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- 9841: Radar Detector
- ... police car. The Phazer reflects only part of the signal and also mixes it with an FM signal. It is perfectly legal for people living in all states but California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Washington D.C. The Phazer starts to scramble the signals from three miles away from the speed trap. It is effective to almost one hundred feet away from the police car. At that point you should already ...
- 9842: Romeo and Juliet: They Did it to Themselves
- ... that injuring him would wreck any chance of them getting together legitimately, yet he does it anyway. Instead of pausing a moment and thinking about the situation in an adult manner, Romeo allows "fire[ey'd] fury be [his] conduct
" and instantly kills Tybalt. Although a bit more realistic than Romeo, Juliet has instances of emotional drama and impatience that symbolize a thirteen year old girl with a terrible infatuation. True ...
- 9843: The Lord of the Flies Character Analysis
- ... fire sparks the gathered wood into a blaze. One of the boys is reported missing but none of the boys will admit to the likelihood of an accident. Everyone is hard at work the next day, either building huts or hunting. Soon the younger boys loose interest and go off to play. A meeting is called and the boys come up with some new ideas and talk about problems. Meanwhile jack ...
- 9844: Warren G. Harding
- ... idea." Their very murkiness was effective, since Harding's pronouncements remained unclear on the League of Nations, in contrast to the impassioned crusade of the Democratic candidates, Governor James M. Cox of Ohio and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Thirty-one distinguished Republicans had signed a manifesto assuring voters that a vote for Harding was a vote for the League. But Harding interpreted his election as a mandate to stay out of the ...
- 9845: Wilhelm Roentgen
- ... any commercial offers relating to them. He did accept most of his honors, though. Here are some of the honors he received: fifteen medals (including two US awards); three honorary degrees including an honorary M.D. from Wurzburg; four prizes; and seven plaques. Now, because of his fame, Mr. Roentgen was offered a job teaching physics at one of Germanys most prestigious universities, in Munich. He took the job and ...
- 9846: Predestined Fate of Oedipus
- ... This behavior obviously didn't please the gods and thus they punished Oedipus' family for several generations. When Iocaste and Laios gave birth to Oedipus they were aware of the prophecy that he would one day kill his father and then marry his mother. With this in mind they tried to have Oedipus killed to avoid this horrible fate. However they couldn't kill him themselves because murder of their own ...
- 9847: William Bradford
- ... their former afflictions were but as flea-bitings in comparison of these, which now came upon them. For some were taken and clapped up in prison, others had their houses beset and watched night and day, and hardly escaped their hands; and the most were fain to flee and leave their houses and habitations, and the means of their livelihood. Yet these and many other sharper things which afterward befell them ...
- 9848: Antigone: A Tragic Hero
- ... in horror of himself, his own hand stabbing out his sight. And how his mother-wife in one, twisted off her earthly days with a cord. And thirdly how our two brothers in a single day each achieved for each a suicidal Nemesis" (166). This has already gave Antigone the mind set that even the Gods are against her will. She is also up against a great foe in fighting that ...
- 9849: What To Do?: Terrorism and the Media
- ... terrorists goals and what they want accomplished. In 1980 the New York Times printed a total of 916 articles on terrorist events. That means that terrorists were getting their message out nearly three times a day to the American public(Miller 60). Terrorists have usually used the media for four main reasons. The first reason is to have their message heard and strike fear into their target group. The second is ...
- 9850: Mononucleosis
- ... only way to get rid of mononucleosis is to receive medical attention and supervision. Most mono patients receive the following instructions (according to the University of Illinois): 1. Obtain 10-12 hours of sleep a day. 2. Avoid contact sports. 3. Avoid alcohol. 4. Avoid social activities; limit activities to sleeping, eating, studying and, if able, classes. 5. Remain at home if fever develops. 6. Eat a well-balanced diet. It ...
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