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871: Acid Rain 4: ... acidic because of the way acid rain depletes the natural buffer system of the soil. Studies done in the early ‘70’s indicate immense damage done to the forests, especially in Eastern Europe and in Germany. A sort of “tree disease” has been destroying a large percentage of the coniferous trees. The effect of acid rain on wildlife could include the contamination of the entire food chain by causing heavy metal ...

872: The Effects Of Acid Rain On Lakes And Trees: ... panic shoot (M. 15). Large land areas which used to be covered with forests are now gone, dead or dying (Baines, 21). Around the 1980’s more than half Kotto 2 of the trees in Germany had signs of acid rain damage (Edmonds, 14). Now it is known that acid rain is one of the biggest contributing factors in the death and deterioration of nature. Lakes support thousands of species of ...

873: ALCHEMY: ... Spain itself by Raymond Lully. Later, in French alchemy the most illustrious names are those of Flamel (b. ca. 1330), and Bernard Trevisan (b. ca. 1460) after which the center of of interest changes to Germany and in some measure to England, in which countries Paracelsus, Khunrath (ca. 1550), Maier (ca. 1568), Norton, Dalton, Charnock, and Fludd kept the alchemical flame burning brightly. It is surprising how little alteration we find ...

874: The Civil War: ... to die for the Union was Captain Constatin Blandowski, one of many immigrants who earlier had fought for freedom in Europe and then joined Lincoln's army. Born in Upper Silesia and trained at Dresden, Germany, he was a veteran of democratic struggles - a Polish revolt at Krakow, the Polish Legion's battles against Austria, and the Hungarian fight for independence. Some nationalities contributed more than their share of Union soldiers ...

875: Sex Marriage: ... to escape from society's discrimination and homophobia. Other "conversion therapies" have involved some very harsh treatments such as hormonal therapies, electroshock treatment, genital mutilation, and brain surgery. Over half a century ago, in Nazi Germany, Hitler attempted to make the "master race". One of the groups of people he attempted to extinguish were homosexuals. He believed that homosexuality was hereditary and that by extinguishing the homosexuals, no new generation could ...

876: Louis Leakey: ... by the scientific community, he became a civilian intellience officer for the Kenyan government in 1939, and by the end of the year was drafted into the African Intelligence Department when Britain declared war on Germany, and was running guns to Ethiopia. During the remainder of World War II, Leakey became somewhat of a spy, collecting information for the government. However, in his free time he, along with his wife Mary ...

877: Women In Combat: ... effectiveness, only then should women be given the chance to serve in combat units. Bibliography WORKS CITED Campell, D. (1993). Women in combat: The great world war II experience in the united states, great britian, germany, and the soviet union. The Journal of Military History, 57(2), 310-325. Decaw, J. W. (1995). The combat exclusion and the role of women in the miliary. Hypatia, 10(1), 56-72. Dunbar, C ...

878: Same-sex Marriage: ... to escape from society's discrimination and homophobia. Other "conversion therapies" have involved some very harsh treatments such as hormonal therapies, electroshock treatment, genital mutilation, and brain surgery. Over half a century ago, in Nazi Germany, Hitler attempted to make the "master race". One of the groups of people he attempted to extinguish were homosexuals. He believed that homosexuality was hereditary and that by extinguishing the homosexuals, no new generation could ...

879: Multicultural Education: ... express the diversity that makes America unique. As Harlan Cleveland points out, many countries still feel that the predominant race must be the one in power. For instance, try to imagine a Turkish leader in Germany, or anyone but a Japanese in control of Japan (Cleveland 26). Only in America is there such a diverse array of people in power from county officials all the way up to the make up ...

880: Assisted Suicide: ... is allowed if the death is foreseen but not intended, because it is the intent that makes it wrong. Although suicide is no longer a crime, giving assistance in it is, everywhere except for Switzerland, Germany, Norway, and Uraguay. In Australia, a law was passed that allows terminally ill patients to ask for assistance by injection or taking drugs themselves.7 There is a debate about it because Parliament wants to ...

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