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- 7711: The Partner By John Grisham
- ... differently as they notified that he was alive. His widow wife who lived very happy after she collected money from Life Insurance and inheritance that Patrick left for her. She bought a beautiful house, a new car, and lived with her lover Lance. They were so scared that now their new life in jeopardy that they began to plane Patrick s murder. Patrick's greedy law partners, still practicing though officially bankrupt because of his theft, are ecstatic because they may yet retrieve a good part ... plus another ten million in punitive for good measure. Patrick opened up to his lawyer and law school friend Sandy McDermott and to another old friend, Karl Huskey, now a judge. He also made a new friend one of his nurses to whom he paid for taking pictures of his burst body. Patrick had an associate: Eva Miranda, a lawyer in Rio who's been moving Patrick's $90 million ...
- 7712: AIDS: A U.S.- Made Monster?
- ... American Covert Action Information Bulletin (CAIB). In fact, Top Secret carries the Naming Names column, which CAIB is prevented from doing by the American government, and which names CIA agents in different locations in the world. The article, named "AIDS: US- Made Monster" and subtitled "AIDS - its Nature and its Origins," is lengthy, has a lot of professional terminology and is dotted with footnotes. AIDS FACTS "The fatal weakening of the ... also called 'helper cells`, which play a regulatory role in the production of antibodies in the immune system." In the course of the illness, the number of functional T4- cells is reduced greatly so that new anti-bodies cannot be produced and the defenceless patient remains exposed to a range of infections that under other circumstances would have been harmless. Most AIDS patients die from opportunistic infections rather than from the ... We must emphasize, in this connection, that we do not know of any findings that have been published in professional journals that contradict our hypotheses." DISCOVERING AIDS The first KNOWN cases of AIDS occurred in New York in 1979. The first DESCRIBED cases were in California in 1979. The virus was isolated in Paris in May 1983, taken from a French homosexual who had returned home ill from a trip ...
- 7713: How has AIDS affected our Society?
- ... mainly in tissue-transplant recipients receiving immunosuppressive therapy", were recognized in otherwise healthy homosexual men. In 1983 French oncologist Luc Montagnier and scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris isolated what appeared to be a new human retrovirus from the lymph node of a man at risk for having AIDS. At the same time, scientists working in the laboratory of American research, scientist Robert Gallo at the National Cancer Institute, one ... and AIDS to be completely preventable because the routes of HIV transmission are so well known. To completely prevent transmission, however, dramatic changes in sexual behavior and drug dependence would have to occur throughout the world. Prevention efforts that promote sexual awareness through open discussion and condom distribution in public schools have been opposed due to fear that these efforts encourage sexual promiscuity among young adults. Similarly, needle-exchange programs have been criticized as promoting drug abuse. Governor Christine Todd Whitman vetoed a bill in New Jersey that tried to create a needle-exchange program. She was accused of being "compassionless". She replied that she could not allow drug addicts to continue to break the law. By distributing needles, she ...
- 7714: The Safety of Blood
- The Safety of Blood A five-year old girl is riding down the street, on her way to her best friend's house. She doesn't have a care in the world and is quietly humming to herself. Suddenly a car whips around the corner and swerves to avoid the child, but he looses control and squarely hits the girl, causing the her to fall and get ... donor has participated in such behavior he will not be allowed to donate until a time when it is safer for everyone involved. If the donor passes the screening, his blood is collected in a new, plastic bag with a brand new needle. The needle and everything used during the process, from the finger lancet to the cotton swabs, are disposed of instead of being reused, which eliminates the possibility of something not being properly sterilized. ...
- 7715: Work Stress
- ... Physical Effects The researcher Blyth in 1973 identified a list of diseases which have a fairly high causal relationships with stress. His evidence was obtained through interviews with medical experts, review of reports by the World Health Organization and consultations with the J.R. Geigy Pharmaceutical Company. The following is a list of some of the illnesses Blyth had identified : 1. Hypertension 2. Coronary thrombosis 3. Hay fever and other allergies ... at work: a survival guide. London; Montreal: McGraw-Hill. Greenberg, S. F., Valletutti, P. J. (1980). Stress and the helping professions. Baltimore: P. H. Brookes. Greenwood, J. W. (1979). Managing executive stress: a systems approach. New York; Chichester: Wiley. Kompier, M. (1994). Stress at work: Does it concern you?. Shankill, Ireland: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living & Working Conditions. Robbins, S. (1996). Organizational behaviour: concepts. controversies, applications. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc. Smither, R. D. (1988). The psychology of work and human performance. New York: Harper & Row.
