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The First Atomic TestOn Monday morning July 16, 1945, the world was changed forever when the first atomic bomb was tested in an isolated area of the New Mexico desert. Conducted in the final month of World War II by the top-secret Manhattan Engineering District, this test was code named Trinity. The Trinity test took ...
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Jury Nullification And Its Effects On Black AmericaIt is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way
that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the
United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to
mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to ...
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The Four Political Parties Of CanadaIn a country as vast and as culturally diverse as Canada, many different
political opinions can be found stretched across the country. From the affluent
neighbourhoods of West Vancouver to the small fishing towns located on the east
coast of Newfoundland, political opinions and affiliations ...
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Same Sex MarriagesThe proposed legalization of same-sex marriage is one of the most
significant issues in contemporary American family law. Presently, it is one of
the most vigorously advocated reforms discussed in law reviews, one of the most
explosive political questions facing lawmakers, and one of the most ...
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On ApartheidThesis Statement
Outline
Apartheid
I. South Africa
II. Seperateness
A. Black
B. White
C. Colored (Mixed Race)
D. Asian
III. Segregation
A. Housing
B. Education
C. Employment
D. Public Accomodations
E. Transportation
Notecards
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"Apartheid, pronounced ah ...
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Monopolies In A Capitalist EcoIn a capitalist economy there are both wanted and unwanted monopolies. However, in a capitalist economy certain monopolies are needed. Monopolies have a big impact on the economy and the consumers because of the amount of control that the monopolies have on the economy. There are certain times ...
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Economics: The American GovernmentMost of the problems of the United states are related to the economy. One of the
major issues facing the country today is social security.
The United States was one of the last major industrialized nations to establish
a social security system. In 1911, Wisconsin passed the first state ...
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Affirmative ActionThe program is important because it gives job opportunities for many people regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, and national origin. The work force should be well represented by the different ethnic backgrounds of our society. Some people look at as reverse discrimination, but ...
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Ben Franklin: Early Life In his many careers as a printer, moralist, essayist, civic leader, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, and philosopher, for later generations of Americans he became both a spokesman and a model for the national character. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Jan. 17, 1706, ...
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Richard Nixon 2Richard Milhouse Nixon was a very prominent politician in the mid 1900’s. His solid upbringing and vicious campaign tactics led to many political wins. It also led to many political enemies. Much of the public thought of him as a great American president until his down fall in March of 1973. ...
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The History Of Phamaceutical CompoundingThe profession of pharmacy was founded in the art and science of
compounding medications. The beginning of compounding dates back to
medieval times with priests, monks, and medicine men. Specialization first
occurred in the early 9th century in the civilized world around Baghdad.
Over time it ...
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Ben Franklin 2Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is broken up into four integral parts, all written during different periods in Franklin's life. The first part, addressed to his son, William, was written when Franklin was sixty-five years old. Before he began the task of recording his past, Franklin carefully ...
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MuckrakersMuckraking was a powerful journalistic force, whose supporters made it become so. Muckraking was the practice of writers and critics exposing corrupt politicians and business practices. President Theodore Roosevelt made the term "muck-raker" popular. He once said
The man with the muck-rake, the ...
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Music CensorshipDuring the Doors concert in Miami, in 1969, lead singer Jim Morrison,
"did lewdly and lasciviously expose his penis and shake it. . ." (Rosen et al.
90). Today, Billy Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, bares all at his
concert in Philadelphia (Bernstein 95). The eccentric Courtney Love ...
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The Life And Works Of Frederick Chopin The 1830s have been called "the decade of the piano" because during that period the piano and the music written for it played a dominant role in European musical culture. The piano had, of course, already been popular for more than half a century, but by the third decade of the nineteenth ...
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Sherlock HolmesWhen Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created , he had no idea that his creation would become on of the most read and talked about fiction characters ever. Doyle himself did not even think that the stories were good literature, but as he found out, people were not interested in the quality of his writing ...
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Sherlock HolmesWhen Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created , he had no idea that his creation would become on of the most read and talked about fiction characters ever. Doyle himself did not even think that the stories were good literature, but as he found out, people were not interested in the quality of his writing ...
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Charging Into The Modern TurneTurner has out-prodiged almost all former prodigies. He has made a picture with real rain, behind which is real sunshine, and you expect a rainbow every minute. Meanwhile, there comes a train down upon you, really moving at the rate of fifty miles a hour, and which the reader had best make haste ...
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The Devils Of Loudun, By Aldou'The Devils of Loudun', by Aldous Huxley
‘The Devils of Loudun’ is a historical account of religious fanaticism and sexual hysteria in seventeenth century France, and an investigation into the circumstances that led to the torture and execution of a local parson who, during a farcical ...
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The Harrowing Of Hell - DialecRoland Barthes's essay on "The World of Wrestling" draws analogically on the ancient theatre to contextualize wrestling as a cultural myth where the grandiloquence of the ancient is preserved and the spectacle of excess is displayed. Barthes's critique -- which is above all a rewriting of what was ...
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