Heath Fienman Jim Zukowski Writing Assignment #2 March 22nd‚ 2015 FINAL Revision The Man‚ The Myth‚ The Enigma: Sixers GM Sam Hinkie Before recounting the history of Sam Hinkie‚ I must first admit that I am an avid Philadelphia 76ers fan‚ and I am going to be naturally biased. However‚ as Patricia Nelson Limerick noted in her historical piece of writing‚ there will always be a writer and a reader. Depending on who the writer and reader is (and other factors such as the past‚ the environment‚
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The Philadelphia Experiment The Philadelphia Experiment took place in the fall of 1943 when a group of scientists funded by the U.S. government set out to turn a U.S. Cannon Class destroyer escort into an invisible war machine. The initial conspiracies surrounding the experiment were formulated by two scientists‚ William L. Moore and Charles Berlitz’. After extensive research‚ Moore and Berlitz’ concluded that The Philadelphia Experiment went awry when a U.S. Naval Destroyer was used to conduct
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a plan was set in motion by the Pennsylvania government when they announced $320 million would be set aside for the construction of 4 new professional stadiums in the state‚ 2 in Philadelphia and 2 in Pittsburgh. It took a few years longer than Pittsburgh‚ especially with the poor local growth coalition in Philadelphia‚ for the project to begin after the announcement to get everything straightened out so that what would be called Lincoln Financial Field could be built. With little public input and
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While on the Philadelphia Eagles team‚ quarterback Michael Vick has done really well with leading his team to the NFC East Title‚ throwing passes for large amounts of yards‚ running for large yard gains‚ and completed many passes. Despite those positive traits‚ Vick tends to struggle with his amount of touchdown passes he is able to throw in a game‚ passes thrown that result in interceptions‚ fumbles‚ and turnovers. Additionally‚ he is also known for being injury-prone. For these reasons‚ Michael
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The doctors who take care of the disease called yellow fever are Philadelphia doctors and the French. The fever was spreading like a swarm of bees going flower to flower. Yellow fever started in 1793. Ships brought infected mosquitos to Philadelphia and because of this became a horrible disaster that killed 2000-5000 people. Once the mosquito bites a person it draws blood from the person and then the mosquito bites another person where it releases the blood from the other person and then the infection
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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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