significant moments of the rescue: They aimed one line at the balding man. Once more, he caught it. Did he think then, even briefly, of his own chances for survival? . Different people would probably have ...
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Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties
2,215 wordsProfessional ysis of Published Works Professional columnists have often enjoyed the luxury of an additional writer to verify their work. This person is usually an editor or proofreader. Each day, millions of pages of text are scrutinized for accuracy by the public. Many times, people have read through an article and found an error in syntax or spelling. It almost appears to be a rewarding experience for the reader to discover an error in professional works. I have noticed that writers sacrifice ...
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