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Lee Iacocca

, born Lido Iacocca on October fifteenth 1924, was the son of an Italian immigrant named Nicola Iacocca. He had one sister named Antonette. The family lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania. His father was some what of an entrepreneur in the food service industry. The family business was called ...

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Marie Curie

Though she died many years ago, is still one of the greatest names of science to this date. She made her mark in 1898 when she, and her husband Pierre, announced the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium. Five years later they shared the Nobel Prize in physics. was the first female ...

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AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

BACKGROUND Since the first AIDS cases were reported in 1981, through mid-1994 more than 402,000 AIDS cases and more than 241,000 deaths have been reported in the United States alone. This is only the tip of the iceberg of HIV infection, however. It is estimated that nearly 1 million Americans had ...

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Robert E. Lee

Introduction Few episodes in history are more painful to Americans than the Civil War, fought between the North and the South. This biography, Great American Generals - Robert E. Lee, by Ian Hogg, takes the reader through the life of one of the greatest heroes of that war, Robert E. Lee. It is a ...

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Mononucleosis

is a viral disease that affects those usually between the age of ten and thirty-five, although a person at any age can get the disease. This disease found in mainly adolescents and adults seems to only occur in those who escaped the Epstein-Barr virus infection in childhood. It is also known as ...

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“Minds Eye At Work”

Many writers’ today leave the ending of a story to be decided upon by the reader. I have chosen three stories: “The Horse Dealers Daughter”, “Jury of her Peers”, and “Taking Care”, and will discuss the implied ending of each. In D.H Lawrence’s story “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”, the implied ...

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Walkabout

is about a young girl, her younger brother, and a bush boy who fight for survival in the Australian desert. James Vance Marshall, the author, shows many problems of survival that the children are faced with, throughout their journey in the Australian desert. Some of the barriers that they are ...

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Ernesto Che Guevara

Ernesto “Che” Guevara Che Guevara was the Argentine born Marxist guerrilla who helped oust the corrupt Cuban government and set up a communist system 90 miles from the US. Che under the leadership of Fidel Castro helped lead a small guerrilla band of soldiers to take over the country. ...

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Nutrition And You

Nutrition is the relationship of foods to the health of the human body . Proper nutrition means that you are receiving enough foods and supplements for the body to function at optimal capacity. It is important to remember that no single nutrient or activity can maintain optimal health and well ...

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AIDS And Its History

Professor Luc Montagnier, who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1983, and Professor Peter Duesberg, who first mapped the genetic structure of such viruses, are to challenge the orthodox view that HIV is the exclusive cause of AIDS at an "alternative" AIDS conference in Amsterdam ...

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Possible Origins Of The Vampire Legend: An Accidental Exploration Of The Human Psyche

Throughout history the legend of the vampire has been used to "explain" other natural phenomena that primitive people who lacked scientific knowledge could not otherwise explain. Such medical conditions such as Anemia, Catalepsy, and especially Poryphyria were much easier to explain away with ...

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All Drugs Should Be Legal, Or How To End The Drug War

We Americans feel so lucky because we have not had a war fought on our own soil for so long, and the last time we really did suffer due to a war was the Viet Nam war. Or was it? What about the war on drugs? Can you believe that this war has been going on for 80 years now (Lewis A15)? Wouldn’t ...

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Effects Of Excessive Pesticide

What is the goal of agriculture? Mainly, it is to produce healthy food, affordable for consumers to purchase, while ensuring that farmers are able to earn a decent income. Recently, with greater environmental awareness in society in general, it is also now very important to protect the ...

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Gays: A Struggle For Acceptance

"When the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will not be the angry defenders of intolerance who have made the difference, that reward will go to those who dared to step outside the safety of their privacy in order to expose and rout the prevailing prejudice." - John Shelby ...

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Is The Illegalization Of Marijuana Valid?

? The debate over the legalization of Cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, has been one of the most heated controversies ever to occur in the United States. Its use as a medicine has existed for thousands of years in many countries world wide and is documented as far back as 2700 BC ...

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Marrying Homosexuals

This paper received an "A" Homosexuals should be allowed to marry because the disallowance of it violates their constitutional rights. Marriage is an institution long recognized by our government under the right to pursue happiness, and denying that right to any couple, regardless of gender, is ...

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Disease In Africa

"The fact remains that lowland, tropical Africa may well have the most intractable disease environment in the world."(Bohannan & Curtin,35) In order to understand diseases in Africa, one must first be acquainted with its geology. Africa is a gigantic landmass that is over 5200 miles long and ...

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Hypochondria

"MOM!! I think I have a new freckle!!"screamed Liz." I think I have skin cancer!" Liz is suffering from a mental disorder called . With this type of disease people become obssessed about sickness and their health. These people convince themselves that they have an illness, even when doctors prove ...

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Pope John XXIII

was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli in Sotto il Monte, on November 25, 1881. He was educated in Bergamo and Rome and ordained a priest in 1904. During World War I he served as a medical sergeant and then as a chaplain. In 1921 he helped reorganize the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and ...

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The Lady With The Pet Dog: A Review

The lady with the pet dog is a romantic story that was written by Anton Chekhov in 1899. Anton gave up his medical degree to persue his dream to become a writer. The story The Lady with the Pet Dog is placed in Russia at a resort town called Yalta. Dmitry, one of the main characters, goes through ...

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