The use of the chemical‚ dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT)‚ is a prime example of how public health benefits and environmental costs tradeoff. DDT was extensively used worldwide beginning in the 1940’s as a means to kill insects; it was also used to prevent malaria from spreading and control agriculture pests. DDT became so popular that at one point the U.S. was the leading producer‚ developing thousands of metric tons of DDT. With years of scientific research‚ researches came to find that
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Tricky words words in BOLD: beginner/intermediate level words in standard script: you need to learn them now (academic level) words in GREY: learn them if you are going to use them (specific purposes – medicine‚ chemistry‚ technology‚ Old English‚ etc.) rd rd Abbreviations: n – noun‚ pn – proper noun‚ v – verb‚ adj – adjective‚ adv – adverb‚ sing – singular noun‚ pl – plural noun‚ 3 – verb‚ Present Simple‚ 3 person singular A abbreviation abdomen abjure above abroad absurd abyss academia academic
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It’d not been a many long years since his tragic end. I‚ a humble slave of the lowly man‚ Leviathan’s timber trade‚ had been the death of my own seraph lover. For I have followed as a participant into the untimely holocaust of the Black Forest. I had been laboring long‚ restless hours due to the inability to sleep‚ and the extensive order of logs at last minute request. My master had specifically demanded timber from the infamous Black Forest‚ an ominous dungeon of ashened leaves that wailed and
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INTRODUCTION Socialist realism‚ a slogan adopted by the Soviet cultural authorities in 1934 to summarize the requirements of Stalinist dogma in literature: the established techniques of 19th‐century realism were to be used to represent the struggle for socialism in a positive‚ optimistic light. Socialist realism had its roots in neoclassicism and the traditions of realism in Russian literature of the 19th century that described the life of simple people. Socialist realism held that successful
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THERE ARE FOUR (4) MAIN TYPES OF DISEASES: * PATHOGENIC * DEFICIENCY * HEREDITY * PHYSIOLOGICAL Pathogenic diseases are caused by organisms (parasites). E.g. micro-organisms causing STDs‚ malaria‚ smut; macro-organisms: head louse‚ blood fluke. Pathogenic diseases can be caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi etc. Here is a short list of pathogenic diseases due to pathogenic bacteria that infect human: * ATHLETE’S FOOT * CHOLERA * TUBERCULOSIS * TETANUS * MALARIA
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7 Worst Killer Plagues in history Smallpox (430 BC? - 1979): Killed more than 300 million people worldwide in the 20th century alone‚ and most of the native inhabitants of the Americas Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a contagious disease unique to humans. Smallpox is caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor. The deadlier form‚ V. major‚ has a mortality rate of 30–35%‚ while V. minor causes a milder form of disease called
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Christianity in Dostoyevsky ’s Crime and Punishment: An Overview Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote‚ " If someone succeeded in proving to me that Christ was outside the truth‚ and if‚ indeed‚ the truth was outside Christ‚ then I would sooner remain with Christ than with the truth" (Frank 68). It was by no means easy for Dostoyevsky to reach this conclusion. In Dostoyevsky ’s life‚ one sees that of an intellectual Prodigal Son‚ returning to the Father In Heaven only after all other available systems
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The Catcher in the Rye: A Unit Plan Second Edition Based on the book by J. D. Salinger Written by Mary B. Collins 1 This version distributed by eNotes.com LLC. ©1996 by Teacher’s Pet Publications‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED *Only the student materials in this unit plan such as worksheets‚ study questions‚ assignment sheets‚ and tests may be reproduced multiple times for use in the purchaser’s classroom. For additional copyright questions‚ please contact eNotes.com LLC or Teacher’s Pet Publications
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Cordaisha Robinson Mrs. Gorman CA400 March 27th‚ 2013 This essay will discuss‚ William Shakespeare’s life‚ his career‚ when he was born and died‚ biographical information‚ and his childhood. William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ His father‚ John Shakespeare‚ raised William to the best of his abilities… he made sure that William study and got into the best o schools‚ being that 1561 to 1563 he had been one of the two chamberlains to whom the finance of the town he was very trustworthy
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There is a thin line between good and evil. “Great men smash laws‚ smash old ways‚ in order to create new ones‚ great men are not afraid to by criminals‚”( Raskolnikov). In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s legendary Russian novel Crime and Punishment‚ Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov (Rodya‚ Rodenka‚ or Rodka)‚ commits murder for the idea that great men can break laws and get away with it. Never afraid to tackle the complex topics of humanity‚ Dostoyevsky plays the role of “Devil’s Advocate” and directs the reader
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