Gertrude B. Elion: Why Is She Important? It was the day Gertrude Belle Elion would share the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology with George H. Hitchings‚ a medical doctor she assisted. It was their use of innovative methods for developing drugs that people recognized as an important discovery. Elion is an American biochemist and pharmacologist. Elion’s goal was to alleviate‚ meaning to make less severe‚ human suffering from illnesses. Other than the individual drugs she discovered‚ she also developed
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History Term PaperThe Civil War‚ also known as‚ "The War Between the States" ‚ was necessary‚ made many positive steps for the great nation to unify again and to incorporate slaves as citizens of that nation. The South refused to compromise about slavery and they decided to create their own establishment‚ The Confederate States of America. President Abraham Lincoln ’s goal coming into the war was to unify all the states and to relieve African-Americans (World Book). I agree with both of those statements
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Why the ratification of the constitution was a good thing The Constitution of the United States is one of the first written constitutions and one of the ‘oldest’ to have been made on the national level and applicable today. It was developed and adopted by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in May and September‚ 1787. The Constitution of 1787 followed the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4‚ 1776. The U.S. Declaration of Independence‚ as the
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(Coltrane‚ 2002‚ p.1). This denotes a question of validity and reliability with assessment. The positive and negative effects for ELLs may result on the heightened emphasis on high-stakes testing because their assessments are meant to raise the standards for learning; however‚ the disadvantage is that most of these high-stakes tests are only offered in English. When ELLs do not have access to the assessment due to their lack of language‚ it is hard to determine what is truly being tested; the content
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1. Was Amber’s suggestion that Jerome considers resigning appropriate? Why or why not? I do not believe that Amber’s suggestions to Jerome in resigning were appropriate. She was influencing him to resign indirectly by her suggestions. When Jerome asked what she expected him to do‚ she could have maybe said “think about or let me know what your plans are in going forward?” With amber stating that that he will not be supported by herself and the director‚ she was already letting Jerome aware that even
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Roman Kingdom was found by Romulus. Remus was killed by his own brother Remus. SPQR: SENATUS POPULUSQUE RPMANUS which means “The senate and the People of Rome” it was one of the Mottos of Rome which laid the foundation of the great republic. Some advocates in favor of the stabbing 23 times of Gaius Julius Caesar by the Senate members of Rome‚ like one of the renowned name in the English literature Shakespeare; according to him it was important to kill Julius Caesar because he was destroying the
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Hawaii was important to the United States for its military potential‚ as well as many economic reasons such as its rich agrarian industry. Without Hawaii‚ the United States would have had to negotiate more for navy bases from which it could launch aquatic assaults on the Axis Powers and Japan. This significantly increased our participation in World War II‚ while decreasing our debt to other nations for allowing us to use their ports. The first settlers of the islands were probably Polynesians from
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Was Addie Bundren’s death tragic? She concurred with her father that "the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time." For her personal self‚ her death was freedom; freedom from a life of toil‚ a shiftless husband‚ and children she did not love (except for‚ of course‚ her Jewel). In this light‚ her death was a blessing. However‚ her death is tragic in that it acts as a violent catalyst in the family‚ speeding up events that were probably inevitable; in death‚ Addie is far more powerful
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John F Kennedy was very hesitant in the issue of Civil Rights. Kennedy’s main issue was if he helped African Americans‚ then he would lose white supporters. Many people remember Kennedy for his crucial part in the space program and his assassination‚ but few people remember his role in the advancement of equality and the desegregation of the schools. Despite the fact the Kennedy was hesitant to act he did however support The Civil Rights legislation. Despite supporting the Civil Rights movement
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health system had lost a total of $176 million (“UCSF-Stanford Merger‚” n.d.). The first part of this paper will address reasons why the two institutions decided to pursue the merger by looking through the theoretical lens of bounded rationality‚ prospect theory and resource dependence theory (RDT). The second half of the paper will purpose reasons why the merger was unsuccessful by considering key concepts in organizational behavior such as power and culture. The threatening and uncertain fiscal
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