The greatest devastation resulted from the fires that quickly followed the quake. The initial tremors destroyed the city’s water mains‚ leaving firefighters with no means of combating the growing blaze‚ which burned for several days and consumed much of the city. The earthquake occurred at 5:13 a.m. local time‚ with its epicenter offshore of San Francisco‚ which then had a population of approximately 400‚000 people. The massive main temblor‚ having a 7.7–7.9 magnitude‚ lasted about one minute
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In 1968 through 1969 a serial killer known as The Zodiac committed five murders in the San Francisco‚ California area. The Zodiac first murder was in 1966 the victims name was Cheri Jo Bates. Bates was killed outside her schools library‚ when the police arrived they found a man’s watch at the scene. In 1968 The Zodiac struck again this time shooting a teenage couple in Vallejo‚ California. The victims were David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen. In 1969 Zodiac attacked another young couple‚ Mike Mageau
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Catherine of Russia where he meets Mary‚ a mysterious woman who performs magical surgery on him with her hands‚ enabling him for the first time to feel and‚ as a result‚ to love. At first this new ability drives him mad‚ and he is submitted to the infamous torments of Bethlehem Hospital. He gradually recovers‚ but his new sensitivity has disrupted his identity as a surgeon. He performs one last operation‚ saving the life of a Negro wrestler by opening his chest and massaging his heart. His own death
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The opening lines‚ like the typical laws back in that time period‚ are ambiguous‚ contradictory‚ confusing‚ and illogical. A good example would be the literacy tests administered to potential black voters back in the 1890s up until the 1960s. The infamous Louisiana literacy test of the 1960s effectively barred blacks from voting because of its ridiculously difficult and absurd questions that often defied logic and coherence. Gaines’ use of antithesis from the very outset of the novel immediately presents
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Tea Act was completely unwarranted and uncalled for‚ so it was understandable for the colonists to be upset. As a result of the act‚ the colonists began to rebel by refusing to buy British tea. The boycotting of the Tea Act was what sparked the infamous Boston Tea Party of 1773‚ where the Sons of Liberty threw the contents of 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor in protest. On December 17th‚ 1773‚ John Adams wrote in a journal entry‚ "The destruction of tea must have such important and
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What if Narrative Where would the world stand today without birth control? What would the change be…? There is no doubt birth control has worked many favors for unprepared parenthood. It’s a secure way to insure no “accidents” happen- birth control also shows responsibility but then again the more birth control there is the less condoms are used and people just forget about the consequences to not using protection. In my opinion the positives without birth control would be less STD’s such as HIV/AIDS
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such that he was content during fair weather‚ able to work outside on paintings and sketches but it was during times of poor weather that he was most disagreeable. Ultimately‚ it was during the winter of 1888 that his instability struck its most infamous note when on December 23rd‚ after a reported argument with his dear friend and contemporary‚ Paul Gauguin‚ Van Gogh sliced off part of his left ear with a razor. Van Gogh is well known for his usage of colors and shades to bring out a feeling
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BIOGRAPHY -OF -OSCAR WILDE: Born on October 16‚ 1854 in Dublin‚ Irish writer Oscar Wilde is best known for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the play The Importance of Being Earnest‚ as well as for his infamous arrest and imprisonment for being gay. Early Life Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on October 16‚ 1854 in Dublin‚ Ireland. His father‚ William Wilde‚ was an acclaimed doctor who was knighted for his work as medical advisor for the Irish censuses. William Wilde later
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It’s September 2‚ 1945. The allies are making pushes against the Axis and are getting closer to Nazi Germany. Hitler is supposedly dead and Japan has suffered two atomic bombs. The Axis side has surrendered to the Allies and the war is won. There is still questions though about the war. What started the war? How did America get involved? How did the War End? What Started World War II? The war was thought to have started with Germany attacking poland. “When Germany entered the western portion of
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photographer who takes pictures of what is going on in his town‚ crime‚ drugs‚ gang violence‚ etc. He wants to become to the most famous photographer in the world. The other young man is named Ze Pequeno‚ he is a drug dealer‚ who tries to become the infamous drug dealer in Rio de Janeiro. It shows how Ze Pequeno a drug crime lord will anything to let people know that no one will stand in his way. It takes place in the 1970’s. Both of the young men will do anything to tell the world about their life.
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