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    1) A. Mitchell Palmer- Attorney General in 1920s; earned the title of the "fighting Quaker" by his excess of zeal in rounding up suspects of Red Scare; ultimately totaled about six thousand; This drive to root out radicals was redoubled in June 1919‚ when a bomb shattered his home 2) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti- case regarded by liberals as "judicial lynching". Sacco‚ a shoe-factory worker‚ and Vanzetti‚ a fish peddler‚ were convicted in 1921 of the murder of a Massachusetts paymaster

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    purchased illegally according to Theodore J. Cicero‚ professor of neuropharmacology in psychiatry (Dryden-WUSTL‚ 2014). OxyContin has become so expensive on the drug market that users are turning to heroin as a cheaper alternative. Cicero points out that “OxyContin has sold for up to a dollar per milligram‚ so an 80 milligram tablet would cost $80.00. Meanwhile‚ they can get heroin for $10.00” (Dryden-WUSTL‚ 2014‚ para. 7). In the Akron-Canton region‚ heroin is extremely accessible. In fact‚ users

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    George Washington along with many other community members. A local paper had an ad looking for people of color to help attend to the sick. The ad also assured those helped would not get sick ‚and would be compensated. Responding to this ad was Absalom Jones and Richard Allen. Both men were leaders in the African American Community as well as free men. Fast forward to the details of what happened during this period. There were multiple theories as to the cause of the outbreak. Who could or

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    William Faulkner

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    ------------------------------------------------- William Faulkner William Faulkner (September 25‚ 1897 – July 6‚ 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the20th century‚ his reputation is based on his novels‚ novellas and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. Most of Faulkner’s works are set in his native state of Mississippi. He is considered one of the most important Southern writers along withMark Twain‚ Robert

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    accomplished more artistically over a decade than most writers in a lifetime (Padgett). Between the years 1927-1934‚ he had books published every year (Reuben). Many of his greatest novels were As I Lay Dying; Light in America‚ and above all‚ AbsalomAbsalom. William Faulkner was known as one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers in history. He had special talents

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    Analysis of Characters

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    get her into bed. Nicholas is the mover and shaker behind most of the action in the tale: it’s he who seduces Alisoun and tricks John into sleeping in a tub so he can spend the night with her. Nicholas takes a hot poker to the butt when his rival Absalom shows up at Alisoun’s window intent on revenge. Based on Nicholas’s prior behavior‚ it’s tempting to say he had it coming. Since "The Miller’s Tale" is supposed to be an answer to "The Knight’s Tale‚" and in "The Knight’s Tale" we had a love triangle

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    Chaucer's Obscenities

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    plenty can be found in his works‚ John Dryden‚ in his Preface to the Fables‚ Ancient and Modern‚ considers why Chaucer includes “low characters” in the Canterbury Tales‚ such as “the Reeve‚ the Miller‚ the Shipman‚ the Merchant‚ the Sumner‚ and above all‚ the Wife of Bath‚ in the prologue to her tale.” This tendency toward the low‚ Dryden suggests‚ is a quality that Chaucer shares with Boccaccio‚ whom he also includes in the Fables. “What need [had] they‚” Dryden asks‚ “of introducing such characters

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    Matt Mclellan February 4‚ 2002 6pm class Monday The Pen Is Mightier Than The King The 17th century saw a king’s head roll and an English Caesar sit the throne‚ in the midst of all of this a new class was rising. England in the 17th century was rife with change‚ there was much work to be done before the industrial revolution could fully grip the nation. For hundreds of years the monarch had dominated the political landscape‚ now that was changing radically. Although their remained a Monarch

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    For and Against CBT

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    Transcultural Counselling in action (second edition‚ SAGE Publishing ltd‚ London) Dobson‚ K (2001) Handbook of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies (The Gulford Press‚ New York) Dryden‚ W & Neenan‚ M (2004) Counselling Individuals (Whurr Publishing ltd‚ London) Dryden‚ W & Neenan‚ M (2004) Cognitive therapy (Brunner-Routledge‚ Hove) Dryden‚ W (1999) Rational Emotive Behavioural Counselling in Action (Second edition‚ SAGE Publications‚ London) Gilbert‚ P & Leahy‚ R (2007) The Therapeutic Relationship in the

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    Psychology 101: Anxiety

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    References: CT‚ Taylor. "Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia - Saint Francis Care‚ Hartford‚ CT." Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia - Saint Francis Care‚ Hartford‚ CT. N.p.‚ 2012. Web. 11 Apr. 2014. Dryden-Edwards‚ Roxanne. "Panic Attacks (Panic Disorder) Causes‚ Symptoms‚ Treatment‚ Signs‚ Medication‚ Types - MedicineNet." MedicineNet. Ed. Melissa C. Stöppler. N.p.‚ 10 Sept. 2013. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. Mayo Clinic Staff. "Social Anxiety Disorder (social

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