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  • War on Cancer

    War on Cancer

    The fight towards winning the war on cancer is a national priority. Cancer is now the number two killer in the United States, and takes nearly 550,000 lives each year. In the article, “Losing the War on Cancer,” from the Cancer Prevention Coalition, by Ralph W. Moss, the efforts made since 1971 when President Nixon launched America’s war on cancer is discussed at length. Nixon allocated billons of dollars towards funding resources to find a

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Vika
  • The World After the War: Prohibition

    The World After the War: Prohibition

    The World After the War: Prohibition America, after the First World War, is often labeled the "Roaring Twenties". It is a time that is famous for the historic flight of Charles Lindbergh, flappers, and the golden era of baseball. It is an era in which America developed into a stable, cultured society, abounding in industrial and economic growth. This decade also has a much darker side, though, that is often overlooked. This darker side is

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Kevin
  • War World 2

    War World 2

    The Austro-Hungarian officials sent an ultimatum to the Serbian Government on July 26, 1914. It was past the time limit on the ultimatum so Austro-Hungarian declared war on Serbia. Germany took sides with Austro-Hungarian and Russia took sides with Serbia. Then because Russia took sides with Serbia Germany declared war with Russia on August 1, 1914. Russia was also an ally with France so Germany was fighting war with France to on August 3, 1914.

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Anna
  • Tourette Syndrome

    Tourette Syndrome

    Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by tics; involuntary, rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way. Diagnostic criteria include: both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present at some time, although not necessarily simultaneously, the occurrence of tics many times a day (usually in bouts) nearly everyday or intermittently throughout the span of more than one year; period changes in the number, frequently, type and location of

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    The human wrist contains a strong, fibrous sheath of tough connective tissue, the flexor retinaculum, which envelops and protects several arrangements of bone. The carpal tunnel is the space between this sheath and the bones making up the wrist and hand. The carpal tunnel houses one nerve, the median nerve, which becomes compressed and causes carpal tunnel syndrome. The median nerve controls sensation and small muscles in the thumb, index finger, and middle finger. Carpal

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Jessica
  • More Minerva Than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and The First World War

    More Minerva Than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and The First World War

    More Minerva than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and the First World War This essay examines the role of French women during and after the First World War based on Steven Hause's article "More Minerva than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and the First World War". He claims that the World War I in many ways set back the French Women's Right Campaign. During the First World War, many French feminist leaders believed

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Jon
  • Revolutionary War

    Revolutionary War

    Perhaps most often, the word 'revolution' is employed to denote a socio-political change in the socio-political institutions.[1][2][3] Jeff Goodwin gives two definitions of a revolution. A broad one, where revolution is "any and all instances in which a state or a political regime is overthrown and thereby transformed by a popular movement in an irregular, extraconstitutional and/or violent fashion"; and a narrow one, in which "revolutions entail not only mass mobilization and regime change, but

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Anna
  • In the Shadow of War

    In the Shadow of War

    In the Shadow of War War is a state that leaves a scar on the human race forever. It is not only a physical battle but an emotional one as well. In the short story, In the Shadow of War, the author Ben Okri, conveys the tale of a young boy and how his father tries to protect his innocence amidst the chaos going on around them. The story was set during what seemed to

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • An Avoidable Civil War

    An Avoidable Civil War

    An Avoidable Civil War The explosion of the American Civil War was caused by a vast number of conflicting principles and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences, and set afire by a very unfortunate set of political events. Undoubtedly, the central theme of almost all of the events that led up to the Civil War was one way or another, related to the dispute of slavery. Throughout the nineteenth century, slavery-related tensions brewed to such an

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Top
  • Aspergers Syndrome

    Aspergers Syndrome

    Aspergers is considered high functioning and is at the far right of the spectrum. It is grouped under the umbrella term pervasive developmental disorder or PPD along with other disorders relating to communication, socialization, and interests/activities deficits. The term Asperger’s syndrome was coined by Lorna Wing in a paper published in 1981before then people with Aspergers syndrome were considered socially awkward or unsociable. Boys are typically affected more by aspergers syndrome. People with Aspergers typically

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • Examining the Cival War

    Examining the Cival War

    A war that seemed to divide a nation, in the end marked the beginning of a truly United States. The Civil war was a necessary misfortune that finally put to rest the increasing sectionalism that divided the North, the South, and the newly colonized West. At the root were the issues of slavery in the South, and the attempt of the Southern states to withdraw from the Union. Although hundreds of thousands of lives were

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Janna
  • Imperialists Climate After the Civil War

    Imperialists Climate After the Civil War

    At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States emerged as a world power. Although Congress was reluctant to endorse expansionist schemes, during the end of the nineteenth century many others had become convinced that the United States had to adopt a more aggressive and forceful foreign policy. Some believed expansion would be good for American business. Others felt America had a duty to spread its way of life to less fortunate countries. Behind

