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- 6771: Tobacco: Opposing Viewpoints
- ... countries, especially China where tobacco sellers were decapitated. Cigarette smoking did not become popular until the late eighteen hundreds. Although the U.S. was not the first country to use cigarettes, in eighteen eighty three American James Bonsack developed a cigarette rolling machine. Where a skilled cigarette roller could roll about four hundred cigarettes per day, the cigarette machine could produce one hundred and twenty thousand. Mass production also caused the ...
- 6772: Ku Klux Klan
- ... Jewish, anti-immigrant, antisocialist, and anti-labor-union themes under the slogan "100 Percent Americanism." Often taking the law into their own hands, mobs of white-robed, white-hooded Klansmen punished "immorality" and terrorized "un-American" elements. At its height in the early 1920s, the Klan had between three and four million adherents and exercised great political power in many southern, western, and midwestern states. The Klan began to wane in ...
- 6773: Exotic Diseases And The Treat To Humanity
- ... the deadly viruses that are carried by insects. One of the key reasons epidemics spread is by the increase of travel. People can limit themselves to which places they travel, but what about insects? The American Screw worm fly, which transmitted deadly maggots that kill livestock, turned up in Lybia in 1988. It quickly spread through North Africa and its natural habitat was the USA. (Garrett, P.576, 1995) In temperate ...
- 6774: Female Genital Mutilation
- ... a common social and cultural practice in the countries where it occurs. Many of the women who undergo these operations do so because to do otherwise would probably result in not getting married. To an American woman that may not seem important, but to women from these countries, where they have no source of income, marriage is the only way to survive and be cared for. Female genital mutilation is performed ...
- 6775: Smoking on Campus
- ... tens of thousands of nonsmoking Americans a year is affected by cigarette smokers. Of those who do not smoke 53,000 will die and countless others will suffer from cardiovascular diseases as reported by the American Heart Association (Rumpf 20-21). Visible smoke contributes only 5-8 % to the total output of a cigarette. The remaining bulk that cannot be seen makes up the so-called vapor or gas phase of ...
- 6776: The Evolution Of Professional
- ... the matches had no time limits. Matches lasted from three minutes to some seven hours. In the 1920 s, time limits were imposed on wrestling matches and some people were much happier. The first recognized American Champion was Ed Gotch. He was a great wrestler but he hated to lose. He would do anything to win. Once before a match he sent one of his friends to his opponents training camp ...
- 6777: What Is PMS?
- ... problems, visual disturbances, contipation, low tolerance to alcohol and drugs, urinary tract infections, breathlessness, insomnia, and lethargy. But these are only some of the many symptoms caused by PMS. According to Edward M. Litchen, an American Neurologist grouped the symptoms of PMS in 1931. The same grouping of symptoms is used today. A- anxiety: irritability, crying spells, verbal/physical abuse, and personality changes. D- depression: confused, clumsiness, forgetful, withdrawn, paranoia, and ...
- 6778: The Fbi
- ... years. In conclusion, I think that the FBI is not a very good agent that works for the people. Instead, they work most the times against us. I believe that the FBI is an anti-American gang of racketeers who break our laws with impunity because they have succeeded in corrupting our politicians and many of our law-enforcement people as well. We should all fight that agency because the next ...
- 6779: The Invention of the Airplane
- ... than-air craft. In 1903 the Wrights created their first powered craft, which successfully flew on December 17, 1903. More capable airplanes were developed in 1904 and 1905, which culminated in their stunning European and American flights in 1908. Here it is apparent there is a real mystery in the invention of the airplane: How did the Wrights begin at the top of the field and make sustained progress when their ...
- 6780: Prozac: Harmful or Helpful?
- ... 3 May 1999. Available: http://www.obs-us.com/obs/english/books/pg/pg280.htm Scheller, Melanie. The Brave New World of Antidepressants. Current Health Jan. 1997: 16-18. Shorter, Edward. How Prozac Slew Freud. American Heritage Sept. 1998: 42-44+ Warning: This Wonder Drug Could Seriously Damage Your Health. Online.The Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. Internet. 18 Apr. 1999. Available: http://www.breggin.com/bulletinprozac5.html ...
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