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University Of Toronto Handmaids Tale
498 wordsNovelist, poet, short story writer, critic, teacher, and feminist Margaret Eleanor Atwood was born on November 18, 1939. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Atwood was the second of three children to Carl Edmond and Margaret Dorothy Killam Atwood. She went on to marry writer, Graeme Gibson, and give birth to a daughter named Jess. Atwood's religion was that of Immanent Transcendentalist. During her childhood, she spent her summers in Northern Quebec while her father fulfilled aspirations of being a forest ...
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Mental Illness Personal Beliefs
1,292 words... ch was vain and often suicidal (25). Witch-hunts were used as a scapegoat to uphold sanity. Due to inconsistent data and variable definitions, Schowalter remains skeptical. Continually changing definitions created doubts in many minds, especially Elaine Schowalter's, Hysteria is not a single, consistent, unified affliction like malaria or tuberculosis (14). Because of inconsistent data, mental illness is hard to understand. Hysteria has changed throughout history as to what really causes it....
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Toxic Shock Syndrome Low Blood Pressure
1,590 wordsTOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME (TSS) was discovered almost 20 years ago. At first no one knew what was causing it, although it was quickly linked with "superabsorbent" tampons (which are no longer on the market). Eventually researchers discovered that a poison produced by a type of bacteria known as Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for TSS. Some theorized that tampons may produce small ulcerations, which allow bacteria to enter the body. Another theory is that stagnating blood within or behind the tam...
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Martin Luther King Robert Kennedy
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People Republic Of China Genghis Khan
434 wordsBorn Temujin in 1167 A. D. , Genghis Khan and his mother and siblings were abandoned by their tribe after his father was poisoned. The family experienced years of hardship, and was told by his mother to ''remember, you have no companions but your shadow''. The boy showed early promise as a leader and fighter. By 1206, Temujin's military initiatives had defeated all competing tribes, and his power was such that he was proclaimed Genghis Khan, the 'universal or oceanic ruler Genghis Khan pledged t...
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Cystic Fibrosis Defective Gene
1,182 wordsAccording to old northern European folklore, a child that tasted salty when kissed upon the forehead was bewitched and would soon die. Today we know the reason -the genetic disease, cystic fibrosis or CF. It is a chronic, progressive disease and the most common, fatal inherited disorder in the United States. About 30, 000 Americans suffer from cystic fibrosis, and 2500 babies are born in the U. S. with the disease each year. While all races and ethnic groups may suffer from the disease, it occur...
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People Laugh Make People
963 wordsThe Three Stooges developed their own brand of comedy. They specialized in slapstick, and produced a number of comedies, which are now becoming recognized as classics. During their prime movie making years, the 1930 s and ' 40 s, the Three Stooges made great comedy movies. The Stooges currently hold the record for appearing in more movies than any other comedy team in history. The Three Stooges started their career as a trio in 1925 in a studio in California. They were all actors that wanted to ...
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Constitutional Convention South Carolina
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Anti Slavery Society District Of Columbia
914 wordsThe Life, Accomplishments, and Influence of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was a well established abolishinsits and writer who help open the eyes of many Americans to the injustice of slavery. Douglass was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey on the Holmes Hill farm near the town Easton of in Maryland. Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was born on a farm in February 1818 as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in Talbot county, Maryland. The farm was owned by Aaron Anthony who is...
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Alexander Hamilton And The Constitution
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B C Caesar 44 B C
625 wordsJulius Caesar Julius Caesar was born in 100 B. C. When he was a young man he was captured by Pirates of the eastern Mediterranean sea. He was held for a ransom of 50 talents for his life. He told the pirates that someday he would hang them. However, he never got to hang them because they were captured a couple week later and put to death. In 82 B. C. Caesar had refused to obey Sulla and he left Rome in 81 B. C. When Sulla died in 78 B. C. , Caesar returned. He helped Pompey increase his power. B...
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R 038 B North Carolina
1,176 wordsNew Orleans Jazz Band: Dag They have a word down South to describe the way you feel when your packed into a crowded dive at 1: 00 AM, where the cigarette smoke is so thick it makes its own weather; and the waitress is slinging bourbon and Fritos while some bad-ass Jazz Funk band rocks the house as hard as Blue Ridge granite, and the sweat flows down from the stage like the cloudy waters of Pamlico Sound. Theres a word for how you feel when you hear live Jazzy-funk music so sweet and hot, you jus...
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Ellen Child Neglect
1,441 wordsThe outcome of a ravaging issue called child neglect is a disturbed eleven year old girl, with the mind of a thirty year old woman, and an insecure future. It is a worldwide curse that will plague our children forever if it persists to take over our family values. ? Ellen Foster, ? by Kaye Gibbons, is an emotionally moving novel of child neglect in the South. Ellen tells her story of a dreadful life, leading to another of self-acceptance and solace. She? s born into a life of child neglect from ...
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Panama Canal Canal Zone
1,023 words1825, a Panama Canal In 1825, a group of American businesspeople announced the formation of a canal building company, with interests in constructing a canal system across the Isthmus. This project was to take place in an area now called Panama. The endeavor was filled with controversy. Though the canal itself was not built until the early 1900 s every step toward the building and ownership, was saturated with difficulty. Walter Lafeber illustrates the dilemmas in a historical analysis. In his wo...
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British Columbia Human Body
820 wordsFitness that once started as a trend in the late 70? s has become more of a lifestyle than a fad today. Personal trainers are a good idea to help you on your way to get fit, or stay fit. Anyone can be a personal trainer if they want to; the only prerequisite is that you enjoy fitness and a healthy lifestyle. Trainers have a wide variety of different certificates, which allow them to be able to train people legally in B. C. There are four basic certificates that a person must have in order to tra...
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British Columbia Weather Conditions
1,059 wordsPlywood is a Plywood Plywood Plywood is a sheet of wood that is made from smaller sheets of wood that are glued together. These sheets of wood are called veneers. Veneers are normally between 0. 09 and 0. 32 inches thick. The number of veneers in a sheet of plywood are usually an odd number. They are usually an odd number because they are glued together with the wood grain at ninety degree angles to make the plywood stronger. The two outside faces on a sheet of plywood are called faces. They are...
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Meriwether Lewis Whiskey Rebellion
1,137 words? Many Polish Immigrant? ? Many people have tried to do what Meriwether Lewis has done, but have failed. ? Lewis was born August 18, 1774. ? His family had a history of Hypochondria (depression). ? As a boy his father died and he inherited a 2, 000 acre plantation, 520 pounds in cash, 24 slaves, and 147 gallons of whiskey. ? By the time he became a teenager Lewis had become an alcoholic. ? As he became older he joined the army and helped put down the whiskey rebellion. ? The whiskey rebellion st...
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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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House Of Commons Prime Minister
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