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- 2751: Summary of The Call of the Wild
- ... being starved to death by a gold seeking group who had not brought enough food for the dogs. Beatings were also a regular part of his life, and during one such beating a man named John Thornton came forth and took Buck from his attacker. The man nursed Buck back to health and from that day forward, Buck lived for that man. Even so, after being with this man for quite ...
- 2752: Nuclear Energy 2
- ... issue of plutonium getting into the human body Nader and Abbotts write: Experiments with dogs show that the inhalation of as little as three millionths of a gram of Pu-239 can cause lung cancer. John Gofman has reported that plutonium and other alpha-emitters, such as curium and americium [other products of a nuclear reaction], when in a form that cannot readily be dissolved by body fluids, represent an inhalation ...
- 2753: Bring Back Flogging
- ... This represents a 250% increase since 1980. According to him we cage individuals at an alarming rate despite the general consensus of the criminal system being a failure. He cites the information of Princeton criminologist John DiIlulio that about three out of four felons are released early or not locked up at all. Many of them are on the streets without meaningful parole or supervision. And while many believe that amateur ...
- 2754: Of Mice and Men: The Great Depression - The Uncommon Struggle of All Men
- ... Ralph K. Andrist, 1970, American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY. Hard Times-An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel, 1970, H. Wolff, New York, 1st Printing. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck, 1936, The Viking Press, Inc. Webster's Intermediate Dictionary, 1977 by Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts.
- 2755: Modernization of Air Warfare
- ... to accomplish this. With all the planes we know of, there are also top secret programs probably going on right now. A new fighter that has never been heard of before has been spotted. As John Welch, the assistant secretary of Air Force said, "Stealth gives us back that fundamental element of war called surprise" (Goodall 9). After it was found that aircraft could be very useful in war, it was ...
- 2756: Running Wild: Essay About the Novel Hiroshima
- ... than the surface of the sun. Light is blinding. Air pressure is deadly. Radiation is lethal. The experiences of six people that survived the planets first nuclear explosion are reported to us in Hiroshima by John Hershey. The book begins by describing the situation of the six individuals just before and at the moment of the explosion that changed history. The book first introduces Miss. Sasaki, a tin factory secretary, who ...
- 2757: Bussiness
- ... Against Capitalism today differs from capitalism of the 19th century because of its dependence on the state. Today government is expected to take measures in order to stop inflation and unemployment. A British economist named John Maynard Keynes said, "government should spend more money in times of slump, and also reduce taxes in order to increase aggregate demand for goods and services, and in boom times the policies should be reversed ...
- 2758: Milton's Paradise Lost: A Look Within
- ... mundane senses appraise the situation, and give a human face to The Great Conflict. "But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted, walks under the midday sun Himself is his own dungeon..." John Milton
- 2759: Berkley
- ... this knowledge is processed by certain innate schema in the mind. Those that belonged to the empiricist school of thought developed quite separate and distinct ideas concerning the nature of the substratum of sensible objects. John Locke and David Hume upheld the belief that sensible things were composed of material substance, the basic framework for the materialist position. The main figure who believed that material substance did not exist is George ...
- 2760: Clown
- ... were found. The whiteface clown evolved from earlier whiteface theatrical entertainers. One of the most popular whiteface characters in history is Harlequin, a comic personality in the Italian theater form commedia dellarte. English actor John Rich, who performed in the early and mid-18th century, was the most famous Harlequin of his time. After the mid-18th century, the clown gradually replaced the Harlequin character. English entertainer Joseph Grimaldi played ...
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