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    Parkinson S Disease

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    Environmental factors is if you lived near the herbicides and pesticides most common area are farmers. Parkinson’s disease is a rare disorder in people younger than 30 years of age. Most of this symptoms start on older people between the age of 50’s through 70’s. Men are more likely to suffer from this disease. It is very difficult to diagnose the symptoms. Although Symptoms are different from person to person‚ most all of them are physical impairments like Legs‚ arms‚ and hands shake unwillingly‚ there’s

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    Conformity In The 1950's

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    During the 1950’s America had not yet recovered from the devastating effects of World War II and was already thrust into another conflict‚ The Cold War. This war of espionage and fear between the United States and Russia created a hatred of communism and Communists in America. Events like The Second Red Scare‚ known as McCarthyism created a panic that anyone could be a communist. McCarthyism led to false accusations of communism onto other people without any evidence to support their claim. People

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    America in 1950's

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    America in 1950’s 1950’s was a period of economic‚ cultural‚ and technological growth. After the World War the nation found itself in the state of cold war with its rival Communist Soviet Union. Anti-communism became the unifying sentiment of the American people. Conservatives and materialism characterized this decade from 1950 to 1960. The manufacturing world was booming‚ and hence the people had before non-existed level of various choices on the market. This led to the booming in spending and

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    Femenism In The 1800's

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    Prior to the 1800’s the Jews were persecuted for their religious beliefs. After the 1800’s they were looked upon as the killer of Jesus‚ and was subjected to punishment by local governments‚ religious leaders‚ and dictators.  One of the monumental blows dealt to the Jews was in 586 B.C.E.  It was then that the Jews were exiled in Babylonia by the conquering King‚ Nebuchadnezzar II.  There exile would last almost fifty years. In 167 B.C.E. the ruler Antiochus IV took over the Jewish temple with the

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    Racism In The 1930's

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    segregation‚ there is never a chance to collaborate to create something great. Your skin color or religion should have no effect on how smart you are or believe‚ or on how creative or imaginative you are. Two of the main conflicts that arose in the 1930’s were segregation and racism. People would go to extremes to ensure certain groups of people‚ especially African Americans‚ had no rights. If they were allowed any rights‚ they had certain laws‚ Jim Crow laws‚ that made

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    Odyssey Essay

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    words‚ it is the event that makes us aware of a lack or gap that exists in our lives. A basis for the call to adventure to have similar grounds to that of the journey of life is that‚ it starts off the journey to someone’s life. In the book‚ The Odyssey‚ you could find several examples of this hero’s quest stage‚ - "But you‚ I urge you‚ think how to drive these suitors from your halls. Come Now‚ Listen Closely. Take my words to heart. At day break… tell the suitors to scatter‚ each to his own place…

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    The paintings “The Lifeline” by Winslow Homer and “Prairie on Fire” by Charles Deas are two paintings that really struck out to me as similar. I think Homer’s painting‚ “The Lifeline”‚ is a very dramatic painting because of how the lady is just laying there passed out while this brave man is swinging across dangerous waves and rocks to get them to safety. Its very different from looking at in class because you can actually see the texture and brush strokes the artist used. When standing in front

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    most drastic changes came in the last 50 – 60 years. Communication has changed from people struggling to communicate over long distances to now we can virtually talk to anyone at any corner of the Earth. But it was not the same always‚ during 1950’s and 60’s was the era of revolution of communication i.e. such as telephonic answering machines created by Bell Laboratories and Western Electronics. Even though it was not affordable for most of the people and telephonic communication was also not possible

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    fashion 1800's

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    popular clothing style. In the 1800’s fashion in the United States became a very important factor in society that determined the social status‚ one’s identity depended on what clothes one was wearing. At that time an increase of wealth occurred‚ therefore‚ the focus on fashion and appearances also increased‚ and European countries were influencing it. The economic changes of the country were also a big factor in the evolution of fashion in the 19th century. In the 1860’s outfits of pants‚ vests‚ and jackets

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    C. S. Lewis

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    Possibly one of the most famous literature Authors is C. S. Lewis; however‚ with this fame comes controversy of the content produced by this writer. This bestselling literature‚ author did not only stick to fiction but after Becoming a Christian wrote a number books on the topic of religion. Many of these books‚ while containing aspects of Christianity‚ are written as stories with symbolism referencing Christianity rather than the doctrine alone. Many creative liberties were taken in the writing

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