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Nuclear Weapons Nuclear Arms
1,477 words
Background: The Nuclear Age began, when the first
bomb was tested on a quiet stretch of desert in
Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945. There are
currently around 36, 000 nuclear weapons in the
world's arsenals, primarily in the five Nuclear
Weapon States - USA, UK, Russia, France and China.
These states possess what is estimated to be 2,
667 times the firepower experienced in the entire
six years of World War II. At the height of the
Cold War there were around 65, 000 nuclear
weapons. In Sep...
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Polar Ice Caps Nuclear Power Plants
1,053 words
Americans have increasingly divulged themselves in
over-consumption. This escalating desire for
physical goods is initiating the depletion of our
resources and the destruction of our environment.
The people of the United States, in their quest
for material products, are causing catastrophes,
such as the greenhouse effect, hazardous wastes,
and a growing number of landfills. This in turn
pollutes the planet and catalyzes global warming.
Greenhouse effect has been reeking havoc with the
natural ba...
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Genetically Identical Identical Twins
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Of all the terms coined by scientists which have
entered popular vocabulary, 'clone' has become one
of the more emotive. Strictly speaking a clone
refers to one or more offspring derived from a
single ancestor, whose genetic composition is
identical to that of the ancestor. No sex is
involved in the production of clones, and since
sex is the normal means by which new genetic
material is introduced during procreation, clones
have no choice but to have the same genes as their
single parent. In the...
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Teenagers Drugs And Peer Pressure
1,269 words
Drug use is an increasing problem among teenagers
in today's high schools. Most drug use begins in
the teenage years, these years are the most
crucial in the maturing process. During these
years adolescents are faced with the difficult
tasks of discovering their self identity,
clarifying their sexual roles, assenting
independence, learning to cope with authority
figures and searching for goals that would give
their lives meaning. Drugs are readily available,
adolescents are curious and venerable...
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First Hand Young Adults
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During the 1940 s Jewish Europeans experienced an
unthinkable and atrocious collective trauma. In
her work Survivor-Parents and Their Children taken
from the anthology Generations of the Holocaust,
Judith S. Kestenberg has argued that regardless of
location, the effects of the Holocaust are felt on
survivors parenting. The children of survivors
receive a secondary traumatic impact by being
forced to deal with the impact the Holocaust had
directly on their parents. The novel Briar Rose by
Jane Yo...
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Kill A Mockingbird Boo Radley
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird a
novel by Harper Lee, takes place in a southern
community in Alabama. The story tells about
difficult time of 1930 s, where people were
suffering from the Great Depression. The success
of To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the most
frequently read novels of the last hundred years;
can be attributed to its powerful, universal
themes. Several themes, encompassing, are that
valuable lessons are learned in confronting those
who are unlike ourselves and unlike ...
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Depression And Suicide Attempted Suicide
903 words
Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers
in todays high schools. Most drug use begins in
the preteen and teenage years, these years most
crucial in the maturation process. During these
years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks
of discovering their self identity, clarifying
their sexual roles, assenting independence,
learning to cope with authority and searching for
goals that would give their lives meaning. Drugs
are readily, adolescents are curious and
venerable, there is peer ...
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Population Growth Growth Rate
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Confucianism, the philosophical system based on
the teaching of Confucius (551 - 479 BC),
dominated Chinese sociopolitical life for most of
Chinese history and largely influenced the
cultures of Korea, Japan, and Indochina. The
Confucian school functioned as a recruiting ground
for government positions, which were filled by
those scoring highest on examinations in the
Confucian classics. It also blended with popular
and imported religions and became the vehicle for
articulating Chinese mores to ...
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Grolier Incorporated Danbury Conn Grolier Incorporated Danbury Confucius
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Confucius Confucius was born 551 BC in Chu-fu,
state of Lu (Now Shantung province in China). He
was originally named King Chris but his title was
Latinized when his teachings were introduced to
the West by Catholic missionaries in the early 17
th century. He is said to be Chinas most famous
and important, teacher, philosopher, and political
theorists and his teachings have influenced the
civilizations of all eastern Asia. While little is
know about his early life it is believed his
family was of...
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Civil Rights Act World War Ii
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Causes of the Counter-Culture that was the Hippies
As the 1950 s rolled along and the 1960 s came
into effect, the world was thrown into a topspin
that would soon define every generation of youths.
As the trends changed and the music got more
complex a deeper metamorphosis was taking place
inside every city and every person. To develop a
counterculture in the 1960 s there had to be new
ideas circulating that were counter-norm. These
ideas were not developed right away for any one
reason, though....
