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U S Department National Cancer Institute
1,304 words... tumors that are too big to be surgically removed and to help destroy any cancer cells that may remain after surgery. Chemotherapy is 77 % effective in killing small cases of cancer (United States Cancer Patient Survival). If a cancer tumor can be located to a specific region, surgery is used to remove the tissue the cancer has infected. Surgery is usually recommended for patients who have small cancer cells scattered throughout the body, and patients who have a single organ that is infected ...
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Method Of Doubt Existence Of God
1,110 wordsThe existence of God has been a question since the idea of God was conceived Descartes tries to prove God's existence, and to show that there is without a doubt something external to ones own existence. He is looking for a definite certainty, a foundation for which he can base all of his beliefs and know that they are true. Descartes' overall project is to find a definite certainty on which he can base all his knowledge and beliefs. Descartes attacks the principles that support everything he bel...
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Good And Evil Cease To Exist
1,110 wordsSaint Augustine, who lived in the late 4 th and early 5 th centuries, created a very interesting perspective on the notion of evil. Augustine first views of evil followed the doctrine of the Manichaen Dualists. Their idea was that there were two omnipotent forces, good and evil, constantly fighting. Both forces, according to the Manichaen Dualists, were of equal power. Augustine later rejected this idea and developed his own theory on the nature of evil. Saint Augustine's view concerning evil is...
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Iraqi Forces Cease Fire
562 wordsSaddam Hussein was born April 28 th, 1937. He was born in a place called Tikrit District, in Iraq. At the age of 9 months Saddam became an orphan, he was raised by his Uncle, Khairallah Talfah, an anti colonialist, who led an unsuccessful coup and bid for independence in 1941. (Axelrod, Dictators and Tyrants, p. 145) Saddam has been the president of Iraq since 1979. He was a strong believer in terrorism, and he supported it as well. He is chairman of the Revolutionary Common Council of the Baath...
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Us Intervention In Vietnam War
1,226 wordsIt is said that the intervention of the United States can be explained using hegemonic war theory. They were to intervene so that their military would not be seen as incapable of fighting in this war, and to maintain their prestige as a super power. The involvement of the United States in this war was not only seen as a way to stop a war that was escalating but also to gain power and respect. The main goal was to put an end to the rise of communism portrayed by a dictator who skillfully manipula...
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Life After Death Life On Earth
1,759 wordsDo not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the mornings hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there, I did not die. -- Anonymous In todays society our perception of death is generally very negative, not to menti...
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President John F Kennedy South Vietnam
692 wordsDuring the years of 1954 - 1975, Vietnam believed that communist aggression in South Vietnam could lead to taking over South East Asia, which lead the United States to slowly become involved in the conflict of this war. Communist guerrillas, known as the Vietcong, helped native Communist terrorists in the south. One main objective of these rebels who were directly controlled by the Vietminh, North Vietnam's government, was to disrupt all types of South Vietnamese order. In October 1961, Presiden...
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Analysis Os The Arab Israeli Conflict
1,149 wordsHate. Anger. Confusion. Power. War. All of these are words can be used to describe the Arab-Israeli conflict, but no words have can describe an effective way to solve it. Since the creation of Israel, a never-ending struggle between the Arabs and Israelis has taken place. This has more than often resulted in violent measures causing countless deaths. Numerous peace talks have been had, but almost all agreements have crumbled. Since the Jews persecution by the Nazis, the Jewish refugees were forc...
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Genetic Testing And Individuals With Disabilities
1,372 wordsSome individuals within the disabilities community have stated that the use of genetic testing, which results in the abortion of fetuses with certain traits or dispositions, can be interpreted as a form of eugenics. Prenatal screening programs that prevent the occurrence of children being born do exist, as noted earlier in the state of California. "The success of the program is evaluated not in terms of information given to mothers but rather in terms of the number of children with handicaps who...
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Stem Cells The Miracle Cure
1,112 words... are stem cells not derived from an embryo, and thus not even flawed arguments can be made against them. The most common adult stem cell is the blood stem cell. Trigg, a medical doctor involved in doing the research, has termed these hematopoietic stem cells. These stem cells are found in the bone marrow and spleen, and are normally used in the germination of new blood cells, both red and white. Red cells are used in the distribution of food, oxygen, and waste throughout the body. White blood...
