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Oregon Essays and Term Papers
Rocky MarcianoOn Sept. 1, 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Pierino Marchegiano of Brockton, MA became the proud parents of a lively twelve pound baby boy. The child was named Rocco Marchegiano, but the world would one day know him as the legendary boxer .
When "bambino Rocco" was 18 months of age, he contracted pneumonia. ...
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Platinum, symbol Pt, is a relatively rare, chemically inert metallic
element that is more expensive than gold. The atomic number of is
78. is one of the transition elements in group 10 of the periodic
table. is the most important of the group of elements called the
metals, also included in this ...
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Domestic ViolenceFound at the scene of the crime two dead bodies stabbed brutally, and left
to die at their house. This was the story that shocked the country in 1991.
This was the start of the O.J. Simpson domestic abuse case that is still going
on today. Unfortunately events like this happen many times over ...
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Teenage Violence In Schoolshas become a tremendous concern to many people. School violence over the past number of years has been increasing and family life, the things that occur in schools and the neighborhoods that the teenagers (that commit the crimes or violent acts) live in are some of the major factors. These are ...
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The Destruction Of Red TidesRed tides also known as harmful algal blooms, HAB for short, are a toxic, single celled algae called photoplankton. This organism produces a toxin that affects the central nervous system of fish so that they are paralyzed and can't breathe. As a result, red tide blooms often result in dead fish ...
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Civil War - The War Of Northern AggressionThesis: The world today is blinded from the truth about the \"Civil War\" just like they are the truth of the creation vs. evolution debate. They’re blinded in the same way as well, misleading text books. The truth is that the North, Lincoln, etc. weren’t as great as they claimed to be, and that ...
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Jack KevorkianAfter talks with her husband, sons, minister, and local doctors; Janet Adkins decided she didn¹t want to undergo the sustained mental deterioration that Alzheimer¹s Disease caused (Uhlman 111). She began to realize she had the disease when she started forgetting songs and failed to recognize ...
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Cuban Missle CrisisMany agree that the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war; but exactly how close did it come? The Crisis was ultimately a showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union from October 16 to October 28, 1962. During those thirteen stressful days, the world’s ...
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Cholera: Virulence, Origin, And PandemicsMerriam Webster’s Tenth Edition College Dictionary describes virulence as the rapid course, severity, or malignancy of a disease or infection caused by a microorganism [pathogen] to overcome body defenses of the host. Ewald (1) looks at virulence in two spectrums depending upon mortality rates ...
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Utah's State SymbolsState Flag
The original Utah State Flag consisted of a solid white state seal
on a light blue background which was adopted by the State Legislature in
1896 and revised in 1913. The Utah State Flag, as we know it today, was
originally designed for the battleship Utah in 1912. It was later made ...
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Abraham Lincoln 3Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Lincoln entered office at a critical period in U. S. history, just before the Civil War, and died from an assassin's bullet at the war's end, but before the greater implications of the conflict could be resolved. He brought to the ...
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Right To DiePhysician-assisted suicide presents one of the greatest dilemmas to the medical profession. Should someone who is mentally competent, but deemed terminally ill, be allowed to engage in physician-assisted suicide? According to the First Amendment of The Constitution of The United States, “one has ...
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A Critical Look At The Foster Care SystemOVERVIEW
Children entering the shadowy world of foster care are often assigned labels arbitrarily and on a bed-available basis. They may end up spending some time in conventional foster homes, only to find themselves shuffled through group homes, residential treatment facilities, mental hospitals ...
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Rutherford HayesRutherford B. Hayes was considered by many to be a simple, uncontroversial, and honest man to run for the presidency. That is why many people are perplexed that such an astute person should have one of the most controversial elections and presidencies ever. Considering Hayes’ honorable ...
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The Search For A Better Tax SystemIn the words of Benjamin Franklin, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death
and taxes" (Tyson 6). Today, every American citizen who earns money in the United States knows the truth in this statement. However, federal taxation has not always been the complicated, ...
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Legalizing MarijuanaMarijuana is the name for the drug that comes from the leaves and flowers of the Indian hemp plant. The hemp plant can be found growing as weeds or as a cultivated plant throughout the world. This plant can grow in many soils and climates, but it is most potent when grown in dry, hot, upland ...
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Our Living Shield: The First AmendmentThe authors of the Constitution of the United States created a
magnificent list of liberties which were, at the time ascribed, to most
people belonging to the United States. The main author, James Madison,
transported the previous ideas of f undamental liberties from the great
libertarians ...
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The Peregrine Falconbelongs to a group of birds called the
Falconiformes. This group includes vultures, kites, hawks, eagles, and
falcons. Other than vultures, all of these birds hunt and kill other
animals for food. Falconiformes are equipped with hooked beaks and strong
talons, making them excellent predators. ...
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Fingerprinting KidsCopyright 1983 NPG,Ltd.
Issue: Should parents voluntarily create detailed identification records
(including fingerprints) on their children in anticipation of possible
runaway problems or abductions? (1) Yes. You can never tell when terrible
things will happen to a child, so its best to be ...
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The Nation Takes ShapeCritical Book Review III:
In his book, , Marcus Cunliffe outlines what he calls a half a century of immense progress. He focuses in on the period of time from after the Constitution is drafted to the end of Andrew Jackson’s presidency. (1789-1837). In his book he outlines the major events ...
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