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- 1131: The Crucible 7
- ... in horror and began to repeat everything they heard. Finally, the girls' hysterics caused Mary Warren to accuse John Proctor of witchcraft. Once the scam started, it was too late to stop, and the snowballing effect of wild accusations soon resulted in the hanging of many innocents. After the wave of accusations began, grudges began to surface in the community. Small slights were made out to be witchcraft, and bad business ... in horror and began to repeat everything they heard. Finally, the girls' hysterics caused Mary Warren to accuse John Proctor of witchcraft. Once the scam started, it was too late to stop, and the snowballing effect of wild accusations soon resulted in the hanging of many innocents. After the wave of accusations began, grudges began to surface in the community. Small slights were made out to be witchcraft, and bad business ...
- 1132: A Separate Peace: True Friends
- A Separate Peace: True Friends Jealousy is the route of many evils, and can effect us, all from the poorest of paupers to the richest of kings. It has lead men to lie, cheat, steal and exhibit other harmful acts toward their fellow man. This one emotion has broken the ... would ever be the same because of the role jealousy played. While Phineas has to try to overcome his physical handicap, Gene must deal with watching the pain he has brought upon Phineas. Jealousy will effect everyone once in awile, but we must not follow the example of how Gene let jealousy rule over his actions . When we are able to recognise jealousy we must try to use those feelings to ...
- 1133: The Cask Of Amontillado
- ... end. Poe does not intend for the reader to sympathize with Montresor because he has been wronged by Fortunato, but rather to judge him. Telling the story from Montresor's point of view intensifies the effect of moral shock and horror. The reader is invited into the inner workings of a sinister mind. Poe is a master of this effect of bringing the reader into the mind and soul of a character. The theme of this tale depicts one of man's greatest faults, which is revenge. Poe shows the obsession of a person enveloped ...
- 1134: Killer Bees
- ... oneself against the Africanized honeybee. The Africanized honeybee has, for the most part, reached a climatic limitation in the United States and will not pose a threat to the northern areas of the country. The effect of Africanized honeybees to the United States is small. Advanced bee-keeping methods, precautions, and medical technology negate the effect of the Africanized honeybee to the United States. In fact, since the first appearance of Africanized honeybees in the United States the bees have had relatively little impact to the country as a whole.
- 1135: Should Steroids Be Banned From Society?
- ... drug that will make him the idol of all his classmates. Being such an attractive drug, as shown in the analogy above, and seeming harmless to the unaware user, steroids can have a potentially jeopardous effect. Consistently, users, new and experienced, have no knowledge to the dangerous consequences' steroids can have on their minds and bodies. Although steroids cause minimal deaths in our society, banning of steroids is purely justified because ... are bodies produce naturally. This high concentration is no doubt toxic to our bodies, and can result in harmful side effects. At an early age, anything such as drugs are going to have an increased effect. Most teenagers are unaware of these enhanced effects that steroids have on them, thus making the drug increasingly dangerous. The massive doses, medical experts say, not only affect the muscles but also sex organs and ...
- 1136: The Bogus Logic Of The Beak Of
- ... put it in his title, species originate by means of this natural selection. There is also the uniformitarian implication that these changes are subtle and gradual and take a long time to have a visible effect. Hence, the earth is old, and Lyell's "anti-diluvialism" or anti-catastrophism best explains the geological record. We will look at the second clause of the title later. The Beak of the Finch is ... author knows of evidence that I am unfamiliar with, though at least one other author interprets the account the way I do. (Gillispie, 1960, 348; cf. Darwin 1958, 85ff.) It really does not change the effect of the book much at all unless he is suggesting that Darwin is deceiving us in his autobiography. Indeed, one impression from reading Darwin's autobiography is that even though he gradually changed from Christianity ...
- 1137: Marijuana
- ... unpleasant symptoms from unusually potent preparations, physicians have generally been overcaustious in the quantities administered. The only way of determining the dose of an individual preparation is to give it in ascending quantities until some effect is produced. (The Book suggested using a fluid extract - powdered cannabis in solution, 4/5 alcohol - three times a day, starting with two or three minims.)"(Lovinge,1985,p434) Extracts, tinctures, and herbal packages of ... Penalties vary widely in each state, for growing and selling it is almost always a felony. It can cause cancer in the lungs and the throat IF smoked. "Among the reasons to suspect potentially injurious effect of cannabis use on the lungs, pointed out it "the almost ubiquitous occurrennce of throat discomfort and irritation associated with marihuana smoking" (Lovinge,1985,p15)but the same carinogens are present in tobacco smoke. Marijuana ...
- 1138: Mary Jane: The Devil Weed
- ... marijuana deserve this reputation? We must first consider what it is and what effects it has. The active ingredient is tetrahydocannabinol, or THC (Andrews). THC, found only in the female plant, produces a mild euphoric effect. Marijuana is considered a hallucinogen, a Schedule 1 drup, under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (O'Brien, Cohen, Evans, and Fine, 177). A Schedule 1 drug means there is no known medical use. Recently ... has been found to redce intraocular pressures in individuals with glaucoma by 45% (Jaffe, 662). It has been used as an antiemitic for individuals taking cancer chemotherapy. Andrews concluded that "medical research indicates no physiological effect of any severity from use of the drug. Thus it has been assumed marijuana is harmless" (12). But is marijuana "devil weed"? The answers are mixed. The conclusions uncertain. Andrews' answer is probably the most ...
- 1139: The Awakening Symbolism
- ... dreams, past experiences, and hopes. For this reason, there is much more depth and symbolic depictions in the novella, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, compared with the movie version, Grand Isle. Due to this, the effect on the reader is much more potent than the effect on the viewer.
- 1140: Bioremediation Of Explosives In Contaminated Soil
- ... Plant Uptake project consisted of five elements: shipping finished compost from Umatilla Army Depot Activity to TVA, producing control compost from soil and amendments shipped from Umatilla to TVA, developing and testing analytical methods, conducting greenhouse studies, and conducting long-term weathering studies. All testing was conducted at TVA’s Facility in Muscle Shoal, Alabama. (Akhavan, 1998) Analytical methods exist for calculating percent of explosives in soil and water, but the ... been shipped from Umatilla to Muscle Shoal, Alabama. Chemists from TVA, USAWES, USAEC, and CRREL have identified the appropriate analytical methods. The weathering studies have been completed. The control compost has been prepared and lab/greenhouse testing has been completed. (Akhavan, 1998) Geokinetics has pioneered the use of electrokinetic techniques to dramatically enhance bio-remediation of TNT and other "difficult" organic contamination. (Westing, 1985) Soil contaminated with TNT from a German ...
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