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    Heart of Darkness

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    Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century not only as a literary classic‚ but as a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad’s narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz‚ dying‚ insane‚ and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. More recently‚ African critics like Chinua Achebe have pointed out that the story

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    Lion Heart

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    lion heart Amanda Chong You came out of the sea‚ skin dappled scales of sunlight; Riding crests‚ waves of fish in your fists. Washed up‚ your gills snapped shut. Water whipped the first breath of your lungs‚ Your lips’ bud teased by morning mists. You conquered the shore‚ its ivory coast. Your legs still rocked with the memory of waves. Sinews of sand ran across your back- Rising runes of your oceanic origins. Your heart thumped- an animal skin drum heralding the coming of a prince. In the jungle

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    Heart of Darkness

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    Conrad wrote 13 novels‚ two memoirs and 28 short stories‚ even though he found writing difficult and painful‚ as reflected in this comment own after completing the novel Nostromo (1904)‚ considered by many critics as his masterpiece: "a triumph for which my friends may congratulate me as if I had gone from a serious illness. " Life at sea and in foreign ports is the backdrop for most of his stories‚ but his obsession was the fundamental human condition and the individual’s struggle between good and evil

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    Heart Transplant

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    transplantation‚ also called heart transplantation‚ has evolved into the treatment of choice for many people with severe heart failure (HF) who have severe symptoms despite maximum medical therapy. Survival among cardiac transplant recipients has improved as a result of improvements in treatments that suppress the immune system and prevent infection. Definition A heart transplant‚ or a cardiac transplantation‚ is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe

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    Heart Atack

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    Americans suffer a heart attack every year‚ and almost half a million die‚ according to the American Heart Association. A heart attack often is the first symptom of coronary artery disease. The blockage usually is caused by atherosclerosis‚ the build-up of plaque in the artery walls‚ and/or by a blood clot in a coronary artery. A slow buildup of this plaque may almost block one of your coronary arteries. The cause of the heart is not always known. Heart attacks may occur when you are resting or

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    The Heart of Change

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    TRunning Head: The Heart of Change Integrative Paper The Heart of Change Integrative Paper Cordell Reynolds Webster University Abstract Organizational change is not easy‚ but is an integral component that often allows the company and its employees to be prosperous. There are many ways to approach organizational change. Some are scientific theories like those stated in Organizational Behavior and Management (John Ivancevich) while others like John P. Kotter

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    In the Heart of the Sea

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    In the Heart of the Sea Jason Barker In the novel “In the heart of the Sea” Nathaniel Philbrick introduces the reader to Nantucket Island located in the east coast. He establishes the importance of the whaling industry in relation to the island. Philbrick does an incredible job of telling the story of 20 regular men doing their jobs whaling. They set sail on a renewed ship called the Essex. The Essex took a beating from a storm before it finally met its match an angered sperm whale. The whale rammed

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    Heart Failure

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    The term “heart failure” sounds as if the heart has already failed. This can increase a person’s anxiety especially in the aging population that is a targeted community for this disease assuming that the failure is equivalent to death. Heart failure is actually the decline in the hearts ability to sufficiently pump oxygenated blood to the rest of the body. Many people can live with heart failure and are able to manage it through lifestyle changes‚ prescribed medication compliance‚ and regular physician

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    Heart Disease

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    vaccines for various diseases and disorders are being developed constantly‚ and yet‚ coronary heart disease remains the number one killer in the world.<br><br>The media today concentrates intensely on drug and alcohol abuse‚ homicides‚ AIDS and so on. What a lot of people are not realizing is that coronary heart disease actually accounts for about 80% of all sudden deaths. In fact‚ the number of deaths from heart disease approximately equals to the number of deaths from cancer‚ accidents‚ chronic lung

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    The Human Heart

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    The heart is one of the most important organs in your body. So what does it do? It’s function is to pump blood to all the other organs. But the heart can not function alone‚ it has other organs and blood vessels helping it. The human heart is a pear shaped and about the size of a human fist. It is made of muscle and there are three different layers. The outer layer is called the epicardium. The middle layer is called the myocardium which is made of muscles that contract. The inner layer is called

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