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- 5551: The Stamp Act
- ... strongly opposed and considered very unfair and harsh of the British, it was soon repealed. On March 18, 1766 Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, however it passed the Declaratory Act. The Declaratory Act affirmed British control of the American colonies. Works cited McGranahan, Ronald W. “ The Stamp Act…”. The American Revolution Homepage. “An Outline of American History”. Bullion, John L. “Stamp Act”. The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1998 World Book, Inc ...
- 5552: Capital Punishment Is Ineffect
- ... the behavior we find acceptable in society. He goes on to say that “even though this person has done wrong and even though we may be angry, outraged, and indignant with him, we will nonetheless control Jewett 11 ourselves in a way that he did not. We will not kill him” ( Nathanson 137). We must not contradict the principle that murder is wrong, including the murder of a criminal. We must ...
- 5553: Capital Punishment
- ... are on the streets trying to make this a safer place to live, and they should not have to worry, that the next person they pull over for speeding is going to pull out a gun and kill them to try and avoid being arrested. People like that should not have a chance to commit an atrocity like that more than once and others thinking about it should have a reason ...
- 5554: The Battle Against AIDS
- ... by AIDS patients. By the early 1990's, scientists were attempting to develop vaccines that would prevent HIV infection or that would "boost" the immune systems of people already infected with the virus. Efforts to control the spread of AIDS have had some success. For example, among homosexual men in the United States, HIV infection is spreading more slowly than it did in the early 1980's. This is due entirely ...
- 5555: United States Enter War!
- ... at all that the Germans are not at all happy to hear the news of the United States entering the war to end all wars. At this time the Germans are determined to break British control of the seas. The way to do this, in their believing, is by resuming a policy of unrestricted submarine welfare. As a result, on February 1, 1917, it will sink any merchant ships heading to ...
- 5556: Free Condoms Distribution Programs
- ... sex. A condom used alone offers 90-98 % effectiveness against pregnancy. Used with together with some other sort of spermicidal foam or gel they are nearly 100% effective. Abstinence is another great form of birth control, I would encourage anyone unsure of whether to have sex or not, to just wait. It makes it a lot more special when you are older, and mature enough to handle the possible consequences. Many ...
- 5557: Plants, Spirits, and Healing
- ... the man with a few things in his arm. Among them are needles made from thorns, threads from vines to sew up the man's wounds, and the last thing brought was witch hazel to control the bleeding. That is a situation men or women would be in if they were wounded many years ago. But even now some cultures don't depend on hospitals or doctors with degrees in medicine ...
- 5558: The Dangers of Smoking Marijuana
- ... a drowsiness and relaxing effect. This is why marijuana users have trouble remembering things. A heavy dose of marijuana can decrease the amount of blood pumped into the brain. Marijuana effec ts the brain's control over muscles also. Heavy usage of marijuana can have a lasting effect on the users short-term memory. The blood flow to the back of the brain is greater than the front, after smoking. This ...
- 5559: Alternative Medicine
- ... about different aspects of their lives, their cancer and the treatments. The women who were in the support groups were found to live an average of 18 months longer than those who were in the control groups. Alternative systems of medical practice use Indian and classical Chinese medicine. Ayurveda was named the “science of life” 5,000 years ago in India. It may be the oldest medical system to date. Chinese ...
- 5560: The Quest to Understand the Origins of Humans
- ... for his own power physical or mental such as love, war, water, earth, and sky. The strength of the Olympic myths lies in the nature, people believed in nature, feared it because they could not control it or explain it or maybe because they depended so much on it. In the "Old school" religion the Genesis, we see completely different way of thinking. We see so-called THE truth. We see ...
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