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Traumatic Stress Disorder World War Ii
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It was not until World War I that specific
clinical syndromes came to be associated with
combat duty. In prior wars, it was assumed that
such casualties were merely manifestations of poor
discipline and cowardice. However, with the
protracted artillery barrages commonplace during
"The Great War, " the concept evolved that the
high air pressure of the exploding shells caused
actual physiological damage, precipitating the
numerous symptoms that were subsequently labeled
"shell shock. " By the end ...
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Part Of The Body Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Canada, federated country of North America,
bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the
Northeast by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which
separate it from Greenland; on the east by the
Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the United States;
and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska.
Canada is the world's second largest country,
surpassed in size only by Russia. Canada has a
total area of 9, 970, 610 sq. km (3, 849, 652 sq.
mi), of which 755, 180 sq. km (291, 575 sq. mi) is
covered by bodies ...
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Vice President Al Gore
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Bush Attacks Gore, Citing 'Pattern of
Embellishments' By ALISON MITCHELL ORLANDO, Fla. ,
Sept. 23 At the end of a campaign swing that was
intended to focus on issues, Gov. George W. Bush
stepped up his personal criticisms of Vice
President Al Gore today, accusing him of
"misleading Americans" through a "pattern of
embellishments and sudden reversals. " Mr. Bush
assailed Mr. Gore in a speech he delivered by
satellite to the state committee of the
Pennsylvania Republican Party. He cited a series
o...
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5 7 97 Guest 5 7 97 Erik
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(Frank Poncherello) Erik was born on March 16,
1949 as Henry Enrique Estrada in NY City. Back
around 1968, he was in a dance troupe and earned $
38 a week with free lunches and all the acting
lessons he could take. In return, he had to
perform daily in downtown Los Angeles. He had a 10
-day hospital stay in August 1979 caused by on-set
accident when he was thrown from his motorcycle
and the 900 -pound bike landed on him. At 5 ' 10
'', 160 pounds, he was an inch shorter and 15
pounds lighter than...
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Scuba Diving Heat Loss
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... sk is needed because the human eye cannot
focus without any air space in front of it. A mask
provides the air space. Without the mask, you can
see large objects, but they will be blurred and
indistinct because your eyes cannot bring the rays
of light into sharp focus. Only by wearing a mask
can you see sharply (Ascher, 9). Light travels at
a different speed in water than in air. When light
enters the air in your mask from the water, the
change in speed causes its angle of travel to
shift sli...
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Fast Food Nation U S Food
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... bsp; A study conducted by the U. S. Food
Supply series reported per capita nutrients and
food available for consumption from the years
1909, 1945, 1975, and 1999 (Bente and Gerrior,
2002). Though this survey does not measure actual
consumption, it serves as a useful summary of
probable nutrient levels in the United States for
these four years. Food was divided into categories
of meat and alternatives, milk and milk products,
vegetables, fruits, and grains. Some notable
trends include a decre...
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20 Century Architectural And Urban Part 2
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... the irony and complexity which enrich
historical architecture. This dissatisfaction was
translated into direct action in 1972 with the
demolition of several 14 -story slab blocks that
had been built only 20 years earlier from designs
by Yamasaki as part of the award-winning Pruitt-Ie
housing development in St. Louis, Mo. Similar
apartment blocks in Europe and North America were
demolished in the following decades, but it was at
St. Louis that the postmodernist era was begun.
(Drexler 74) Ven...
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U S Court 100 000 Population
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Capital Punishment, not a deterrent The question
with which we must deal is not whether a
substantial proportion of American citizens would
today, if polled, opine that capital punishment is
barbarously cruel, but whether they would find it
to be so in light of all information presently
available. (Justice Thurgood Marshall) There are
two opposing views regarding capital punishment:
those who oppose it and those who support the
death penalty. Many opinions are understandable
from both sides; for...
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Marlon Brando Rita Hayworth
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Columbia Pictures originated with a man whose
coarseness and bullying earned him such unloving
nicknames as 34; Harry The Horror, 34;
34; White Fang, 34; and 34; His Crudeness
34; : Harry Cohn. The New York-born son of Jewish
immigrants, Cohn worked throughout the teens at
numerous jobs, in and out of the entertainment
industry. By 1918 he was an assistant to Carl
Laemmle, the founder of Universal, who also
employed Harry 39; s older brother Jack. The
Cohn's left Universal in ...
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Lost Their Lives Fitzgerald
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Dock 1 DEATH OF A KING Since commercial shipping
began on the five Great Lakes, there have Been six
thousand shipwrecks. Half have never been found.
There are three storms The sailors still talk
about: The great storm of 1913 claimed 250 lives
and 12 ships. The storm of 1940 claimed 100 lives
and two ships. The storm of 1975 claimed only one
ship and 29 lives. The wreck of 1975 remains the
most mysterious and controversial of all shipwreck
tales heard around the Great Lakes. The legend of
the Ed...
