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Columbia Essays and Term Papers
Divorce Rate in AmericaDivorce rates over the last century have steadily increased at an alarming pace. There is a simple explanation for this. As the world evolves, the people in it adapt and change as well. Present-day citizens' point-of-views and morals have clearly changed since the idealistic view of a household ...
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Lower Drinking AgeThe consumption of alcohol throughout history has been one of the main cultural pastimes of the human race. Although in today's society alcohol still maintains that cultural characteristic, the irresponsible actions of a few impact the lives and rights of others who are responsible about their ...
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The North American BullfrogThe North American Bullfrog is a member of the Ranidae family and is considered an aquatic frog. These frogs can be found throughout most of North America in large bodies of water, lakes, swamps and ponds. It often rests along the water's edge, but also can be found on land when the weather is warm ...
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Adventure in ChicagoENGLISH 1000 IS
Zihao Song
Assignment#1:NARRATION/DESCRIPTION
14147398
Galenas
Adventure in Chicago
Even now, I cannot believed what happened in Chicago, with these four crazy guys, who nearly made us never come back. It should have been a kind of most leisure journey for our Thanksgiving ...
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US Healthcare TimelineJamie M. Crouch
HLT-205 Health Care Systems and Transcultural Health Care
06/17/12
Professor Magdaline Chornick
US Healtcare Timeline
1751 - Nation's First Hospital
* Nation's First Hospital - Pennsylvania Hospital (Penn Medicine, 2012)
* Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin "to ...
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Microsoft Antitrust InvestigationIn May 1998 the U.S. Justice Department and the District of Columbia filed antitrust charges against Microsoft. Microsoft was under contract with the Sherman Antitrust Act. Microsoft had violated Section 2 of the act through a series of unlawful actions designed to maintain its "Windows" ...
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Adaptation vs. Mitigation* My partner and I negate. Resolved: When addressing global climate change, adaptation ought to be prioritized over mitigation. We provide the following observations for clarification in the round.
* -Observation 1: To prioritize something is to determine the order in which event should occur, ...
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The Last SongDemi Murray
College English II
September 13, 2010
The Last Song
The Last Song was written by the well-known author, Nicholas Sparks. The genre of the novel is fiction, but it can also be considered a romance for young adults. The setting of this book is in Wrightsville Beach, North ...
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Franklin D RooseveltWeston Parker
World Civilization
Extra Credit
April 10, 2012
Franklin D Roosevelt
Faced with the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt, nicknamed "FDR," guided America through its greatest domestic crisis, with the exception of the Civil War, and its greatest foreign ...
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Foreign and Domestic Policies Under George Washington and Thomas JeffersonForeign Policy Under George Washington
George Washington, America's first president, practiced a pragmatically cautious yet successful foreign policy.
Neutrality: As well as being the "father of the country," Washington was also the father of early US neutrality. He understood that the United ...
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Racing for the FinishRacing for the Finish
And we're off....to celebrate another year of academic achievement and community involvement at the 78[th] Annual Beta Club Convention. This year, the National Beta Club will be held in Greensboro, North Caroline; home of the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Many ...
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Marbury V. MadisonIn the presidential election of 1800, Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist John Adams, becoming the third President of the United States. Although the election was decided on February 17, 1801, Jefferson did not take office until March 4, 1801. Until that time, outgoing ...
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T. Boone PickensT. Boone Pickens
T, Boone Pickens is a legend in the oil business. He was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma in 1928. He found Mesa Petroleum in 1956 which became one of the largest independent Oil companies by 1981. Mesa Petroleum was sold to Parker and Parsley Petroleum in 1997 and T. Boone ...
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Case Study of Barbara StreisandAbstract
For as long as I can remember, Barbra Streisand has been a woman that has fascinated me, and is someone through whom I have been able to find a great deal of admiration, both as an individual and as a performer. Above all else, Streisand has been my role model from the time I first ...
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UnemploymentThe unemployment rate is one of the most important statistics of the performance of a country's economy. Most economists agree that a rate of 4.5 percent constitutes "full employment" levels, and a rate higher than this is a cause for concern. The unemployment rate is released monthly by most ...
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Malcolm XTUCKER AMERICAN HISTORY 3A
Malcolm X
The Early Years
Tyson Wilson
3/4/2013
"I don't call it violence when it's in self-defense. I call it intelligence." That was Malcolm X's life motto. If someone throws a rock at you, then you pick one up and throw it right back. Malcolm X was an ...
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Malcolm XIt is tempting to speculate how the radical politics of the 1960s might have played out had Malcolm X not been assassinated on February 21, 1965. The campaigns for civil rights, for the liberation of people of color domestically and internationally, against the war in Vietnam and other instances of ...
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Why Libraries Are a Smart Investment for the Country's FutureWhy Libraries Are a Smart Investment for the Country's Future
By Elizabeth Dias Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Too rice the importance of what the library have meant and what it will mean for America in the future a gathering was organized at the Library of Congress.
It was a very interesting ...
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Civil War CausesCivil War
The Civil War was fought primarily due to the issue of Slavery. When the constitution was drafted, both North and South States owned slaves. Whites valued independence and racial superiority. The South saw the issue of slavery as a necessary evil and had adopted it as a way of life as ...
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Schools Don't EducateSchools in America have many flaws, but it’s unclear what some of those are. American schools rank at the bottom of nineteen nations in reading, writing and arithmetic. Our teenage suicide rate is the highest in the world. Something is wrong and it just may be school. The truth is that schools ...
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