Merck is a pharmaceutical company that we often see on television for their prescription drug ads. They were known for their ability to produce 13 new drugs from 1995 to 2001‚ of which included the painkiller Vioxx. The drug was supposed to beat out Pfizer’s‚ Celebrex‚ and Bextra because it was gentler on the stomach. (www.cbsnews.com) But was that the only thing different Vioxx could do? Vioxx was introduced in 1999. Almost immediately reports started pouring in about patients having complications
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During the Sata Yug‚ the Kathmandu valley was a huge bowl of placid water‚ cradled by hills and mountains. The lake was home of the Naags‚ the serpent gods. Then one day a God descended to the lake and cleaved a pass through the mountains with his sword. The pass is called Kotwal‚ Kotbar or Kotpal. The water gushed out‚ emptying the lake and leaving behind a fertile valley. This valley would eventually be the site of not only kings but also great spiritual and religious activity for centuries to
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Australia Australia has changed a lot in the last 250 years. Before 1788 there were around 250 languages spoken in Australia and a population of 750 000. Many of the 250 languages were spoken by the indigenous people in Australia but many of the languages died out as the indigenous people were murdered and became fewer and fewer. When the English people came to Australia with the first fleet which consisted of 11 ships in 1788 the indigenous people were killed and suppressed by the English people
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On February 14th 1978‚ a teenage boy named Piscine Molitor Patel was found at the coast of Mexico. He survived 227 days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Pi and his family were moving from India to Canada. While they were on their way the Japanese ship named Tsimtsum sank due to engine failures. Pi describes that after the sinking of the cargo ship occurred he found himself swimming in the Pacific Ocean. He was swimming toward the lifeboat. Four people survived Pi’s mother‚ the French cook‚ the
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The Watergate scandal had a profound effect on American history and impact on the American public’s perception of the Presidency. The scandal was the first of its kind that truly grasped the media and public’s attention. In just over 780 days‚ America became gripped by the shocking revelation that behind this scandal was the man they elected to sit in the White House and run their country‚ President Richard Milhous Nixon. The Watergate Scandal led to Nixon becoming the first and to this date only
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Henry Clay and Daniel Webster wanted to control the government‚ and they planned to basically take over during Harrison’s term. Although they had a good plan‚ one thing failed. Harrison died 4 weeks into the job and John Tyler was now in office. Harrison was devoted to the Whig party and many of the things that the Whig party said they were going to do were shut down by Tyler. For example‚ the Whig’s had a plan to establish a new bank‚ called the Fiscal Bank but it was vetoed by the Democrat president
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Historians consider Nazi Heinrich Himmler‚ born on the 7th October of 1900‚ ‘the black soul of the wretched regime‚ Hitler’s most ruthless and cynical henchman‚ not but the crazy planner of the extermination‚ portrait confirmed by himself‚ as he liked to say to be “an executioner without mercy”.’ Himmler was fourteen when the First World War began. He followed closely its events and convinced his parents to send him at the front as officer. Unfortunately‚ the war ended before he was given this opportunity
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..1.“Hindenburg Disaster Unsolved Mystery‚” The Telegraph‚ May 7‚ 1937‚ 1 and 6‚ available at https://news.google.com/newspapers‚ accessed November 12‚ 2017. …..On May 6‚ 1937‚ the Hindenburg‚ a zeppelin that made trips to and from Germany‚ crashed …..while attempting to land at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst‚ New Jersey. Luckily‚ only 29 …..of the 97 people aboard were killed or declared missing following the wreck‚ as well as one …..unlucky spectator
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People that now hear the word Holocaust think of a dark time when Jews were being murder left and right. Germany had many problems but when Hitler rose to power he blames all of their problems to the Jews. But by giving the Jews the blame Hitler created an enemy. Many people believed him. The start of the Holocaust started on January 30‚ 1933. It was the day Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor‚ starting the genocide against the Jews. Hitler couldn’t just say let’s go kill some people. He
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Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Union starting from 1922-1953 (Mazelev‚ 1999). Stalin is famous for his extremities used to build and sustain Communism in USSR. He is considered as one of the leaders who were responsible for the death of many people during their rule. The estimated number of deaths for which he is known to be responsible goes over 40 million (Price 2014). Can his actions be justified and what was the end of the means he used? Stalin‚ as his predecessor Lenin‚ was mostly affected
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