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    Physical Society‚ American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society. Dr. Joseph S. Francisco‚ University of Nebraska –Lincoln An environmental scientist is; a scientist whose specialty is environmental science. Environmental science is defined as a branch of biology focused on the study of the

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    For some people‚ there is a call to rise. An ambition—a competition—is planted in them‚ and they dream of influence. These are the people who become rulers‚ who lead the way of nations‚ who bend circumstance under their will. Julius Caesar certainly is an example: his presumption towards bravery holds the nation beneath his grip. He fears no bad omens‚ and even signs of death do not scare him. He tells his wife just hours before his assassination: “Cowards die many times before their deaths; The

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    During the 1950s‚ McCarthyism arose as paranoia about communism in the United States. McCarthyism‚ after Senator Joseph McCarthy is a term used to describe the composition of disloyalty‚ subversion‚ or treason without felicitously appropriate regard for evidence. McCarthyism arose after World War 2‚ when Americans commenced to be very scared that communists were endeavoring to surmount the country. Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible because he wanted to connect the situation of the Salem witch tribulations

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    Everybody has an aim in life. Aim or ambition is the inner desire of man. No man can do anything in the world if his aim is not fixed. So‚ all of us should be very clear about our aim in life. We may face many difficulties in reaching our desired target‚ but we have to go ahead at any cost. Ambitiousness is a dynamic make. Desire is your psychical susceptibleness to apply your knowledge‚ surround‚ relationships‚ and personality to accomplish happiness. What is felicity? Compartment that can only

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    Joseph-Louis Lagrange Joseph-Louis Lagrange was born on January 25‚ 1736 in Turin‚ Sardinia-Piedmont (which is now known as Italy). He studied at the College of Turin where his favorite subject was classic Latin. After reading Halley’s 1693 work on the use of algebra in optics Lagrange became very interested in mathematics and astronomy. Unfortunately for Lagrange he did not have the benefit of studying with the leading mathematicians‚ so he became self-motivated and was self-taught. Then in

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    President Joseph Jobrani’s numbers had been sliding in the polls for a second consecutive year. He had to do something to stop his increasing unpopularity. After the glory of winning a historic and improbable election‚ things had gone south. Not only was Joseph Jobrani the first president of Middle Eastern descent‚ no one outside of his friends foresaw him beating a very powerful superdelegate from Missouri with very powerful friends no less. He had to fight an up-hill battle from the beginning

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    Joseph Stalin’s Genocide: 50 Million Deaths From 1919 to 1953 when Stalin died about 50 million lives were taken in the Gulags of Russia (“Videofact”). In total there were 53 Gulags and 423 labor camps (“Gulag”).  Stalin was considered one of the most feared dictators because of his secret police and the Gulags. During a series of interviews in 1996‚ a Soviet veteran who lived in Minsk claimed to have seen a U.S. POW in May or June 1953. The POW was a Korean War F-86D pilot whose plane had been

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    way into hell. Through these beliefs and virtues Franklin created a plan to achieve moral perfection. Although finding the task somewhat more difficult than he first imagined he stayed with his convictions and deduced thirteen virtues to improve upon and follow. These virtues were: order‚ silence‚ temperance‚ resolution‚ frugality‚ industry‚ cleanliness‚ tranquility‚ chastity and humility. Now how did he come up with the virtues and what did the virtues consist of? After concocting this ingenious

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    If we are asked to think about the cruelest leader in history‚ the first person to pop into our head would probably be Adolf Hitler. He is an obvious choice‚ having killed about 11 million noncombatants. However‚ the actions of Joseph Stalin are comparable and maybe even worse than Hitler. Stalin‚ leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics‚ or the Soviet Union for short‚ was responsible for 7-8 million deaths of his own country’s citizens. There were social‚ economic‚ and cultural influences

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    deal with the situation. They didn’t want another world war‚ but they had to do something. The more people that converted to Nazism‚ the harder it was going to be to stop Germany. The man in charge of all the anti-Semitic propaganda at the time was Joseph Goebbels. Goebbels was responsible for the dehumanization of millions of Jews in the 1930s to 1940s. Once he accomplished this‚ the elimination of Jews didn’t seem like murder at all to the people he brainwashed. Joesph Goebbels discovered Nazism

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