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Allen Ginsberg Grateful Dead
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Causes of the Counter-Culture that was the Hippies
As the boring fifties rolled along and the sixties
catching speed the world was thrown into a topspin
that would soon define every generation of youths.
As the trends changed and the music got more
complex a deeper metamorphosis was taking place
inside every city and every person. With these new
feelings and desires for the future our world soon
developed our own counter-culture. This was not
developed right away for any one reason, though.
Just...
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Big Bang Theory Theory Of Evolution
968 words
The majority of people in this world believe that
a spiritual being created earth. In fact, "
most religions and cultures believe the universe
was created by a creative hand, either a sky god
or some other physical object" (Encarta 1).
Think of it, as a trial to see which will win,
creation or evolution. It has been the most argued
debate in all of history, but creationism is more
logical than evolution. To first understand what
creation is about, we have to know what creation
is. The ...
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J D Salinger F Scott Fitzgerald
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J. D. Salinger The worth of a book is to be
measured by what you can carry away from it.
-James Bryce In 1945, a novel was published that
would forever change the way society views itself.
The book, entitled The Catcher in the Rye, would
propel a man named Jerome David Salinger to fame
as one of the most famous authors of the twentieth
century. This same man, not ten years after the
publication and while still in the peak of his
career, would depart from this society- the one
that he so greatly ...
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Blood Vessels Social Behavior
1,527 words
Insect, small, air-breathing animal characterized
by a segmented body with three main parts head,
thorax, and abdomen. In their adult forms, insects
typically have three pairs of legs, one pair of
antennae, and in most instances, two pairs of
wings. Insects rank among the most successful
animals on Earth. About one million species of
insects have been identified so far, which is
about half of all the animals known to science.
That is why for every pound of human on the earth
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Life North America
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It is a warm summer? s day; the heat rises from
the pavement as the roar of engines and smell of
gasoline surround you. With a throaty growl the
first car pulls up to the line on the drag strip
in front of you. Its large V- 8 pounds as it pulls
up to the starting mark. An annoying whine
announces the challenger, a smaller car covered in
decals and brand names. Its four cylinders hum as
it stops, ready to go. The light flashes green and
both cars jump into action. As the front wheels
leap from th...
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Feudal System European Countries
344 words
America had skip the feudal stage, she never had a
feudal system. Unlike the European countries,
struggle many centre with the old feudal system.
Many European countries had to had revolutions to
overturn the old feudal system. Louis Hartz
pointed out that liberalism seemed natural to
America. The lack of a feudal tradition in United
States affected American life in many ways. The
system of feudalism was developed gradually
between the eighth and eleventh centuries. In the
early feudal stage, wh...
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Middle Ages Lords Land
467 words
The Growth Of Feudalism during the Middle Ages
Western Europe operated under feudalism, which is
a political, social, and economic system. It was a
mixture Of Roman and German of heritage. Feudalism
provided order, in this society. One of the ways
this was shown was by the king. He gave the lords
land in exchange for military services. The serfs
on the other hand had to serve the lords by
working their land in return the lords had to
provided serfs with land and Protection from
invaders. This la...
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Genetic Engineering Human Genome
634 words
Current technology has made what once seemed
impossible, mapping the human genome, a reality
within the next decade. What began over forty
years ago with the discovery of the basic
structure of DNA has evolved into the Human Genome
Project. This is a fifteen-year, three billion
dollar effort to sequence the entire human genetic
code. The Project, under the direction of the U.
S. National Institute of Health and the department
of Energy is ahead of schedule in mapping what
makes up an individuals...
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Todays Society World Today
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Importance of Priority in Todays Society In todays
society it is of the ultimate importance to keep
self- discipline as a major priority. Right now we
may not realize it, but we are not living in a
perfect society on this planet. But perfect is not
the answer for our world, as it seems implausible.
Rather, we are trying to work out into the
opposite direction and not suffer chaos. Think of
what would happen, if we all took the
responsibility to keep our self disciplined and
utterly focused in tr...
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Lone Ranger Outer Space
808 words
When comparing the past times of children of today
with those of yesterday, it can be said that the
past definitely leads to the future. Long gone are
the days of the pen pals of yore, today s
electronic mail has changed this activity forever.
Campfire stories have been replaced by video
cassette recorders, books on tape, Play doh put
away for Sony Playstation; these are merely a few
of the differences between generations of
children. Long ago, society at large was not as
sophisticated as compar...
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