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    The doctors who take care of the disease called yellow fever are Philadelphia doctors and the French. The fever was spreading like  a swarm of bees going flower to flower. Yellow fever started in 1793. Ships brought infected mosquitos to Philadelphia and because of this became a horrible disaster that killed 2000-5000 people.  Once the mosquito bites a person it draws blood from the person and then the mosquito bites another person where it releases the blood from the other person and then the infection

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    Yellow fever killed over 5‚000 people in Philadelphia in 1793. Yellow fever is a highly contagious fever that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Some symptoms of yellow fever include an onset of fever‚ chills‚ severe headache‚ nausea‚ fatigue‚ weakness‚ and vomiting. Treatment of yellow fever in the 1700’s included bloodletting‚ herbs‚ other material treatments‚ and also simply doing nothing. In Fever 1793‚ Laurie Halse Anderson alters history‚ but maintains some historical accuracy. The setting of the

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    so great that it is seemingly impossible to escape its effects. This was the feeling that I felt last summer when I decided to attend a congress for future scientists and technologists in Massachusetts at the expense of a few days of school. Furthermore‚ this was because of the fact that I had enrolled in Calculus and American History that summer in order to meet the prerequisites of the following year. Having said that‚ it was the untimely manner for which these events came about that brought upon

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    and two websites (www.house.gov ‚ and www.senate.gov). The first video is titled "the Bicameral Congress: crash course in government and politics #2". It shows the original content creator to be PBS digital studios‚ even though it was uploaded to youtube.com by "Crash Course". The narrator states hi name is Craig‚ with no mention of his last name. He begins his video by stating that the Congress was established by the United States Constitution in Article 1‚ section 1. Because it is explicitly

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    International Business School Continental Illinois Bank Failure The failure of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company (CINB) One of the most famous features on the landscape of the banking crisis in 1980s was the crisis involving the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company in May 1984‚ which still is one of the largest bank failures in U.S. banking history. The collapse of CINB was a significant event in banking history that had a moral for both bank risk managers

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    illegal. In early America‚ people all had to have a place in society and runaways did not fit in anywhere. Regardless Ben took a boat to New York where he hoped to find work as a printer. He didn’t‚ and walked across New Jersey‚ finally arriving in Philadelphia via a boat ride. After debarking‚ he used the last of his money to buy some rolls. He was wet‚ disheveled‚ and messy when his future wife‚ Deborah Read‚ saw him on that day‚ October‚ 6‚ 1723. She thought him odd-looking‚ never dreaming that seven

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    Theory of Continental Drift The seven continents used to be one giant continent named Pangea. They spread apart and became what the continents are today. The shapes of the continents line up‚ the fossils line up with how the continents‚ the rock formations on both sides of the Atlantic line up with the fossils and coastlines‚ and climatic evidence proves the Theory of Continental Drift. The first piece of evidence for Continental Drift is the shapes of the continents. All of the continents fit

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    How effective is congress? The British MPs have often described congress lobby fodder but defy the party whip. This is of course to the house committees where select committee have limited power and resources however in the senate and House of reps the standing committees are fully professional staffed and have the power or death over legislation. Congress is split into two houses the senate and the house of reps (HOR) both of these have individual powers have they also have joint powers. Meaning

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    The Need for Congress in the U.S There is a definite need for Congress in the United States. It serves many roles such as making laws‚ implementing national policy and watching over the other two branches of government. These are just a few of the duties of our U.S. Congress. Although they are essential to our government‚ there are potential problems. People are not always satisfied with the length of time involved in passing a law as well as the deadlock Congress can experience on

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    This season‚ the Philadelphia Eagles issues at wide receiver were well-documented. From Nelson Agholor dropping passes and Dorial Green-Beckham not seeing the field as much and reportedly valuing the Philadelphia nightlife over football‚ it left Jordan Matthews being the only consistent option for quarterback Carson Wentz. With that being known‚ there have been rumors floating around about a possible reunion with former Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson in free agency as he would provide them

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