Chicago tylenol Murders Events In the event of the Chicago Tylenol Murders several lives were taken by mysterious cyanide-laced Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules in different Chicago areas. It all started when 12 year old Mary Kellerman woke up feeling sick‚ like normal her parents kept her home from school and gave her Tylenol to ease the pain. Instead of easing her pain she ended up dead on the floor of her bathroom‚ her father found her. That same day in a totally different area of Chicago‚ a
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On Sunday I attended a Chicago Bears football game for the first time. They played against the Tennessee Titans‚ and it turned into an absolute thriller that came down to the very last play. Although they didn’t win‚ I left the stadium with a smile on my face and a very sore throat. For three hours or so‚ I stood screaming‚ chanting‚ booing‚ laughing‚ and cheering as I watched my favorite team. Seeing the game in person is far different‚ and better‚ then watching it on t.v. The breeze coming off
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China 1900 – 2000 The Fall of the Qing Dynasty (1900-1912) Most of the enemies of the Manchu Empire after the nineteenth century‚ were led by Sun Yatsen‚ a good-looking 34 year old doctor. Doctor Sun Yatsen had been educated in an American school in Hawaii and therefore he was Christian. He had spent many years of his life traveling the world. He saw how advanced technologically other countries were and realized how weak China was. He found that the only way for China to come out of its stall
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The poem "Tenement Room: Chicago" is simply about the same thing as its title says‚ a tenement room in Chicago. To show the mood of the room the poet uses imagery. When the poet uses imagery‚ he uses words to create mental images using the five senses of seeing‚ smelling‚ hearing‚ tasting‚ and touching. The poet here tries to show how the room and everything in it is broken‚ beaten‚ and old with visual imagery. In the second stanza the port goes on‚ object after object‚ describing each. In verses
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existing association that extends deep into American culture and language. Americans can be hurt by others by being “blacklisted‚” or “blackballed‚” or “blackmailed” (Williams‚ 1964). When the Chicago White Sox deliberately lost the 1919 World Series as part of a betting scheme‚ they became known as the Chicago Black Sox‚ and to this day the “dark” chapter in American sports history is known as the Black Sox Scandal. In a similar vein‚ Muhammad Ali has observed that
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APUSH Midterm: 1861-1900 Short Answer 1. Presidential Reconstruction • “Reconstruction” = restoring the Union‚ bringing the states back together‚ NOT fixing the South • The idea that‚ because the South never really “left‚” it’s the President’s job‚ as opposed to the idea that Congress needs to readmit states that left • Also a reference to Johnson’s plan: after he became President‚ he came up with his own plan and went ahead with it without Congress • Johnson gave pardons to everyone‚ abandoned
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Towards the end of the 19th century and early 20th century‚ Chicago was one of the most desirable cities for immigration. It had railway access and ports and its slaughterhouse and industrial business provided for unskilled workers. Most immigration to Chicago started in or near the 1830s to 1850s. In the 1840s‚ large amounts of Irish immigrants came to Chicago because of the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. Large numbers of Germans‚ Irish‚ Swedes‚ Norwegians‚ Canadians‚ Czechs‚ Poles‚ Greeks‚ and
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The Great Chicago Fire happened on the night of Oct 8-10‚ 1871. One legend is at a barn located on the land of Patrick and Catherine O’ Leary at 137 DeKoven Street on the city’s southwest side and the fire started when the family’s cow kicked over the lantern and it lighted the hay and the barn caught on fire. Before the Great Chicago Fire the city average was 2 fires per day. In 1997‚ the Chicago City Council exonerated Mrs. O’ Leary and her cow. She turned into a recluse after the fire and she
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the contagious disease‚ cholera‚ spread to the United States from Europe. Cholera ravaged the cities‚ such as Chicago in several epidemics‚ brutally damaging its victims’ physical health and frequently leading to death. In response‚ Chicago’s sanitary reformers and city engineers gained a new sense of resolve to combat these illnesses
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Rob Marshall’s Chicago is a film about dangerous women. Set in the roaring 20’s‚ few things could be thought more shocking and scandalous at the time than a woman wielding a gun. At that time‚ a woman’s place was in the kitchen or the laundry room‚ not a smoky jazz club and certainly not the state penitentiary. Chicago presents us with not one but two of “Chicago’s own killer dillers‚ those scintillating sinners” Roxie Hart‚ and Velma Kelly. Throughout the film‚ these two ladies are pitted against
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