curiosity into something worthwhile—but that I must first be sworn to secrecy. I was dubious‚ nervous‚ and excited. Okay. Okay. This is peculiar right? I’m not from Hogwarts‚ I’m not some top-secret CIA operative—I’m just a girl from a suburb of Philadelphia... right? And what did "JTOP" even do? That question cannot be answered so easily. JTOP was a chance for bright kids who love learning…to explore. Every meeting‚ every task‚ every debate felt like a new adventure. One day Maggie came home
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connection with the settlement‚ promising to monitor future promotional activity and report back regularly to the government. Merck joins Pfizer and most other major drug companies in settling long investigations with prosecutors. In April 2010‚ the Philadelphia Inquirer issued an article titled‚ “High court rules with investors in lawsuit against Merck‚” discussing the lawsuit against Merck by their investors stating that Merck downplayed the risks involved of Vioxx‚ which ultimately cost them billions
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Yellow fever killed over 5‚000 people in Philadelphia in 1793. Yellow fever is a highly contagious fever that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Some symptoms of yellow fever include an onset of fever‚ chills‚ severe headache‚ nausea‚ fatigue‚ weakness‚ and vomiting. Treatment of yellow fever in the 1700’s included bloodletting‚ herbs‚ other material treatments‚ and also simply doing nothing. In Fever 1793‚ Laurie Halse Anderson alters history‚ but maintains some historical accuracy. The setting of the
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team when he departed for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1979‚ and led them to the World Series in 1980. In 1989‚ The Dowd Report (which harshly criticized Rose for gambling) was a shock. That a player who was so intent on winning and would do whatever it took to help his team to win‚ would break the major sin of baseball in gambling on baseball was an idea I could not have ever thought possible. A year later Michael Sokolove‚ who was a former writer at the Philadelphia Daily newspaper‚ wrote what
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illegal. In early America‚ people all had to have a place in society and runaways did not fit in anywhere. Regardless Ben took a boat to New York where he hoped to find work as a printer. He didn’t‚ and walked across New Jersey‚ finally arriving in Philadelphia via a boat ride. After debarking‚ he used the last of his money to buy some rolls. He was wet‚ disheveled‚ and messy when his future wife‚ Deborah Read‚ saw him on that day‚ October‚ 6‚ 1723. She thought him odd-looking‚ never dreaming that seven
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Companies use many methods of attracting new potential customers. Manipulative‚ pushy‚ and creative are only some of the ways businesses try and persuade people. Companies spend millions of dollars trying to get your hard earned dollars. Some of the main approaches they use are described as testimonial‚ name-calling‚ and plain folks techniques. Persuasion techniques or propaganda as it is simply put is the method companies use to attract mainstream citizens into buying a product or taking a particular
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more than just a few people. One of Beard’s main critics of the 20th century is a man named Forrest McDonald. McDonald uses his study of the voting habits and financial and economic concerns of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to prove that their motives were not financial-based. He asserts that the majority of the delegates who had public securities were Antifederalists. He concludes his study by saying‚ “Anyone wishing to rewrite the history of those
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Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://espn.go.com/nba/team/roster/_/name/bkn/tornto-raptors>. * "New York Knicks Roster 2012" Players in the NBA. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://espn.go.com/nba/team/roster/_/name/bkn/new-york-knicks>. * "Philadelphia 76’ers Roster 2012" Players in the NBA. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://espn.go.com/nba/team/roster/_/name/bkn/philly-76ers>. * "Players." NBA. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players>.
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will look to Jonas Gustavsson in goal this evening‚ who is 0-2 with a 3.03 goals-against average and .891 save percentage in his last two outings - a lose to the New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres. Minnesota‚ meanwhile‚ played Tuesday night in Philadelphia and was dealt a 5-1 setback by the Flyers‚ who went 2-for-6 on the power play and outshot the Wild‚ 34-26.
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reputation was unfairly tarnished by that season. He went into free agency and signed with Memphis Grizzlies; it only lasted three games and it looked like the end for Iverson. A month later though things were looking good as Iverson came back to the Philadelphia 76ers. He was happy and it was a good situation; he was playing a very team-oriented game shooting only 11 shots per game and running a Princeton Offense. Bottom of Form This all stopped when his daughter came down with an illness and he left
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