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Alexander Hamilton Continental Congress
1,496 wordsAlexander Hamilton was born as a British subject on the island of Nevis in the West Indies on the 11 th of January 1755. His father was James Hamilton, a Scottish merchant of St. Christopher. His grandfather was Alexander Hamilton, of Grange, Lanarkshire. One of his great grandfathers was Sir R. Pollock, the Laird of Cambuskeith. Hamilton's mother was Rachael Fawcett e Levine, of French Huguenot descent. When she was very young, she married a Danish proprietor of St. Croix named John Michael Lev...
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A Study Of Lyme Disease In New Jersey
1,275 words... flu-like symptoms (1: 47). If left untreated, the disease spreads to other parts of the body, and often results in more joint, tendon and muscle pain, partial facial paralysis, and heart palpitations (8: 11). Chronic symptoms can develop if the disease goes untreated for months or years, and leads to severe arthritis and neurological problems (5: 29). The best way to arrive at or exclude a diagnosis of Lyme disease is to examine three aspects of the patient. The first is to determine if the ...
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Y 2 K Big Problem
1,134 wordsAs the new millenium approaches the biggest fear everyone has is over the Y 2 K bug. Y 2 K stands for y = year 2 K = two thousand. The fear is that on Dec. 31, 1999 at twelve o clock all computers around the world will go crazy. Every mechanical device that is computer controlled could go on the fritz. Social Security checks could be cancelled along with car payments, mortgages could read 100 years. Telephone conversations could be calculated mistakenly to have lasted for a 100 years. What is ca...
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Teenage Girls Teen Pregnancy
778 wordsOn May 1, 1997, 17 year old Audrey Iacona unexpectedly gave birth to her son in the basement of her parents' home (Lipowski). Audrey swears that she never knew that she was pregnant. Periods came regularly and morning sickness and weight gain never appeared until Audrey stayed home from school with an "upset stomach. " Feeling better around lunchtime, Audrey decided to raid the freezer for some food in the basement. As she approached the bottom steps, the pain returned like a thousand knives to ...
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Juvenile Justice Second Chance
554 wordsDouglas Christopher Thomas, 17 fatally shot his girlfriends parents as they slept in their home, according to the January 11 th Minot Daily Newspaper. The girlfriends parents had been trying to end their relationship for months and out of frustration and anger Douglas went along with his 14 -year-old girlfriends wishes. Should Douglas be liable for life in prison or even death row? In some states surprisingly he is, children even as young as thirteen are being sentenced as adults, and we maybe s...
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Women And Minorities House Of Commons
1,402 wordsAverage salary of $ 46 000 Earn more than $ 250 000 (minimum wage) Not a very desirable job A very desirable occupation If City gets smaller and supply remains the same, demand decrease and vise versa Hockey is Canadas national support and the demand is very high If wages go up, supply increases, demand decreases drastically. No shortage of hockey players only shortage of exceptionally talented hockey players Demand for good players is very high. Teams want franchise players and fans pay to see ...
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Campaign Finance Reform Answer The Question
788 wordsOnly YOU can prevent forest fires." This famous quote, by Smokey the Bear, is a statement that essentially defines momentum. Momentum, in the case of forest fires, is detrimental momentum. We " ve all seen the commercial, the bright red Ferrari driving down the road, flicking a cigarette out the window. It rolls onto a pile of dry leaves, and suddenly, the leaf is smoking! Oh no! The leaves have caught fire and it is spreading to a nearby tree! Soon, nearby trees have caught fire, and thus the m...
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Recording Industry Association Intellectual Property
1,401 words... for users to download an MP 3 (even an illegal one) and then decide to purchase an album is still there, but is probably reduced if all material is available for free on the Internet. Discussion While there are many debates about what is going on with copyright laws and technology, one thing is clear: change is inevitable. For better or worse, with every new technology, new regulations seem to appear. And, whether we agree with it or not, regulations are already in the works for digital musi...
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Society In Young Goodman Brown
580 wordsNathaniel Hawthorne was born in the year 1804 and died in the year 1864. He was an American Novelist and his work dealt with the ethical problems of sin, punishment, and atonement. Many of his stories are Puritan based and originated in New England. He is most famous for writing the novel, The Scarlet Letter. In Michael McCabes essay, he explains that Hawthorne could not escape the influence of Puritan society, not only from residing with his fathers devout Puritan family as a child but, also du...
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Parents Divorce N Pag
964 wordsIt is very common for teenagers to experience a period of rebellion. Normal rebellious behavior develops over time, beginning with a teen wanting to be with friends more and disagreeing with parents more frequently. Problem rebellion is sudden and drastically out of character. Society stamps a bad teen label on rebellious teens. These teenagers are not always bad teens. To understand why teens rebel, one has to look past society's label and into teens backgrounds and mental thoughts. There are n...
