Gloria A. Loftin American History II Ken Whitehurst December 5‚ 2012 UNITEDS STATES FAILURES IN VIETNAM It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. (Caputo‚ Phillip‚ 10‚000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War.) The Vietnam War‚ one of the most controversial wars in American history‚ has been one of the few wars where the United States was not a victor. Despite being a world superpower‚ the United States
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Congestive heart failure distresses the heart’s function as a pump to meet the body’s needs‚ affecting many organs of the body including the liver‚ lungs‚ kidneys and the intestines. Untreated‚ this condition will affect virtually every organ in the body. (MedicineNet‚ 2012) According to Healthline.com congestive heart failure (CHF) is defined as‚ “A condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.” (Healthline‚ 2012) Heart failure is a serious disorder that may
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Daniela West Professor Layne Intro to Philosophy 23 April 2013 The Failure that is the Ideas of Socialism Socialism was a great idea in theory. Everyone would work less and wealth be distributed equally among all people were appealing especially to the lower class. Of course the upper class elite would have saw this as a threat to their prosperity and material possessions. However Karl Marx (the creator of Socialism) would have said that everyone would have access to the same luxuries and delicacies
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Causes of Student Failure Failure is always an unpleasant word. Failure in student’s life is defined as subpar achievement of his/her physical or literary capabilities.When students do not study for their final exam or practice his/her sports‚ they expect that they wouldnot just pass or win.However‚ it is actually failure. Although students study hard‚ they could not pass. On the other hand‚ if you do not study and do not pass‚ then you are a failure. On the contrary‚ the failure is also important
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Failure in not an option. The binary scenes between the flights crew in space and the ground crew in Houston depict the collective action of both parties and the importance of teamwork in accomplishing a goal. Apollo 13 was not seen merely as one disaster
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that express the message of failure but Gatsby is one of the characters that focuses on the truth value of knowledge‚ claims about the past and the meaning it obtains. Gatsby uses his attempts to accomplish those dreams and expresses his reasons of why Failure is the most communicating theme throw-out the novel. The author Fitzgerald uses Gatsby a Character in the novel that communicates a message about people’s failure to accomplish their dreams. Effectively on failure comes the great message of
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Congestive Heart Failure Congestive Heart Failure is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the needs of the rest of the body (Department of Health & Human Services‚ 2012). The failure can occur in on either side of the heart. In left-side heart failure‚ fluid backs up into the lungs‚ causing shortness of breath‚ due to the fact that the blood entering the left side of the heart comes from the pulmonary artery‚ and when the left ventricle cannot pump fluid out of the
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Failure to follow standards of care typlically allege that you failed to follow certain procedures or protocols. Which includes failure of following proper fall and safety protocols established by the health care facility‚ giving medications in a timely and reasonable way‚ inserting tubing and other
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CHF Heart Failure: failure of the cardiac muscle to pump blood to meet the body’s metabolic needs CHF is a complication that can result from problems such as cardiomyopathy‚ valvular heart disease‚ endocarditis‚ Acute MI Left-sided failure pulmonary congestion dyspnea‚ Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Pulmonary edema‚ rales (crackles) cough blood-tinged‚ frothy sputum
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The Ford Edsel Failure The Ford Edsel was a $400 million investment from the Ford Motor Company in the 1950’s intended to be an “entirely new and original kind of car” that could compete with General Motors (AskMen.com). This was a great intention from the company and their development was on the right track‚ but they made some crucial mistakes that made the Ford Edsel “one of the worst cars of all time” (content.time.com). According to the article‚ Top 10: Failed Product Launches‚ the Ford Edsel
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