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    attempting to commit in furtherance of robbery [or other such felonies.]{§125.27(1)(a)(vii)}” This is also known as Felony Murder. Robbery is also defined as forcible stealing. On February 14th 2011 in a small clothing store owned and managed by Sidney and Sara Lazar‚ a very heinous crime was committed. Two average looking men wearing black leather jackets entered the store at approximately 3:15 pm‚ later to be “proven” to be John Hudson and Dale Buckner. When approaching the counter with a .38

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    Life of Edmund Spenser

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    the Merchant Tailor’s School. He then went on to Pembroke College‚ University of Cambridge‚ where he took a degree in 1576. In 1579 he entered the service of the English courtier Robert Dudley‚ earl of Leicester‚ and met the English poet Sir Philip Sidney‚ to whom he dedicated his first major poem‚ The Shepheardes Calendar (1579). This work demonstrates the great poetic flexibility of the English language. It is a series of 12 pastoral poems written in a variety of meters and employing a vocabulary

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    Witte and the Industrialisation of Russia (1963) focuses very heavily upon the political turmoil of the period and its effect upon the economy. Furthermore‚ he devotes a large portion of his text to the analysis of statistics to present his argument. Sidney Harcave’s‚ Count Sergei Witte and the Twilight of Imperial Russia (2004) is a biography and focuses heavily upon Witte’s social life. Giving us insight into both Witte’s relations with fellow politicians but also a window into contemporary Russian

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    Black and White Black and White is a novel written by Paul Volponi. The story is set in Queens‚ New York City. It was first published in 2005 and has won a large number of literary prizes. The main characters are Eddie and Marcus‚ star players of their high school basketball team. Eddie is white and Marcus is black. They have risen above the racial differences and are best friends. They think that nothing is going to stop them fulfilling their dream – getting a sports scholarship to a prestigious

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    What are the thruths about health problems that are said to be derived from marijuana? Introduction Cannabis is Australia’s most common illegal drug. It is derived from the plant cannabis sativa; the acting chemical known as ‘THC’ is in the upper leaves and flowers of the female plant. Cannabis is traditionally used by combusting the plant and inhaling the smoke that is produced. There is much speculation about whether or not marijuana causes many health problems. People most commonly say that

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    The Cold War (MKULTA)

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    Following the end of World War II in 1945‚ the United States economy began to prosper. However‚ the end of the war brought on another kind of war‚ the Cold War. With suspicion and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the United States began to conduct research on alternate means to protect the national interest through an improved interrogation processes. One of these highly classified programs was known as “Project: MKULTRA.” According to Dr. Horowitz (2001)‚ the basis for MKULTRA

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    The period of the Middle Ages is widely known amongst the people of the modern day. Told as a time of knights and castles‚ codes of chivalry‚ massive battles with bows and armored men with swords‚ kings and queens and royals ruling over the peasant class‚ and sometimes‚ even dragons and other folklore. Many have heard tales of King Arthur and the legendary Knights of the Round Table‚ or the popular and supported thievery of Robin Hood. However‚ what isn’t told on the same scale is how these feudal

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    Revenue and Timberland

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    successful and led the beginning of Abington Shoe Company in 1955. Mr. Swartz continued to run the business his son Sidney became involved as well. Together they created the first truly waterproof boot that come to be known as the "timberland boot". As popularity for the boots grew‚ the name became attached. The company officially changed its name to Timberland Co. in 1978. Sidney Swartz took control of the company two years later with great success. Presently Timberland is run by Sidney’s son

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    Historical Report on Paul Lauterbur Paul Lauterbur was born right here in Sidney‚ Ohio in 1929. He attended Case Institute of Technology where he majored in chemistry. After graduating with his Bachelor’s degree‚ he started working for Dow Corning Corporation in their Mellon Institute Laboratories. While working he took graduate courses at the University of Pittsburgh for free where he later received his PhD degree in 1962. During his studies‚ he learned about nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

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    many people died ∗ Doctors did operations with no anaesthetic ∗ Her parents did not want her to be nurse as nurses were not respectable or trained ∗ Florence’s parents sent her away to Italy to forget about nursing Becoming a Nurse ∗ There she met Sidney Herbert and he told her that the rich should help the poor so she was now determined to become a nurse ∗ Florence went to Germany in 1851 to a Christian nursing school for women ∗ She trained for three months and loved it ∗ In 1853 a rich friend asked

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