- 7716: The Crucible By Arthur Miller
- ... for herself, but that her family comes first. She is not concerned with how scared she is, just how frightened her children will be. Because of this emotional scene, John is forced to develop a new identity. One that is brave and strong and stands up to what he knows is right. Where before his sins were kept secret, he will now have to face the truth in order for his character to become strong. I ... bravery of his wife, and will now, at any cost, because of her, save this town from lies. As we near the end of the story, John is still developing. He is required to find new information that will set his wife free. After a long battle with the ecclesiastical court he is found guilty of witchcraft himself. After being tortured in the prison, and before he is to be ...
- 7717: Erikson's Psychosocial Theory of Development: Young Adults
- ... lifestyle from an adolescent to a young adult lead to adjustment of situations, e.g. living arrangements, change of school to a career/job and coping abilities, e.g. financial responsibilities. The establishment of this new identity can be stressful and demanding on the young adult. These new changes require a considerable degree of maturity, which Erikson believes will promote physical and psychological achievement. One change in lifestyle leads to a new task, career preparation. This is an important part of a positive aspect of identity that plays a major role in individual development. (Rapoport, 1980). Career preparation and achievement assist the individual to achieve further ...
- 7718: The Great Gatsby 9
- ... real driving force to motivate him, he is happy with just taking advantage of young women. It will take his obsession of getting back his lost love Daisy to take his corruptness into a whole new arena. Jay Gatsby does not get to where he is in society by legal means; instead he achieves his wealth by illegal activities. Gatsby, as a young man, seeing no other options for himself joins ... were commonly associated with gangsters who carry out their acts of brutality. Gatsby does business with the notorious gangster Meyer Wolfshiem. Together , He and Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side street drug stores [in New York] and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. Gatsby is involved in an illegal and often highly violent business that ruins and ends many people s lives. He does not care about ... time and you might pick up a nice bit of money (88). It is like Gatsby is bribing a man for setting up a date with him and Daisy. To Gatsby that s how the world works: you scratch my back and I ll scratch yours. There is no separation of private and business life. We see how Gatsby can treat his so-called friends when Tom tells that Gatsby ...
- 7719: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie Crawford
- ... boredom and hard labor, so she runs off with Joe Starks, a handsome and well-off storekeeper who moves her to the all-black town of Eatonville, Florida. Even with the prestige and security this new marriage brings, she is bored and unfulfilled by her stunted life with Starks. When Starks dies, Janie begins to live with Tea Cake Woods, a man who cannot provide her with the stability that her ... woman rebelling against society's restrictions &mdash and the received wisdom of her Nanny, no less &mdash to seek out her own destiny. But ultimately, this is not a novel that looks out to the world to make political protest or social commentary; it concerns itself with describing the power that lies within us to define ourselves and our lives as we see fit, unbound and unfettered by society's limitations and prejudices. As Alice Walker once wrote, "There is enough self-love in that one book &mdash love of community, culture, traditions &mdash to restore a world." Zora Neale Hurston, in keeping with themes dealing with personal relationships and the female search for self-awareness in Their Eyes Were Watching God , has created a heroine in Janie Crawford. In fact, the ...
- 7720: Symbolism In The Call Of The W
- ... these items symbolize. The main character in the book is Buck, a half St. Bernard, half Scotch shepherd dog. In the story, he is betrayed by someone he trusts and is thrown into a harsh world. A world where you must work or be discarded. He adapts to the harsh environment, and soon enough becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Here London makes Buck a symbol of one that reaches full potential ... he kills him along with a number of other Indians. The vein is yet another symbol. It symbolizes Buck s last tie with civilization. John Thornton was the only thing holding Buck to the civilized world. When he was killed by the Yeehats, Buck would now be a primitive animal. All he had to do was avenge the death of the only man he ever loved, John Thornton. There are ...
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