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- 8281: Environmentalism
- Environmentalism When we think about environmentalism, we are sometimes overwhelmed by the enormity of the subject. The planet is so huge, and we are only normal every day people draining the earth of its’ life. Many people are cynical as to whether or not we can actually make a difference in the world, and everyone has their own opinion, or lack thereof, on ...
- 8282: The Race to the Moon
- ... flight, and 10 months before astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Later that same year, Cosmonaut Gherman Titov made history as being the first man ever to spend a full day in orbit. Once more, Gagarin's and Titov's flight's proved that the U.S.S.R. was well ahead in the Space Race. (Gold 50). America tried to get back up on its ...
- 8283: The French Lieutenant’s Women: Sara As A Nonconformist
- ... lit hours that had to be filled, and without benefit of cinema or television! For those who had a living to earn this was hardly a great problem: when you have worked a twelve-hour day, the problem of what to do after your supper is easily solved. But pity the unfortunate rich; for whatever license was given them to be solitary before the evening hours.” (p. ) Victorian society is trapped ...
- 8284: Eugenics
- ... what Mendel had said years before in his laws of genetics. Davenport, however, took it another step. He extended Mendel’s laws to include characteristics such as pauperism, alcoholism, and the popular term of the day, “feeblemindedness.”5 Davenport also connected behavior to race, class, and pedigree. While all of Davenport’s ideas were up to date with all current research, such as his conclusion that characteristics such as what he ...
- 8285: Aaron Kornylos Struggle In Crossbar
- ... in his life. It s a sad fact of life that a violent event can alter one s existence harshly and permanently. Aaron Kornylo was indeed one of Canada s best athletes until that fateful day when a farm harvester destroyed his right leg. Now Aaron spends he time reminiscing past glories and struggling to accept his new reality. Perhaps after Aaron puts some distance between the accident and his present ...
- 8286: Nuclear Power: Worth the Risks?
- ... animals and that nuclear power plants are highly dangerous and inefficient for their purposes. Why not Solar power or other alternatives ? The amount of energy that reaches the earth from the sun on any given day is far greater than that consumed by Americans in any given year. To harness this and turn it into something that is much needed and very useful would be a great alternative to nuclear power ...
- 8287: The Shrew
- ... in Texas contained a dozen shrews that seemed to be staying there for the winter; another examined near Nacogdoches was occupied by at over 31 shrews. These small shrews are active all hours of the day, but the most activity comes at night. They are difficult animals to trap except in winter when the supply of food is low, then they respond more to bait. In Texas, they tend to concentrate ...
- 8288: Nuclear Weapons and Their Hazards
- ... and other country will start another war. In Iraq, Saddam Hussein's nuclear power plants were destroy because Iraq threaten the world so much that you must destroy his power plant. Like the movie, The Day After, one person launched the missile, and the rest of the world launch the missile because theres no way of stopping it. One way of controlling it, is stopping the people that makes the nuclear ...
- 8289: Abe Lincoln
- ... national cemetery for all those that died there. At the dedication of this, President Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg address that was awed by even Edward Everett, a noted orator who also spoke there that day. The year of 1864 exhausted Abe Lincoln exhausted by the burden of the war and the sudden death of his son Willie in the White House. Preparing for his departure from the office of president ...
- 8290: Abigail Adams
- ... to court cases he had to attend to. When Abigail was pregnant with her first son, John was only at home for eight out of the nine months. The baby was born on a hot day on the morning of July 14, 1765. The baby s name was Abigail , but was called Nabby. She was with her parents when she had the baby. Shortly after, she was again pregnant. July 11 ...
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