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Aid Tel Aviv
964 wordsPhotos AP Photo Slideshows AP Photo Mideast Conflict Audio/Video Powell to Meet With Arafat Sunday (AP) Powell, shuttling back to Israel for a meeting in Tel Aviv, then pressed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) for a complete pullback, a U. S. official said. Sharon renewed his proposal for an international peace conference among Israel and Arab states including Saudi Arabia, Syria and Lebanon and the Palestinians, but not Yasser Arafat. Sharon said the United States would lead the c...
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Translated By Robert Greek Mythology
1,593 wordsThere is nothing alive more agonized than man of all that breathe and crawl across the earth. 1 The poems Iliad and Odyssey by Homer are the greatest works of the Western literature, until today they continue to inspire the readers. Iliad and Odyssey are the most ample narrations of the Greek mythology, showing the deeds of the Gods and the heroes, the influence of the Gods on lives of the mortal people. Divine prosecution is one of the main themes of these poems, but Homer insists, that persona...
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Mein Kampf Ray Bradbury
1,373 wordsFrom your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings. 1 Twentieth century was the most extraordinary time period, remarkable with revolutionary and rapid technological development, shaken by two World Wars and exploration of strict dictatorships along with unrestricted freedom. Kingdoms and empires neighbored republics, which allowed people to compare, and contrasts various social and government orders....
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Saint Thomas Aquinas God Does Not Exist
1,159 wordsWhether God Exists Countless philosophers since the beginning of recorded history have pondered the question of whether God exists. One such philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas, put forth his own theory on the existence of God. In his text Whether God Exists, he stated that through his five arguments he could prove Gods existence. His five arguments are from motion, from first efficient cause, from possibility and necessity, from gradation, and from design. Aquinas begins his text with two objecti...
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U S Military Vietnamese Troops
1,040 wordsThe Vietnam War was a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975. It began as a determined attempt by Communist guerrillas (Vietcong) in the South, backed by Communist North Vietnam, to overthrow the government of South Vietnam. The struggle widened into a ward between South Vietnam and North Vietnam and ultimately into a limited international conflict. The United States and some other countries supported South Vietnam by supplying troops and munitions, and the USSR and the People? s ...
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Due To The Fact Genetic Engineering
1,168 wordsJust as the success of a corporate body in making money need not set the human condition ahead, neither does every scientific advance automatically make our lives more meaningful (Wald 45). These words were spoken by a Nobel Prize winning biologist and Harvard professor, George Wald, in a lecture given in 1976 on the Dangers of Genetic Engineering. This quotation states that incredible inventions, such as genetic engineering, are not always beneficial to society. Genetic engineering is altering ...
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Ethnic Backgrounds Ethnic Groups
1,048 wordsWith the commencement of the millennium one might think that what is known as the melting pot of the world would interact more smoothly than what is portrayed in the media. We have long lived in a society that is segregated, not because it has gone unopposed, but because no one wants to take on the responsibility of breaking the Berlin Wall of segregation. We have, however, come a long way from the kind of segregation that was imparted in our countrys fledgling stages, slavery being the number o...
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Saddam Hussein Saudi Arabia
1,446 wordsOn August 2 nd, 1990 Iraq military forces invaded and occupied Kuwait. The order was given by Iraq? s dictator-president Saddam Hussein. His aim was apparently to take control Kuwait? s oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge oil producer; it has about 10 per cent of the world? s oil reserves). Iraq accused Kuwait of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. According to Saddam Hussein, this brought down world oil prices severely and caused financial loss of...
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Sir Isaac Newton Existence Of God
1,026 wordsThroughout history, the worship of gods has been a part of daily life even amidst those cultures that have been considered savage. The reactions, movement, existence, comparisons, purposes, and common beliefs of the world show that there must be a god. The existence of a god is an irrefutable fact. Sir Isaac Newton stated that every action has a reaction. Therefore every reaction is formed from an action which&# 8364; in and of itself is a reaction to a previous action. If this theory is followe...
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Des Moines Cease Fire
227 wordsIn December 1965, a large group of families located in the Des Moines School District decided that they would support a proposed cease-fire for the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands. The Des Moines Public School District met in advance, and held some hearings on its behalf. They found that this could potentially cause a disruption in the school classroom, and created a rule prohibiting students who wore the armband to school, punishing them by a suspension until they complied with the new ru...
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