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    Maron‚ Dina Fine. "Should Prisoners Be Used in Medical Experiments?" Scientific American. Scientific American‚ a Division of Nature America‚ Inc.‚ 01 July 2014. Web. 26 Apr. 2017. McCurry‚ Justin. "Japan Revisits Its Darkest Moments Where American POWs Became Human Experiments." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media‚ 13 Aug. 2015. Web. 02 May 2017. "Prisoners Should Be Used For Medical Experiments Without Consent." DebateWise. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2017. Stobbe‚ Mike. "Ugly past of U.S. Human Experiments

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    Louie Zamperini

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    Louis Zamperini was born in 1917 to loving Italian immigrants in New York. At the age of two‚ his family moved to California. Louie had two older sisters and an older brother and mentor‚ Pete. Since he spoke no English‚ he was an easy target for bullies. As a child‚ he was infamous for beating up kids‚ smoking and drinking at a young age‚ stealing‚ running away‚ and never listening to his parents. When Louie found out his house key worked on his school gym‚ he and a few friends decided to start

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    Moral Panic

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    DIFFUSING MORAL PANIC EVENTS The term moral panic is used to define events of amplified public reaction to a particular situation (Cohen‚ 2002). It is a social phenomenon characterized by the collective overreaction to an event‚ such as a crime‚ that is new or has been present long enough and suddenly sprouted (Cohen‚ 2002; Goode & Ben-Yehuda‚ 1994). According to Cohen (2005) moral panics do not date or‚ in other words‚ its generation is similar regardless of the time period and the place. Stanley

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    The Great Escape Movie Review Yash Desai *POW = Prisoner of War “The Great Escape” directed by John Sturges is a movie of high standard and excellence. This action packed adventure‚ released in 1963‚ takes place in Germany at the peak of World War II. Taking us back to 1942‚ The Great Escape documents the escape of 76 prisoners from a special Stalag (prison camp)‚ designed specifically for them. By contrasting color cinematography with a classical soundtrack‚ the movie successfully blends the

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    Pearl Harbor Timeline

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    ever sighting each other. June 4-5‚ 1942 - Turning point in the war occurs with a decisive victory for the U.S. against Japan in the August 29‚ 1942 - The Red Cross announces Japan refuses to allow safe passage of ships containing supplies for U.S. POWs. September 27‚ 1942 - British offensive in Burma. December 31‚ 1942 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives permission to his troops to withdraw from Guadalcanal after five months of bloody fighting against U.S. Forces 1943 February 8‚ 1943 - British-Indian

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    Unbroken Book Report

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    Louie was now a superstar‚ and the city of Torrance forgave him everything (21)” Everybody in the town knew Louie as a superstar and would cheer for him. During when Louie was lost at sea they were captured by Japanese‚ Louie and Phil was sent to a POW camp. “One day in mid-November‚ two japanese civilians found louie in his barracks. They handed Louie a piece of paper. It was a transcript of an american radio announcing his death (186).” When Louie was talking on the radio about him being alive‚

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    and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken‚ the ambitious Louis Zamperini brought Devers words to life over the course of his track career and his perilous time as a POW. In short‚ because of Louis Zamperini undying need to succeed no matter the challenge that he faced‚ Hillenbrand gave audiences this unforgettable story of survival. At the beginning of Louie’s life‚ he wasn’t exactly

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    Deer Hunter Movie Review

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    Craig Kidd Downing Psychology of the Movies Summer II 2009 The Deer Hunter Movie Review The character’s I enjoyed watching the most were the members of the group who were left behind from Vietnam‚ John and Axel. I liked the simplistic innocence that they possessed. Axel’s reply to everything was simple and straight to the point‚ “Fuckin’ A!” Even if he didn’t understand all of the emotions welling up between his comrades‚ he would still give the same answer. John‚ the bar owner was the

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    Speech Compression

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    spoken Arabic digits in speech recognition setting Yousef Ajami Alotaibi Computer Engineering Department‚ College of Computer and Information Sciences‚ King Saud University‚ P.O. Box 57168‚ Riyadh 11574‚ Saudi Arabia Received 3 October 2003; received in revised form 18 May 2004; accepted 14 July 2004 Abstract Arabic language is a Semitic language that has many differences when compared to European languages such as English. One of these differences is how to pronounce the 10 digits‚ zero through

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    Vietnam War

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    The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America’s self image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. It was the first war ever broadcast on television. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. One of the chief effects of the war was the division it

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