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Jon
  • What If the South Won the Civil War

    What If the South Won the Civil War

    What if the South Won the Civil War “The flap of a butterfly's wings can cause a typhoon half way around the world.” This of coarse comes from the chaos theory or what I have come to know it as the Butterfly Effect. It means that something so small and so insignificannot can ripple its way to cause something so big that it could potentially change the world. Now let us turn back the clock

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Kevin
  • French & American War and the Revolution

    French & American War and the Revolution

    By the 1700s, it was clear that the New World had begun to differentiate between its regions. Even though the colonists shared England as their common origin, they were extremely diverse in their social and family structures, economy, and governmental policies. In addition, ssince one of the primary reasons for the colonists coming to the New World was religious freedom, it is not difficult to see that most all of their differences revolved around religion

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Anna
  • Life Choices -Captain Mack & Billy Mack's War by James

    Life Choices -Captain Mack & Billy Mack's War by James

    Captain Mack and Billy Mack’s War by James Roy are both “heart warming and thought provoking” (Reading Time) insights into the tangles of childhood and early adolescence. Published by University of Queensland Press (UQP) in 1999 and 2004 respectively, both explore the theme of how choices define who we are and what we become. Both of these books explore unlikely friendships, with two central characters in completely different settings, they are intriguingly written in a

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • World War I

    World War I

    DBQ Essay World War I was the result of leaders' aggression towards other countries which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war. One cause of the World War was militarism, which is a policy in which military preparedness is of primary significance to a situation. Another

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Yan
  • War on Terror

    War on Terror

    Justifiable War on Terror There is a lot of debate and discussion on the Iraq war of late. Some say we shouldn’t be over there, Bush lied and the war is illegal. Any one who pays attention to the situation knows the war is legal and Bush lied about nothing. A more legitimate question would be is the Presidents war on terror and the war in Iraq justifiable? It is my contention that the Presidents

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • War World 2

    War World 2

    Throughout the course of history, humankind has endured a myriad of wars. Wars have consumed millions of innocent lives, from mass genocides to massive battles. One can question the virtues of the human race by their inhuman acts in wartime. Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" systematically wiped out millions of people off the face of the earth. Furthermore, The My Lai Massacre that occurred in the mists of the Vietnam War displays the poor moral fiber

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Constitution and the Civil War

    Constitution and the Civil War

    The states of the South and those of the North were waging political war against one another on the battleground of Washington, D.C. Eventually this political war turned military with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter. The Constitution of the United States was a contributing factor in sparking this war along with other regional and sectional issues. There is no doubt that the Constitution helped to usher in the outbreak of the Civil War. By

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Victor
  • Why Did the French Loose the War in Vietnam?

    Why Did the French Loose the War in Vietnam?

    Q. Why did the French loose the war in Vietnam? In April of 1956 the last remaining French troops would leave Vietnam. After over 200 years of influence and rule, the French at last realized that the occupation and control of Vietnam was an unreachable goal. In consideration of the many blunders (both militarily and political) , and the outright ignorance of the French high command, any efforts to stabilize Vietnamese nationalism and to maintain

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • New Technology of World War one

    New Technology of World War one

    New Technology Of World War One World War I brought much technological advancement to the battlefield, such as pillboxes, flamethrowers, and mustard gas. But all this new technology brought the need for new tactics and there really were no new ideas on how to use them. Soldiers fought a traditional styled war, and suffered many casualties due to the new technology. Generals slowly figured out the strengths and weaknesses of each new piece of equipment

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • Hope in Times of War

    Hope in Times of War

    In Times of War These days everybody talks about the war in Iraq. Unfortunately, some of us believe that we should stay there, and others believe we should bring our soldiers back. It was not long ago when I heard somebody was talking about the war in Iraq. He was a hard core republican and had no idea what is war look like. I waited about 5 minutes and then I had to jump into

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • After the War

    After the War

    After the War For the new first generation of Americans the war was a time for change for them. They really had no ties to the British government and were striving to better the country as a whole and make things better for the people as individuals. They wanted for the people to be represented in the government by choosing their candidate to represent them. “”If people in their collective capacity nominate a candidate, they

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Wendy
  • World War 2

    World War 2

    World War I has often been referred to as the "Great War." This is a rather deceiving statement being that over 65 million men fought, and over 37 million men died in a war that lasted 4 years. World War I was, also, referred to as the "War to end all Wars." Yet, 20 years later that statement would no longer be true as WWII erupted in 1939. When WWI ended with no real purpose

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: regina
  • War on Drugs

    War on Drugs

    War on Drugs It is no secret to most people that drugs are a big issue in our country. Whether it is the pharmaceutical companies trying to sell a cure for anything you can think of to the sale and distribution of illegal substances. Even though I feel that it is a crime how much the big pharmaceutical companies are making off of their products, the drug trade is definitely a more pertinent topic to

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: July

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