On April 15th 2013 the unexpected happened near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) where detonated‚ at the feet of the spectators while they were cheering on the runners‚ in an interval of just seconds and a distance of approximately 200 feet. Three victims were pronounced dead on scene and there were close to three-hundred injured. Luckily the Boston marathon was highly equipped and prepared for the worst and had a lot of first responders and medical
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KFC VS Boston market The companies I used for my observations are KFC and Boston Market. Both restaurants specialize in chicken meals but the two companies take very different approaches to gain the competitive advantage over the competition. KFC is most known for its fried chicken original and spicy Dark or light meat. Boston market is known for its Rotisserie style chicken original and spicy light or dark meat. They’re both easy on the wallet and have menu options for individual meals and
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story has been over looked. Many schools and teachers don’t teach the story of Paul Revere‚ but in the end‚ the story has a major impact on the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Paul Revere was born on January 1‚ 1735‚ in Boston Massachusetts. Paul grew up in Boston working for his fathers silversmiths business‚ that would later on be passed down as his own. Paul married Sarah Orne on August 4‚ 1757‚ they had eight children together. While Sarah was giving birth to the eighth child with Paul
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Death of a Salesman Boston Hotel room (Act 2) In Arthur miller’s death of a salesman‚ Biff and Willy had a complicated relationship along these years. This all happened and started when Biff caught Willy having an affair with other woman. From that moment‚ Biff gave up on this future and his dream of getting into the University of Virginia‚ and his relationship and admiration to his father. The Boston hotel room retreat scene late in Act 2 is significant because it changed Biff’s goals‚ his
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Plateaus. The first plateau in the Ozark Mountain is the Boston Plateau which is up to 2‚600 feet. It is located in the northern part of Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. Some people might know this plateau as the Boston Mountain‚ because of their ruggedness. Boston Mountain is one of the highest plateaus in the Ozark region. The rock type is sandstone and shale. Oak and hickory forests are the type of forests Boston has. There are many rivers in the Boston Plateau such as white river and the little red river
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The May li massacre was a terrible circumstance and an event that happened March 16th 1968 during the Vietnam War‚ in which American soldiers rape‚ pillage and killed unarmed Vietnamese civilians in a small village‚ the result was worldwide outrage. As the three companies (Charlie Company)‚ led by Lieutenant Calley entered the village and started firing at the villagers that included women‚ children and elderly as well as raping the young women‚ LT Calley himself put a enormous amount of villagers
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Inoculation In Boston: A Disqualified Innovation In 1979‚ the World Health Organization announced the eradication of smallpox in the world. The use of vaccines has drastically improved people’s health around the world. Vaccination evolved from inoculation‚ an old medical practice dating back to China in the fifteenth century. Interestingly‚ although people in the past did not fully understand viruses‚ inoculation utilizes the same principle as vaccination by pre-exposing a healthy individual to
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QUESTION 2: Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values. By 1763‚ the American colonies were becoming increasily divided from Britain. Over the next 13 years‚ new imperial policies led the colonies to Revolution and Independence. From 1763 and 1776 Britain began to enforce new taxes and establish restriction on colonial life; these changes led the colonies to establish new values
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beginning to becoming a patriot in the American Revolution. He played key roles in The Boston Massacre‚ The Boston Tea Party‚ and the tarring and feathering of John Malcolm. The author believes that Hewes was standing up for the rights of those living in the colonies because British is taxing them under absurd acts because of the debt acquired during the French and Indian War. Hewes was important within the Boston Tea Party because he was chosen to get the keys from the captain needed to get the tea
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It was just another Patriots’ Day in Boston on April‚ 15th‚ 2013. It would be the 117th annual Boston Marathon‚ with spectators from all over the world. For Sydney Corcoran and her parents‚ they were there supporting their aunt run in the race (Brian 6). At 2:49 that afternoon‚ it would never be the same for Sydney. With over 5‚600 runners still trying to complete the twenty-six mile run‚ a pressure-cooker bomb exploded near the finish line on Boylston Street. Next‚ another bomb exploded within seconds
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