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    I do not mean to suggest that the _custom_ of lying has suffered any decay or interruption--no‚ for the Lie‚ as a Virtue‚ A Principle‚ is eternal; the Lie‚ as a recreation‚ a solace‚ a refuge in time of need‚ the fourth Grace‚ the tenth Muse‚ man’s best and surest friend‚ is immortal‚ and cannot perish from the earth while this club remains. My complaint simply concerns the decay of the _art_ of lying. No high-minded man‚ no man of right feeling‚ can contemplate the lumbering and slovenly lying

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    For the occurrence of dreams‚ an uninterrupted period of sleep is needed. So if the quality of sleep declines‚ the dream recall frequency will decline as well. As experiments shown us‚ people of mood disorder and depression have a reduced dream recall frequency. Also people having Apnea and increased daytime sleepiness‚ CNS and PLM will have the same results which are a decline of sleep quality and a reduced dream recall frequency. Insomnia is the most frequent‚ it is considered as a symptom and

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    more stable atoms over time‚ which is called radioactive decay. Scientists can tell how old a rock is by using radiometric clocks‚ or by looking at its absolute age. Geologists measure the amount of certain radioactive elements; as time passes the radioactive elements change at regular rates‚ into non-radioactive elements. The older a rock is the larger the number of elements. The age of the rock is found by measuring when the element decays. Radio isotopes which are used to calculate the age of

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    On decay of the art of lying essay “On Decay of the Art of Lying” was‚ as the title suggests‚ an essay discussing the topic of lying. Mark Twain‚ who was the author of the essay‚ suggests that everyone is a liar‚ and that no one can go through life without lying even if they claim that they are completely honest. People lie everyday‚ every hour even without realizing that they are lying. The world would be a completely different place if people never lied‚ this wouldn’t necessarily be for the

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    8.01- Half-life and radioactive decay Shelby Wolf Uranium 1) Where is this substance most likely found and how abundant is it? It is found within the Earth’s crust‚ also found in rock‚ soil‚ rivers‚ and oceans. It is believed to be available for at least the next 85 years‚ U-238: 99.27 U-235: .72 U-234: 0.0055 2) What type of decay does this substance undergo and how harmful can it be to those exposed? The U-235 undergoes nuclear fission

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    on the third of five acts in Hamlet‚ Shakespeare develops the theme of both physical and psychological decay and corruption through the actions‚ dialogues‚ and figurative language of the characters. The evidence of this theme can be seen though the breakdown of the royal family‚ and the monarchy‚ by the events surrounding Hamlet’s "To be or not to be" soliloquy‚ The Mousetrap‚ and the moral decay of the characters through the use of spying and poison. Hamlet’s character is the most puzzling of the

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    PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ACTIVITIES IN 1920s and 1930s The lifestyle of Canadians changed dramatically from 1920s to 1930s. In the 1920s‚ everybody was living happily until the stock market crash in U.S. which caused the great depression. Canada was greatly affected by the depression. In the 1920s‚ technology and inventions grew rapidly‚ entertainment was booming and sports were becoming very popular while in the 1930s‚ Canadians no longer had money to afford anything and had to live without home‚ food

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    reaction time if you had reduced the hydrochloric acid by half? Explain why. 4. What should you have learned about reaction rates? 1. The kind of graph that resulted when I plotted the mL of thiosulfate against the time in seconds was an exponential decay. 2. The graph tells us that the rate of reaction increases when there is more thiosulfate as the reaction took more time when there was less thiosulfate. This is shown on the graph by the increasing volume of thiosulfate corresponded to a smaller

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    those who did not full share in the modern society. Many American did not welcome this new era of commercial culture. These groups of people resented and feared the ethnic and racial diversity of American’s cities and what they considered a lack of moral standards of urban life. These changes affect the cities‚ economic and technological changes‚ and communication. Changes occurred in the cities because many people immigrated from farms and small towns to the cities. There were more people in the

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    ONE PERSON IN EVERY TEN THOUSAND met a violent death in the 118 leading cities of the United States last year. To Chicago went the doubtful distinction of having the most homicides—510; New York City‚ with approximately twice the population of Chicago‚ had 340. In twenty-eight of the leading cities the rate was 9.9 per 100‚000‚ as against 11.0 in 1925. "Slight as it is‚ the reduction is encouraging‚" observes the collector of these statistics‚ Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman‚ writing in The Spectator‚

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