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Close Proximity Mortality Rates
2,724 wordsThe disease known as Asiatic cholera first infiltrated Great Britain in 1831, with its arrival in Sunderland 1. From there, it broke out in epidemic proportions through 1832. Three more epidemics would follow the 1832 outbreak, 1848, 1854, and 1866. Cholera is defined as an acute infectious disease, originated in India, characterized by profuse vomiting, cramps, etc. 2 These epidemics killed numerous Brits and effected many more. Several reasons can be seen for the continued importation and spre...
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Open Ended Questions Studies Have Shown
1,069 wordsUsing young children as witnesses in criminal and civil cases has come under the spotlight in recent years due to an increased awareness of child sexual abuse. Children are now allowed to provide testimony in cases dealing with sexual abuse, where there are only two accounts of reality, that of the child's and that of the alleged perpetrator. Herein lies the major problem with allowing young children to testify in a court of law. Numerous studies have shown that there are weaknesses in children'...
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East Timor Militia Groups
1,411 wordsSociology is all around us. It is found all over the world. Sociology is the scientific study of social structure. An analysis of the crisis that is occurring today in East Timor is a good example to understand how sociology is broke down and studied. One can identify the social dynamics and the social institutions involved in the crisis at East Timor. They can be determined from the events that occurred in East Timor. Theory conflict would be the best way to characterize the problems in East Ti...
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Loss Of Innocence Piece Of Land
1,043 wordsIn the movie The Mosquito Coast, the Fox's family dropping out and leaving America for a new life in the South American jungle, as Allie Fox took away the perfect world from his family. Then, they bought a piece of land on the banks of the Sign river into the fictional town of Jeronimo, which started in disarray, but the Fox's family fixed up Jeronimo with the others who had already settled there. When this town became their home with everything that they needed to survive. Everything was runnin...
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Choices Between Good And Evil In The Bible
1,011 wordsThroughout the Bible there are many examples of which humans must make a choice between good and evil. If the Fall had never occurred humankind would never have the responsibility to make their own choices. The consequences of the Fall provide humanity with the knowledge and characteristics that make them human. While the knowledge may not always result in the right choices, it at least provides people with humanity. Without the freedom to make their own choices people are more like soulless bei...
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About Greyhound Corporate Strategy And Growth Potential
1,598 wordsWhat were the critical incidents in Greyhounds growth and development over time? Greyhound was founded in 1914 and its first business was providing bus transportation for mine workers. After that the company continued to grow and expand its bus routes, by 1930 the name Greyhound Corporation was adopted and the running-dog logo, its unique brand sign, was introduced. The next 20 years Greyhound continued to acquire bus interests in order to consolidate routes either by purchase, stock swaps or me...
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God Is Omnipotent Christianity Is A Religion
1,593 wordsHow did Christianity originate? According to the official teaching of the Christian Churches, it originated in certain unique events which occurred in Palestine under the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius (Robertson 63). Christianity is a religion in which events are claimed to have occurred but which can never be proved. Those who practice it live by different morals than are preached by the most holy texts. It is an institution in which the most Holy Scripture is contradictory, and wherein ...
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Fall Of Communism Role Of Women
1,858 wordsIt is common sense that as time progresses, changes occur, whether they are intentional, planned changes or not. When large, full-scale societal changes occur, however, there is often even greater fluctuation among the other aspects of society. Marriage has long been held as an institution that upholds the ideals of a nation, culture, or tribe. The ideas that are validated by this institution often manifest themselves in other parts of the society. Because marriage is such an integral part of so...
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History In The Narrative Of Life Frederick Douglass
1,665 wordsIn Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Mr. Douglass gives many examples of cruelty towards slaves as he shows many reasons that could have been used to abolish slavery. Throughout the well-written narrative, Douglass uses examples from the severe whippings that took place constantly to a form of brainwashing by the slaveholders over the slaves describing the terrible conditions that the slaves were faced with in the south in the first half of the 1800 s. The purpose o...
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Acts Of Terrorism 00 A M
996 wordsThis speech is addressed to the whole nation, and as well as the whole world. The speech starts at 7: 00 a. m. on a Monday morning. The President (Mr. Bush) of the United States of America is sitting behind his desk on the oval office of the white house. President Bush is wearing a dark black suit, with a white collared shirt, and a blue tie. This broadcast has been the biggest news in some time and is long awaited by the American public. It will interrupt all major television programs as well a...
