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Effects Of Automobiles
Number of Words: 745 / Number of Pages: 3
... also involve automobiles. For example, ³Speed² and ³Batman² both deal with automobiles of some sort. Whether it be the common city bus or the exquisite vehicle entitled the ³Batmobile², these both influence our ideas of the automobile world.
On the reverse side, though, automobiles have also been the cause of much of the world¹s pollution. The carbon-monoxide released by a car¹s exhaust pipe spews into our environment making our air dirty and the earth a bit closer to extinction. With all these pollutants in our air, it often makes it hard to breath and difficult to see. Many times we find a l ...
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The International Space Station
Number of Words: 908 / Number of Pages: 4
... will consist of more than one-hundred different sections with a mass of 455,865 kilograms or 456 tons. It will measure 108.6 meters by 79.9 meters, which is equivalent in size to an American football field, including the end zones!
When completed (ISS) will be able to carry a crew of up seven astronauts in living conditions of a far higher standard than the current largest existing space station, which is the Russian Mir. A series of laboratories will greatly enhance the ability of scientists to conduct sophisticated experiments in space, including:
Research into the psychological and physical ef ...
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Article Review
Number of Words: 1391 / Number of Pages: 6
... the attention of the reader and explains the main point of the article. The author begins the article saying that she “Pity[s] today’s parents who want to do the right thing.” The sentence attracts the audience to continue reading the article because the sentence sparks curiosity in why the author pities today’s parents. The article continues, “They [parents] buy child-rearing books, explore over psychology articles, play Mozart in nurseries festooned with alphabet cards and the periodic table.” Parker shows good persuasive technique by describing an exaggerated scenario of what parents are doing ...
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Psycological Effects Of Sport Teams And Their Fans
Number of Words: 610 / Number of Pages: 3
... was first in
their conference with a 4-1 record. The study consisted of a packet with
many different questions in it that would help rate the people. The first
page rated the persons identifiability with the team. It consisted of seven
questions, each with a rating of 1 - 8 in association. The final two pages
of the packet were the subjects assesment of the team. The subjects were
asked questions like:how many games had the team won the previous year(The
answer was 17); How many wins will they have this season (the answer to
that ended up being 18); and how many wins do you see for the next season.
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Aids
Number of Words: 1249 / Number of Pages: 5
... of people in these risk groups, immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean, and some of the infant children born to women at risk.
All these varied people had one thing in common: almost absent levels of the white blood cells called T helper cells that keep the immune system functioning properly. Their defective immune systems left them vulnerable to one serious health problem after another. Although many problems could be treated, and even cured, others immediately arose. After their first serious problem, people were said to have , and once diagnosed with most survived for only a year or two.
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A Story Of College
Number of Words: 1143 / Number of Pages: 5
... home, and Mom creates meals with that in mind. A new food group sprang to life upon entering a residence hall: Mountain Dew, Doritos, Ben & Jerry's, Ho-Ho! 's, Oreos, the list could go on and on.
Privacy is always available at home; there is somewhere to read, write, listen to music, or to just rest. Dorm life is a harsh reality to college, and the only time the room is empty is on a Thursday night. At home a bedroom is somewhere to keep all personal belongings; there is a particular space for everything to fit. Space efficiency becomes a survival tactic in college. When at home there is no worry of so ...
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Should Exams Be Obolished
Number of Words: 739 / Number of Pages: 3
... will surely get enough sleep, free from pressure and tension because they know that they are ready for the exam. And, at the same time the students can have their social life and study at the same times. Therefore, exam does not encourage cramming. It is the student's mistake not to have a good study method.
First of all I think that the exams should not be abolished because through exams, the only way for the teachers to get feedback from the students. To ensure that the students understand what the teacher had taught, the exams are held. So through the exams the teacher can categorize the smart ...
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Italy
Number of Words: 614 / Number of Pages: 3
... 2,000 years ago. Florence was the home of many artist of the Renaissance, a period of great achievements in the arts. Venice, with its intricate canal system, attracts tourists from all over the world.
Italians take great pride in the quality of their cooking. They traditionally eat their meals at midday. Large meals usually consist of a pasta course, followed by a main course of meat or fish. Sometimes a course of antipasto (appetizers) is served before the pasta. Antipasto usually consists of a variety of cold meat and vegetables, such as prosciutto (a type of spiced ham), salami, olives, and artich ...
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Defining Honor
Number of Words: 1335 / Number of Pages: 5
... the idea of honor existing among the ancient heathen people before the Christian era. You know that, after the fall of the great Roman Empire, there was a period of about a thousand years, when the light of civilization went out in Europe, and the darkness of ignorance and barbarism took its place. During these dark days, there was much going on that was not better and sometimes even worse from a moral point of view than in the days of the Roman Empire; but, when the minds of men began to wake up again, their standards really had advanced further than the old heathen standards of life. A seed Christia ...
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Meaning Of Illusions
Number of Words: 1449 / Number of Pages: 6
... being conginated as abnormal, which are sometimes known as passive illusions. This means that our mind plays with our optical visibility by projecting strange figures with a continuous persistence which are usually based on our habits, attitudes and unconscious
motivations. These usual visionary spectrums are described in The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology in an article written by B. R. Bugelski as:
A faint and fleeting, undetailed, and partial, but some people report having vivid, detailed images. Presumably people differ in the strength of their imagery, and certainly the differ in scores ...
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