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Apollo
Number of Words: 1883 / Number of Pages: 7
... Gagarin went into earth orbit edging out the United States' chance to put the first man in space. It was on April 14, 1961 two days after the Soviets put the first man in space, when President John F. Kennedy decided to put faith in the still young NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) program. NASA, established on October 1, 1958, had the historical job of putting an American on the moon. It was on May 25, 1961 when Kennedy finally made public his commitment "to land an American safely on the moon by the end of the decade," (Shepard 28).
The ...
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Aids
Number of Words: 1151 / Number of Pages: 5
... genes in SIVcpz are genetically similar to the AIDS virus. (AIDS came from
Chimps, 1999) Chimps who have probably carried this virus for thousands of
years do not get sick from it. Researchers are trying to find out why chimps are
not effected by this virus, because it may lead to a cure. (Aids in Africa,1994) This
productive finding about the virus wasn't found until 1997 when testing started.
(Aids in Africa,1994) If it would have been found sooner may ...
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Ancient Rome
Number of Words: 4373 / Number of Pages: 16
... to Crete looking for a place to found a new Troy, but he couldn't find a satisfactory place. As told by Homer in the Aeneid, Aeneas was cared for by the gods. Venus, in particular, was very worried about him. She asked Jupiter, king of the gods about him, and he said this:
"Since you are so consumed with anxiety for Aeneas, I shall turn forward far
The hidden pages of fate and speak of the future. He shall conduct a great campaign for you. And conquer all Italy and its haughty peoples. He shall impose laws on his own people. And build walled cities for them; the third summer Shall see him rule in ...
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International Charter Of Human
Number of Words: 993 / Number of Pages: 4
... to promote human rights, saying that such actions interfere with their internal affairs.
The UN has a Commission on Human Rights. Its job is to monitor abuses of the declaration in member countries, hold international meetings on human rights issues and handle complaints about violations to the basic human rights.
It was in 1993 that the General Assembly created the position of High Commissioner for Human Rights. The commissioner job is to oversee all of the UN’s human rights programs, work to prevent human rights violations, and investigate human rights abuses. It is also in the commissioner’s ...
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Churchill Biography
Number of Words: 356 / Number of Pages: 2
... in 1917. He joined the coalition party between 1917 and 1922 until it's collapse when for two years he was out of Parliament He returned to the conservative government in 1924 and was given the job of Chancellor of the Exchequer. For ten years during the depression Churchill was denied cabinet office. His backing and support for Edward VII during his abdication were frowned upon by the national government, but the public supported him in his views when Germany declared war in September 1939. Neville Chamberlain appointed him once more First Lord of the Admiralty on September 3rd, 1939.
In 1940, follo ...
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"Afrofornication", The New Black Culture Of Indiscriminate S
Number of Words: 2840 / Number of Pages: 11
... in Africa and around the world. This pattern has the characteristics of a high birth rate, but also puting very little effort into parental care and nurturing. Often, the parents will not stay long as a couple, one father may in fact have several wives or women which he fornicates with on a regular basis. Also the gestation period is slightly shorter, children reach physical maturity earlier and begin having sex at an earlier age. \'R-Strategy\' societies are usually less stable, with children being born into no definite family structure. In effect it is really a strategy of having as many child ...
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America
Number of Words: 997 / Number of Pages: 4
... to harden the character of the person forced to survive in it, and when the time comes to release this person, he/she is released back into society without any rehabilitation or readjustment, made much the worse than when they were first in society. Of course the many released on parole commit further crimes. What is parole, something that has power over a person's hardened character?
"Correctional facility" is a lie. Where is the "correctional" influence in storing bodies for a period of time? Prisons are deprivation units. It's sad, but because of the hostilities within the prison environment, many ...
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Mien Kempf: The Great Canadian Edition
Number of Words: 486 / Number of Pages: 2
... countries in the world. We have the brain power and the manpower to build our own cars, chainsaws, computers, and military equipment. There are two words to prove it; The Arrow.
We are not a violent people but we will have to recognize that the rest of the world will want what we have. We can not let them take it. We may be the only country able to build nuclear weapons entirely with our own domestic materials. We are the only country that mines uranium 234, and that uranium is necessary to create the radioactive uranium 238 for nuclear warheads. Furthermore, with us having all this muscle ...
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Killer Angels 2
Number of Words: 2537 / Number of Pages: 10
... the men, and documents written during the three hellish days of the battle. Shaara avoids historical opinion and provides his own opinion towards the Civil War and the people. The historical account of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg specifically, in Killer Angels conveys the attitude to toward war, attitude towards the Civil War, and cause for fighting the war of General Robert E. Lee, Joshua Chamberlain, James Longstreet, and John Buford.
General Robert E. Lee gained stoic and legendary status as the heart and soul of the South in the Civil War, but many did not know his reasons and feelings ...
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The History Of Stonehenge
Number of Words: 1799 / Number of Pages: 7
... such as bones and stones. This ditch was built with an earth
bank inside it. A ring of holes, known as the Aubrey Holes, were excavated
inside the bank(The World's Last Mysteries). The holes were shallow and
carefully spaced, and almost immediately filled in after being dug.
Archaeological studies have shown the Aubrey Holes never contained stones
or wooden posts; however there were a few instances where bones had been
inserted after the holes had been filled(The World's Last Mysteries).
Scientists have yet to find the meaning of the Aubrey Holes even after
excavation. Other features of the Ston ...
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