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World War Ii Soviet Union
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During the two decades following World War II,
Hungary was transformed from a predominantly
agricultural land into an industrial-agricultural
state. This transformation was carried out under a
system of central planning patterned on that of
the Soviet Union. Consumer desires were ignored,
tight labor discipline was enforced, and living
standards were depressed, so that the largest
possible share of Hungary? s resources could be
used to develop an industrial base. Investment in
industry was encou...
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Opium Wars Hong Kong
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Opium- an addictive drug originally used as a
painkiller. It is obtained from the unripe seeds
of the opium poppy and can be made into substances
that a person can smoke causing relaxation,
alleviated anxiety, and a state of euphoria.
Continued use of the drug also induces
deterioration to the mind and body of a person
eventually causing death. The substance was
therefore stated illegal in China during the late
18 th Century yet consistently smuggled into the
country via British merchant ships. ...
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Vice Presidents Al Gore
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Bush Attacks Gore, Citing Pattern of
Embellishments By ALISON MITCHELL ORLANDO, Fla. ,
Sept. 23 At the end of a campaign swing that was
intended to focus on issues, Gov. George W. Bush
stepped up his personal criticisms of Vice
President Al Gore today, accusing him of
misleading Americans through a pattern of
embellishments and sudden reversals. Mr. Bush
assailed Mr. Gore in a speech he delivered by
satellite to the state committee of the
Pennsylvania Republican Party. He cited a series
of incid...
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Decided To Make Fort Worth
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Introduction The first F- 16 was developed in
1974. They wanted a lightweight fighter that
wouldn t cost as much as the fighters they had at
the time. They also needed a way to have a bomber
without going out and building another bomber
which would cost millions more. So they decided to
turn the F- 16 into a fighter / bomber and it all
worked out. Here s how. The Lockheed F- 16
Fighting Falcon They F- 16 Fighting Falcon was
developed and produced by General Dynamics Corp,
until they went bankrup...
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Individuals With Disabilities Children With Disabilities
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Lee Daniels Daniels 1 Miss Coffman/Mrs. Drury
Research Paper 13 April 2000 Individuals with
Disabilities Act Historically, disabled children
were segregated from regular education students in
the public schools. They did not have the
opportunity to interact with their non-disabled
peers. They were often placed in separate settings
with all children who also had disabilities. The
treatment and discrimination of disabled children
and their parents were the main purposes for the
formation of IDEA, ...
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Church And State Form Of Government
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In what ways did the institutional legacy of the
Franco regime shape Spain's transition to
democracy? In less than two decades Spain has
rushed from dictatorship to democracy and from
virtual world isolation to membership in the
European Union. The actual transition (1973 -
1982) took place from the assassination of Carrero
Blanco, heir to the regime, to the 1982 democratic
elections (3 rd after Franco's death) when the
Socialists won by a wide margin. The transition
may have been relatively pea...
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Ellen Emotionally Isolated
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Ms. Hannah ELCIsolation Nicole Bumbacco Ms. Hannah
ELC 4 AO Dec 23, 1999 Isolation is defined in the
Webster? s Encyclopedic Dictionary as occurring
when something is? placed apart or alone. ?
Naturally, humans are faced with feelings of
isolation at certain times throughout their lives.
However, there are particular types of isolation
that capture the imagination of writers and
artists. Canadian authors are drawn towards the
theme of isolation in their literature. Characters
portrayed in Canadi...
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Sexually Explicit Material Violence Against Women
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Pornography Porno It started by way of messengers
and scribes, evolved through the presentation of
newspapers and radio, brought us together with
television, and now serves us world-wide via the
ever-popular Internet. It is the mass media, and
even from the earliest days of its existence, it
has contributed greatly in ways that both
enlighten and enrich society, and ways that
deteriorate and perplex it. It is not a surprise
tolar, then, that the mass media is the most
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Structuralism Functionalism Behaviorism Gestalt Functionalism Behaviorism Gestalt Psychology
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Psychology: Theories, Systems, And Paradigms
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Paradigms Theories, Systems, and Paradigms
Psychology is the study of the way people think
and behave. The field of psychology has a number
of subdiscipline's devoted to the study of the
different levels and contexts of human thought and
behavior that includes theories, systems, and
paradigms. Theories, systems, and paradigms have
had an important effect on psychology. A theory is
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Buenos Aires Mcgraw Hill
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JOSE DE SAN MARTIN- THE KNIGHT OF THE ANDES. One
of the principal liberators of South America from
Spanish rule was Jose de San Martin. He is also
known as Argentinas liberator, and was one of the
principal revolutionary fighters against royalist
forces in South America. He was a master of
military strategy, a skill which led him to
success. San Martin became a national hero in many
South American countries, particularly in
Argentina, where he also had strong personal ties,
as he was born there,...
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