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- 5161: Biological Warfare
- ... likely that a terrorist group could threaten or attack Americans with germs within the next few years,” according to President Clinton. (Solomon) Biological warfare intentionally uses viruses, bacteria, fungi, or toxins from living organisms and death or disease in humans, animals, or plants. Fermentation can be used to produce such bacterial agents as anthrax, brucellosis, cholera, meloidosis, plague, q fever, or tularemia. Other viral agents are smallpox, cimean congo HF, rift ... the greatest threat upon the Western World because of the mobility of their population. For this reason it is necessary for extremists to use aerosol dispersion to contaminate food, water, or air resulting in the death of every living organism. Two incidents in particular make this threat of a bioterrorist attack more likely to occur. The first of these occurred in Tokyo when nerve gas was unleashed in a Tokyo subway ...
- 5162: How is Tension built up in “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Red Room”?
- ... piano crashes, you hear the man cry out and the paw moves when a wish is made. - The paw is clearly a bad omen. For instance, the third wish of the original owner was for death which suggests that the other two wishes brought unhappiness. - Morris says, “ I warn you of the consequences.” Clearly here however innocent the wish, Morris knows it will end badly. “ Don’t blame me for what ... will soon find out. There are two climaxes in the story. The first is how they get the £200 (the fact that Hubert did not only die but the way he died, a horrible mutilated death) and the second the tension associated with the knocking at the door. - Hubert the son is himself the focus in what happens to him of some tragic irony. He refers to the money and uses ...
- 5163: The Decline of Chivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... linked with subversiveness. Lady Bertilak is clearly seen in the Biblical role of the temptress, the Eve who led Adam astray--in Gawain, she represents the traditional female archetypes of courtly love, disobedience, lust and death. Eve's antithesis is the Virgin Mary, who is the only women who achieves motherhood while maintaining her chastity; she represents spiritual love, obedience, chastity, and life That Gawain is Mary's Knight is made ... solace in the meaning of Christmas, Gawain and the Lady "found such solace and satisfaction seated together, in the discrete confidences of their courtly dalliance" (1011-12). When Gawain was alone in the forest, fearing death, he could only think of one thing, that Mary should lead him to a place to say mass on Christmas. Now, instead, the Lady has drawn him away from Mary and made him forget the ...
- 5164: History Of Willian Shakespeare
- ... images from nature, gardening, agricultural, pursuits, and country folklore. He was born and died on exactly the same date 52 years later. William has written a total of 37 plays including articles of time, love, death, friendship and the immortality of poetry. William was exceptionally good at his work and he generated a few enemies along the way. William was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 23, 1564. His parents ... Thomas because he betrayed his daughter even before they were married, by impregnating another woman. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 and was buried in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church two days after his death. Appearing on the slab over his grave are the following words: GOOD FREND FOR JESUS SAKE FORBEARE, TO DIGG THE DUST ENCLOASED HEARE. BLESTE BE Ye MAN Yt SPARES THES STONES, Today Shakespeare is certainly ...
- 5165: Knights In Shining Armour
- ... Morte d’ Arthur it is the King of all Kings, King Arthur, that performs the daring deeds, even after his dream of Sir Gawain warning him to not fight that it will leaded to his death. After seeing his bravest and noblest knights dead at the hand of Sir Modred in sadness and ferry Arthur says after his surviving Knight try to dissuade him form fight Sir Modred… “ My Lords, I ... hero himself, King Arthur, the man who started everything in Camelot his wisdom, ever lasting loyalty, courage, and loving heart makes him the ideal Noble hero. A man that would die just to stop the death of others. A man like this is what every woman wants. If only every woman's life could be like one out of these stories, they would be so happy, but it were these priceless ...
- 5166: Bacteria 2
- ... phase is called the lag phase- the bacteria are adjusting to their environment and growth is slow. In the exponential phase- the bacteria are dividing very rapidly. The station phase- the reproductive rate equals the death rate. In the death phase- the bacteria are dying off faster than they are reproducing.
- 5167: Acid Rain 10
- ... rain, nutrients in the soils are washed away. Some of the aluminum also present in the soil is released and can be absorbed by the roots of trees. This causes the trees to starve to death because they are deprived of their vital nutrients such as calcium and magnesium. Sometimes the sulfur dioxide doesn’t get converted to sulfuric acid. In fact, there is a large amount that can float into ... when the acid rain is absorbed by plants, such as fruits and vegetables. Toxic metals can be absorbed by animals and have had direct connections to severe brain damage among infants, nerve disorders, and even death. Also aluminum, which is present in the organs of animals, has been associated with kidney problems and recently, was suspected to be related to Alzheimer’s disease. When it comes to solutions, there are only ...
- 5168: The Mariner's Letter To Victor
- ... with my crossbow. And you know what… Everything Stopped. The wind did not blow, the sea became unkind and the men and I were stuck. We just sat there for what seemed like weeks, near death. One day a ship appeared, moving closer though there was no wind. As each of my men stood and moved toward the boat, they looked at me, their eyes as evil as death itself. The boat took them all, but I remained, I was left to die. How I survived to write you this letter is a mystery even to me. I am only writing you this letter ...
- 5169: Shooting An Elephant: Inner Conflict
- ... the hatred between both the Burmese and the British. In "Shooting an Elephant", Orwell experiences an inner conflict in numerous ways. By the time Orwell had approached the elephant that had trampled the coolio to death, the animal was so completely soundless, tame, and approachable that Orwell didn't want to shoot the elephant, but against better judgement, he did so anyway. Because of the pressure "to impress" the natives of ... gives an additional motive as to why Orwell's better judgement was defeated, which was "to avoind looking a fool." If something were to happen such as the elephant changing his behavior, stomping him to death, the natives would laugh at him and "that would never do." Once the natives mocked their leader, who was Orwell at the time, his control would be gone. Orwell wasn't just protecting himself, but ...
- 5170: Small Groups of Committed People Changing The World
- ... the beginning, Christianity was not as immense as it is today. Judaism was most popular where Christianity originated. The early disciples of Christ were tormented and put under much tribulation, even to the point of death. The beginnings of most religions are certainly just as rough. Just think how influential both Christianity and Judaism are. Jews were tormented for ever so long during World War II. The Nazi’s, lead by Adolf Hitler, imprisoned them in concentration camps. Many were killed and many more were a breath away from the hands of death when Germany was conquered. The Nazis were a clever and thoughtful group of people, they gave the world a change for the worse. At least for awhile anyway. After Germany was defeated, things changed for ...
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