Yellow fever killed over 5‚000 people in Philadelphia in 1793. Yellow fever is a highly contagious fever that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Some symptoms of yellow fever include an onset of fever‚ chills‚ severe headache‚ nausea‚ fatigue‚ weakness‚ and vomiting. Treatment of yellow fever in the 1700’s included bloodletting‚ herbs‚ other material treatments‚ and also simply doing nothing. In Fever 1793‚ Laurie Halse Anderson alters history‚ but maintains some historical accuracy. The setting of the
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Detroit Pistons‚ Los Angeles Lakers‚ Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings can all trace their heritage beck to the the NBL‚ and the league featured many future NBA stars such as George Mikan‚ Jim Pollard‚ Dolph Schayes‚ Bob Davies and Red Holzman) 1946 The Basketball Association of America‚ a forerunner of the NBA is formed. (Three of the league’s orginal 11 franchises are still playing today- the New York Knickerbockers‚ Boston Celtics and Philadelphia (now Golden State) Warriors) 1948 Fort
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they saw the differentiation into myeloid versus lymphoid and acute versus chronic leukemia. An important step was found by Philadelphia cytogeneticists Peter Nowel and David Hungerford of an abnormally small G-group chromosome (PH). This discover was the biggest step yet because it reveal that cancer was a problem of DNA. Few years later‚ Janet Rowley discover that Philadelphia chromosome was the product of a reciprocal translocation between chromosome 9 and 22. In 1980s‚ the translocation partners
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illegal. In early America‚ people all had to have a place in society and runaways did not fit in anywhere. Regardless Ben took a boat to New York where he hoped to find work as a printer. He didn’t‚ and walked across New Jersey‚ finally arriving in Philadelphia via a boat ride. After debarking‚ he used the last of his money to buy some rolls. He was wet‚ disheveled‚ and messy when his future wife‚ Deborah Read‚ saw him on that day‚ October‚ 6‚ 1723. She thought him odd-looking‚ never dreaming that seven
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connection with the settlement‚ promising to monitor future promotional activity and report back regularly to the government. Merck joins Pfizer and most other major drug companies in settling long investigations with prosecutors. In April 2010‚ the Philadelphia Inquirer issued an article titled‚ “High court rules with investors in lawsuit against Merck‚” discussing the lawsuit against Merck by their investors stating that Merck downplayed the risks involved of Vioxx‚ which ultimately cost them billions
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Definition of a Football Fan 1st draft Football fans are by definition crazy. They behave insanely; they are insane about the past‚ and they are insanely loyal. If their team gives away something free‚ the fans rush to the stadium to get the hat or watever. Football fans just plain behave insanely. Baseball fans go similarly nuts when their favorite teams give away some attractive freebie. But football fans are even worse. Football fans freeze themselves in order to watch their favorite
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This season‚ the Philadelphia Eagles issues at wide receiver were well-documented. From Nelson Agholor dropping passes and Dorial Green-Beckham not seeing the field as much and reportedly valuing the Philadelphia nightlife over football‚ it left Jordan Matthews being the only consistent option for quarterback Carson Wentz. With that being known‚ there have been rumors floating around about a possible reunion with former Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson in free agency as he would provide them
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curiosity into something worthwhile—but that I must first be sworn to secrecy. I was dubious‚ nervous‚ and excited. Okay. Okay. This is peculiar right? I’m not from Hogwarts‚ I’m not some top-secret CIA operative—I’m just a girl from a suburb of Philadelphia... right? And what did "JTOP" even do? That question cannot be answered so easily. JTOP was a chance for bright kids who love learning…to explore. Every meeting‚ every task‚ every debate felt like a new adventure. One day Maggie came home
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team when he departed for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1979‚ and led them to the World Series in 1980. In 1989‚ The Dowd Report (which harshly criticized Rose for gambling) was a shock. That a player who was so intent on winning and would do whatever it took to help his team to win‚ would break the major sin of baseball in gambling on baseball was an idea I could not have ever thought possible. A year later Michael Sokolove‚ who was a former writer at the Philadelphia Daily newspaper‚ wrote what
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Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://espn.go.com/nba/team/roster/_/name/bkn/tornto-raptors>. * "New York Knicks Roster 2012" Players in the NBA. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://espn.go.com/nba/team/roster/_/name/bkn/new-york-knicks>. * "Philadelphia 76’ers Roster 2012" Players in the NBA. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://espn.go.com/nba/team/roster/_/name/bkn/philly-76ers>. * "Players." NBA. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players>.
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