Book Report Book Title: Hardy Boys – Casefiles NO. 46: Foul Play Author: Franklin W. Dixon Date Published: December 1990 List of Characters: Frank and Joe Hardy: They are two brothers who solve the crime Stuart “Portside” Murphy: Owner of a minor league baseball team who hires the Hardy Brothers to solve a mystery for him. Rocky Synder: Owner of a rival minor league baseball team who is the one orchestrating the crimes against Stuart Murphy.
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY At 11.00 PM on December 2 1984‚ while most of the one million residents of Bhopal slept‚ an operator at the plant noticed a small leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and increasing pressure inside a storage tank. The vent-gas scrubber‚ a safety device designer to neutralize toxic discharge from the MIC system‚ had been turned off three weeks prior . Apparently a faulty valve had allowed one ton of water for cleaning internal pipes to mix with forty tons of MIC. A 30 ton refrigeration
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This book is a study of the Armenian tragedy‚ and offers analysis by presenting it as a case study of genocide and by seeing it as a historical process in which a domestic conflict escalated and was consumed by a global war. It also establishes a link between genocide and nationality conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula and the Turko-American areas. The author examines the genocide through official WWI documents from Turkey‚ Imperial Germany‚ and Imperial Austria. The main premise of his study is
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Thomas Edison’s contributions to society through the science of electricity are undeniable and extremely significant. However‚ in the competition between his promoted DC electricity and George Westinghouse’s AC electricity‚ Edison employed some seemingly questionable motives in an attempt to succeed in the three-fold motive; enhance his reputation as a leading scientist‚ reap the profits that would come‚ and protect his established reputation which would be ‘dented’ by losing. Edison’s reputation
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Your assignment is to pretend you are a modern Sir Thomas More in the United States of America. Just as Sir Thomas More highlighted problems with European societies in Book I of Utopia‚ you are to discuss current problems with American society today. Remember that More discussed unfair punishment for crime‚ a corrupt socio-economic system‚ the greediness of kings‚ and distrust in technology. He also closely analyzed the corruption of advisors to the king. These were all significant problems in 16th
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Thomas Putnam plays a major role in the Salem witch hunt in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Inheriting a handsome amount of property makes Putnam a wealthy person; however‚ it doesn’t seem to satisfy his ambition. After the town terribly rejected Putnam’s brother-in-law‚ Bayley‚ Putnam’s bitterness has increased. Finally his prodigious involvement in the relentless accusations places him in the center of the spot light‚ making him a salient character in both the play and the
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The Tragedy of Madame Bovary Madame Bovary is both a product of and a commentary on life in 19th century France. Gustav Flaubert’s wrote the novel in a realistic style‚ which was then the major movement in art and literature. This technique‚ which allowed him to honestly portray the nature of provincial life‚ was the perfect medium to showcase his opinion of the bourgeoisie and their preoccupations. He used mostly his main character‚ Emma Bovary‚ to show that the corrupt values of the middle
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Thomas Jefferson and His Effect on America Thomas Jefferson possessed one of the greatest leading minds of colonial America. Literate in political theory‚ scientific farming‚ natural history‚ and architecture‚ Thomas Jefferson personified the optimistic spirit of Enlightenment thinking. Thomas Jefferson proved to be one of the major forces in the founding and developing of America. When Jefferson became the third President of the United States‚ he immediately made an impact on the lives of average
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In Tess of the d ’Urbervilles‚ Thomas Hardy has directly satirized nature. This novel revealed the tragedy of common people’s destiny and flayed hypocritical gentlemen and morals. In this novel‚ Hardy demonstrated his deep sense of moral sympathy for England ’s lower classes‚ particularly for women. He succeeded in portraying an artistic image –a village girl with kindness‚ tenderness and amorousness. The novel‚ which indicated the tendency of anti-religious sentiments‚ against feudal morality and
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Case Brief Assignment: Thomas verses Thomas FACTS: Drew Thomas started working at Thomas Motors for his father‚ Ron Thomas‚ in the fall of 1997. Drew was a salesperson of new and used cars at Lanny Berg Chevrolet in Caldwell‚ Idaho about eight years ago. During the summer of 1997‚ his father Ron offered him to work at Ron’s new-purchased car dealership. Drew states before he accepted his father’s offer‚ besides the salary‚ his father also promised him to give Thomas Motors to him after Ron’s retirement
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