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First World War Economic And Political
1,719 wordsWord Count: 3298 On 2 March, 1917, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in favour of his brother Michael (1). With the stepping down of the Tsar, the autocratic regime that had ruled since the inception of Russia many hundreds of years earlier came to a final end, replaced by a provisional government that was itself to be replaced shortly with communists that held power until 1991. The downfall of the autocracy in Russia was undoubtedly one of the most important events of the twentieth century. It is no s...
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Gloucester Blindness Eldest Daughters
1,889 wordsTheme Of Blindness in King Lear In Shakespearean terms, blinds means a whole different thing. Blindness can normally be defined as the inability of the eye to see, but according to Shakespeare, blindness is not a physical quality, but a mental flaw some people possess. Shakespeare s most dominant theme in his play King Lear is that of blindness. King Lear, Gloucester, and Albany are three prime examples Shakespeare incorporates this theme into. Each of these character s blindness was the primary...
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U S News Tipper Gore
2,599 wordsAs you read a newspaper or watch the news on T. V. , you probably have come to the conclusion that violence is becoming a real serious problem in the world were we live. The nation has witnessed many acts of violence through the past few years. Some prime examples would be: O. J. Simpson, who was accused of murdering Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson; Susan Smith, who was found guilty of killing her own children; Timothy McVeigh, who is accused of the divesting Oklahoma City bombing of a f...
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Secretary Of Labor Put In Place
2,428 wordsAnalysis of the Red Scare " The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. " -Kipling, The Recessional Mr. Kipling was wrong. War does not always end with the last cry on the battlefield. World War I certainly did not. After the war formally ended on November 18, 1918, there was an ideological war still going on in the US. An ideological war which prompted mass paranoia and caused, among many other things, what would be known as the Red Scare, which began in 1919 ...
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Teach Ins Ten Thousand
1,346 wordsEarth DayEarthday Earth Day Earth Day is April 22. Earth Day is most often observed by the media, hundreds of local groups and noted on calendars on April 22. Many people also observe Earth Week and Earth Month. Since most events and festivals need to take place on a weekend, Earth Day is observed on the weekends before and after April 22. Others also observe it on March 21, the Vernal Equinox or on World Environment Day, June 6. Remember, that really, every day is an Earth Day we just need to l...
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Greatly Impacted Greatly Influenced
2,036 words10 / 25 / 00 Section 8 Western Imperialism V History 101 B 10 / 25 / 00 Section 8 Western Imperialism We live in a world in which the consequences of nineteenth and twentieth century Western imperialism are still being felt. By the early nineteen hundreds Western civilization reached the high point of it? s long standing global expansion. The expansion took many forms such as economic, political, and cultural imperialism. Europeans invested a lot of money abroad to build railroads, ports, mines,...
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Charleston S C Volcanic Eruptions
2,884 wordstrembling or Natural Disasters earthquake, trembling or shaking movement of the earths surface. Most earthquakes are minor tremors. Larger earthquakes usually begin with slight tremors but rapidly take the form of one or more violent shocks, and end in vibrations of gradually diminishing force called aftershocks. The subterranean point of origin of an earthquake is called its focus; the point on the surface directly above the focus is the epicenter. The magnitude and intensity of an earthquake i...
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Stratospheric Ozone Ozone Layer
2,496 wordsThe Atmospheric Ozone Layer The stratospheric ozone layer exists at altitudes between about 10 and 40 km depending on latitude, just above the tropopause. Its existence is crucial for life on earth as we know it, because the ozone layer controls the absorption of a portion of the deadly ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. UV-A rays, including wavelengths between 320 and 400 nm, are not affected by ozone. UV-C rays between 200 and 280 nm, are absorbed by the other atmospheric constituents besides...
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Washington D C
2,275 wordsThe Worlds Fight Against Microbes Many infectious diseases that were nearly eradicated from the industrialized world, and newly emerging diseases are now breaking out all over the world due to the misuse of medicines, such as antibiotics and antivirals, the destruction of our environment, and shortsighted political action and / or inaction. Viral hemorrhagic fevers are a group of diseases caused by viruses from four distinct families of viruses: filo viruses, arena viruses, flaviviruses, and bun...
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Native American Tribes Dances With Wolves
2,173 words1. Briefly define each of the following terms, and give a specific example of each term as seen in the movie Dances with Wolves: a. Minority Group: This term refers to subordinate groups within society, that is, any group that has less power than the dominant group. This may or may not, as is often the case, be numerical. Minority groups are often visible and posses either distinct physical or cultural characteristics. They are often powerless or subordinate and receive unequal or unfavorable tr...
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