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    suffer from fears‚ phobias‚ or allergies. Be that as it may‚ service dogs are enhancing lives of children with disabilities by always being at their side. It is important to understand the social and cultural effects of service dogs‚ which helps lead us to

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    May 2018 Why the Atomic Bombs were Justified? it was August 6th‚ 1945 when the first atomic bomb ever to be used in warfare was used‚ and not three days later‚ another atomic bomb was dropped. These bombs were named Little Boy and Fat Man‚ and they were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ respectively. The destruction caused by the bombs was immense‚ and it has been debated for years whether the Americans were in the right when dropping these two bombs on Japan. A review of the

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    The Manhattan project was designed to create the first Atomic Bomb or A-Bomb. Christopher J. Tassava describes the Manhattan Project in his article The American Economy during World War II (2008) by telling us “under the direction of the U.S. Army and several private contractors‚ scientists‚ engineers‚ and workers built a nationwide complex of laboratories and plants to manufacture atomic fuel and to fabricate atomic weapons.” He also goes on to say that “The Manhattan Project climaxed in

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    the United States‚ succeeding Roosevelt after his death. Truman had met privately with Roosevelt a few times before his death‚ but was never truly informed of the enormous secret that was revealed to him after sworn in—the Manhattan Project. After being informed of the nuclear weaponry‚ Truman had a series of immense challenges and decisions to make. (History.com Staff‚ “Harry Truman”) Could or would he harness the atomic bomb’s capability of mass destruction for triumph in the war? Only time

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    Nuclear Proliferation Affecting The World in a Negative Way For the past thirty years‚ Iran and North Korea have been trying to develop and design a nuclear warhead‚ nowadays; American spies say that Iran has built a Uranium enrichment plant on Qum. Uranium enrichment is the hardest step in order to produce nuclear weapon‚ and North Korea has already tested nuclear weapons the past years. This is a way to prove that nuclear proliferation keeps increasing in the world and this could balance the

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    THE NEGATIVE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION Page 1 Abstract Nuclear radiation has been a major problem since 1941 when the Second World War began. A major contribution to World War Two is the nuclear bomb‚ also known as the Atom bomb. Once the two bombs were dropped‚ the usually terminal Leukemia was derived throughout Japan. There are three types of radiation‚ Alpha‚ Beta‚ and Gamma radiation. In my study of radiation I discovered that radiation can damage many cells in your body

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    Were the 1920’s an Era of Social and Cultural Rebelion? 1. How did the status and behavior of American woman change in the 1920s? The behavior of American woman changed due to a series of events that occurred that ultimately led to the social and cultural rebellion. The 19th amendment empowered the woman of that decade and allowed them to rebel against the traditional domestic roles that society has set for. Not only domestic roles but also sexual‚ economic and social roles were tested. Women

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    Manhattan project‚ an event that has its roots back in the 1940s has been one of the most impactful events that has changed the world’s future. Manhattan project was the coded name for a secret project that emerged in 1942 in order to produce the first US nuclear weapon. Firstly this project was placed in Manhattan city‚ and after‚ was spread out all over the United States. However‚ mainly it was based on Oak Ridge‚ Los Alamos‚ Argonne with Hanford including also some other very famous universities

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    Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project Introduction: At present‚ India is the sixth largest energy consumer in the world and is projected to emerge as the fourth largest consumer after the United States‚ China and Japan in the coming decades. India’s commercial energy basket is currently dominated by coal (53 percent); oil (31 percent) and gas (8 percent). Meeting increasing energy demands will remain one of the major issues for India in the 21st century owing to high dependency on energy imports.

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    In 1950‚ the first commercial nuclear power plants were constructed. The public was promised a non-polluting and resourceful type of energy‚ but how safe was‚ and is‚ nuclear energy? Although there are less than 500 licensed nuclear power plants in the world‚ many nuclear accidents have already been endangering civilian lives. More serious accidents are not just likely‚ but inevitable (Fairchild 29). Nuclear energy may appear to be the ideal source of energy for the future: however‚ there

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