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Awakenings And Tourette Syndro

In the 1920's, Leonard Lowe is a normal ten year old boy who is attacked by a mysteriously crippling disease. The onset of the disease manifests itself in periods of what I can only term “suspended animation.” At one moment, the victim is engaging in a normal activity, and at another he appears ...

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The Boston Massacre

This period in American history is one that is labeled as a time of change. Change for the American people as a whole and a change in the control of the British government. From the time of the first voyages across the Atlantic to the beginning of the quest for independence, people in this land ...

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Lisa Bright And Dark

When someone has a nearly "perfect" life, it’s hard to believe that person could be going out of his or her mind. , by John Neufeld, explores the world of mental illness through Lisa Shilling, a sixteen year old who believes she is going crazy. Though she and her friends know this, she is unable ...

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For Whom The Bell Tolls

is a novel loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's own experiences in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930's. Before I delve into the book itself, I thought it would be best to give some background information on Ernest Hemingway and on the Spanish Civil war and the circumstances surrounding it. ...

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Marijuana

What is , and how has it effected us all? As we all may, or may not know, use is on a constant rise in the United States. is and has long been the most widely used illegal drug in the United States. It is used here more frequently than all other illegal drugs combined. According to ...

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Reincarnation

A weird idea of much interest is that of . What is ? Some say it's the fact that a person's soul lives without a body and throughout the years possesses different bodies. Is this true or is the result of a mentally unstable person's vivid imagination or even the result of cryptomnesia, when a ...

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Mein Ghetto: Black Racism And Louis Farrakhan

Race can be defined in terms of physical features (skin color and other anatomical features), and sometimes also with respect to language, behavior, ideas, and other "cultural" matters. Racism is a belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this or antagonism towards, or ...

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Bennet's: The Executioner

"I am the executioner. When the crime is committed and the Lord God does not take vengeance nor does the exalted State move to declare and then to punish, I say when these bitter events happen, then comes the time for the executioner to declare himself or herself as the case may be. I have waited ...

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Ozzy Osbourne

’s music is liked by so many people because of how his lyrics deal with real life experiences. Ozzy writes a lot about what feels or what he has done. Something that has made Ozzy so popular was the fact that he doesn’t care what people think. He always has done what ever he wants. These two ...

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Television Violence And Its Effect On Children

The children of today are surrounded by technology and entertainment that is full of violence. It is estimated that the average child watches from three to five hours of television a day! (Neilson 1993). Listening to music is also a time consuming pastime among children. With all of that ...

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Serial Killers, The Minds, The Methods, The Madness

The murders are senseless. The killers are viscous. They could invoke a ritual of terror including rape, torture and eventually death. Death by strangulation, knifing and use of firearms. The usual prey includes women and boys, but everyone is vulnerable. The human culture has long been ...

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Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen's "Six Years In Hell"

The book I have chosen to read for this review is one entitled "SIX YEARS IN HELL." It is a book written by one Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen in a first person manor. He was a military pilot who flew over Vietnam and was captured and taken as a POW. This book covers his time in the military ...

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Beloved

Synopsis Both the movie and the book should be approached as a mystery that unfolds. It is written realistically but has a great deal of mystical overtones throughout the story. Both the movie and the novel begin in the middle of the story which in the beginning may be slightly confusing to either ...

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All Quiet On The Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque’s , a novel set in World War I, centers around the changes wrought by the war on one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque’s protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a hardened and somewhat caustic veteran. More ...

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Tom Clancy: His Life, His Style, His Books

by Adam Salvo "Vampire, Vampire!" The CIC talker said aboard Ticonderoga. "We have numerous incoming missiles. Weapons free."1 Tom Clancy, the best modern fiction writer, and probably, one of the all time best. Above was an excerpt from his second number one bestseller, Red Storm Rising. Tom ...

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Huck Fin 2

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1. The Author and His Times Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Clemens, was born in Florida, Missouri in 1835. When he was four, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, the setting for many of his books. His father died when he was 12. After his father ...

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The Internet, Pornography, And Children

Why should anyone be concerned about pornography on the Internet? After all, this is a free country and everyone should have access to anything they want, right? This position would be true if only adults used the Internet; it can not be true when children also use the Internet. Most people ...

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Back To Religion?

When One is asked. What does religion mean? The answer that would be given today is going to be far different from the reply that one would give three hundred years ago. Religion is a serious affair here in the United States for millions of people. Though it has gone through many changes the ...

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The Presidency Of Gerald Rudolph Ford

On August 9,1974 Gerald Rudolph Ford became the first vice president in American history to succeed to the nation’s highest office because of the resignation of a president. Ford was also the first man to occupy the White House without being elected either president or Vice President. Both ...

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AIDS - What's New ?

? ------------------- Is the message getting through? We already know enough about AIDS to prevent its spread, but ignorance, complacency, fear and bigotry continue to stop many from taking adequate precautions. We know enough about how the infection is transmitted to protect ourselves from it ...

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