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Howard Stern Online Posting
572 wordsKnow for well, everything. From playmates too angry drunken dwarfs. The FCC? s most wanted, a legend of his own making, not just a radio personality. This year FM-my category goes to HOWARD STERN. Now you might have heard of Howard or his name chanted in feminist circles along with the word NO! Howard is a man of the people. Since 1997 Howard has done his part to combat breast cancer by giving free breast exams to the women of New York. What a nice guy you say. According to the article? Howard S...
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Human Cloning Nov 1999
902 wordsThe Case against Cloning When I first began this essay, I held no stance on the subject of human cloning. After my initial research, I came to the conclusion that there was no real evidence that human cloning should be illegal. My first draft however lacked good arguments. Ive since returned to the library and took a new look at the problem. And, after more research my stance was changed. Human cloning, while bringing some good, is not Gods will, and any God fearing human should consider human c...
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Death Of A Salesman Willy Loman
897 wordsWho, or what, is responsible for the death of Willy Loman? Was he a victim of modern American society, or did he simply lack the morals and ethics that would have led him to success and happiness? A large controversy engulfs Arthur Miller? s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, and, more precisely, the cause of the protagonist? s death. Willy Loman can clearly be viewed as a victim of the American machine, as observed through his frequently ambivalent attitudes concerning the importance place ...
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Men And Women Part Of The Problem
988 wordsWe must deal with many problems. Our society has been struggling to cope with difficulties ranging from environmental problems to economic problems. Solutions to these problems, however, are not too hard to find. There is one problem, however, that our society has been dealing with for a very long time. The problem is sexual discrimination. When thinking of discrimination, one tends to think mostly of sexism directed against women. Sexism against women has become a noticeable part of our society...
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Make A Difference Monica Lewinsky
1,124 wordsWe Do Not Xactly Care About the Government What is the point of the government? This is a question I often ask myself. I am a member of Generation X, or so Ive been labeled since I was born in 1981. I have been labeled as lazy, irresponsible, and apathetic. One of those words applies to me right now, and that is my apathy toward the government. At this time in my life it does not matter what happens in the government, it will continue to run without my input. Perhaps our indifference toward the ...
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Boston Bedford Books Affirmative Action
1,498 wordsPrejudice is a terrible thing. As long as people still roam the Earth, prejudice will never cease. How ever long that we the people stay here on Earth, that is how long prejudice will last. We have tried to abolish prejudice, but it always comes back full force. People take into consideration peoples race and ethnicity, and if it is different from theirs, then that person probably is prejudice towards them in some way, shape, or form. Prejudice has been with Mankind since the beginning of time. ...
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Pythagorean Theorem Prime Minister
792 wordsMy name is Pythagoras of Samos. I believe I should win the fabulous two-week cruise on the incomparable Argo because I dedicated my life to educating and caring for the future generations. I risked my life to share my knowledge with anyone who wanted to learn. I was born on the island of Samos, but lived most of my life in Croton, Italy. When I was a young man, I traveled to many different places to observe the different lifestyles and cultures. Some of the countries I visited were India, Egypt,...
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British Medical Journal People Who Suffer
1,254 wordsSchizophrenia is a severe mental disease that effects thousands of Americans, or only one percent of the population. Schizophrenia is defined as a disorder characterized by a range of cognitive and emotional dysfunction involving disturbances in content of thought, perceptions, language and communication skills, fluency of thought and speech, attention span, and interpersonal functioning. Schizophrenia was not always known as this. In the late 1800 s a French physician by the name of Benedict Mo...
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War Of 1812 Won The Battle
957 wordsoffered better food and pay. The life of a English navy sailor was not good. They were constantly working and the food was terrible. Meat, when available was almost always rotten and covered with mold. Ships biscuit a type of bread that was rock hard, was frequently covered with maggots. English sailors often ate in dark corners to avoid seeing what bugs might be on their food. American merchant ships offered 10 times the pay and although the food was not fancy it stuck to your ribs. The English...
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Partial Birth Abortion Civil Liberties Union
1,428 wordsPartial-Birth Abortion There are hardly many topics that can raise such debate, and invoke such passionate discussion, as does abortion. Whether one is pro-life or pro-choice, the clear and definitive line between the pros and cons of abortion predictably leads to a standstill of opinion. Each side is sure that their view is the right view, and the nature of the abortion issue does not allow for a middle ground. Abortion arguments, however, are even further broadened and complicated by the sub-i...
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