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- 391: Creative Story: In Short
- ... even more just to soften the constant hangover. The hearing were probably the worst part of whole ordeal. Three weeks of being put in the spotlight. Every inch of my life was put under a big magnifying glass. Every mistake I made in the last fourteen years was read bunch of know-nothings who sit and pretend to run a hospital. The mistakes weren't very frequent, at least, not until I started to drink. I suppose you want to know the reason I started to drink. Well, I mess up big time during a triple bypass and killed a patient. That's when the drinking started and the drinking lead to the death of another patient. Now I drink even more and remember even less which ... me, sort of. I scare them I suppose. They're afraid they might catch me when I'm to drunk to work properly. But now things are different. About three weeks ago I had a big wake-up call. I was sitting in my normal Sunday drunken stupor when a man was brought in to my office. This man had been seriously injured by gun shot wounds. Apparently he had ...
- 392: Creative Story: Lobito
- ... Well the best place to start would be by describing his way of fighting with other dogs. He's straight out of one of those movies where there saying “ hold me back”. No matter how big the dog is he will challenge him. This would be great if he actually followed through with his threat but he doesn't. He has this funny habit that when were holding him back from ... s upset with us. He'll put us on ignore mode for the rest of the day. If this happens we don't even bother calling out his name because he'll never come. Another big part of his jealousy act is when someone brings a baby into the house. He starts the biggest and loudest barking his lungs will permit. We actually have to lock him in a room due ... Well the best place to start would be by describing his way of fighting with other dogs. He's straight out of one of those movies where there saying “ hold me back”. No matter how big the dog is he will challenge him. This would be great if he actually followed through with his threat but he doesn't. He has this funny habit that when were holding him back ...
- 393: Why Exercise is Important
- ... and knowing what exercising is going to do for you 40 or 50 years from now, let’s take a look at what it’s going to do for us immediately. First, exercise is real big on fighting off bugs. In a series of studies* targeting the immune system’s capacity to respond to bacterium, David Nieman, Ph.D., a professor of health and exercise at Appalachian State University in Boone ... the metabolic state of highly trained athletes for more than 12 hours afterward. So what does this mean for the majority of us that are not “highly trained athletes?” Well, the end result isn’t big, Melby points out, but it does exist. Your metabolic rate stays elevated for about an hour after you exercise. So the more you work out and become fitter, the longer your metabolic rate will stay ... Research seems to indicate that soup has the ability to turnoff the appetite with far fewer calories than many other foods. Also, most of soup's calories comes from carbohydrates rather than fats. 3. Go big on fiber. Fibrous foods provide mouthfuls that must be chewed thoroughly. It's a natural way to slow down eating, and eating slower means eating less. 4. Get out! If you've got the ...
- 394: Nat King Col
- ... of Nat. Moving to Chicago was the first step in Nat’s rise to fame, the place where the foundation of a jazz superstar would be built. As a child, Nat dreamed to be a big band leader and soloist in the tradition of his idol, Earl "Fatha" Hines. By twelve years old, Nat was already playing the organ at church, amazing for such a young man only trained by his ... as part of his brother Eddie’s band, the Solid Swingers; however, his time with the band would not last. Later in 1936, Nat left Chicago for Los Angeles, where he would eventually land his big break. In Los Angeles, Nat joined a Eubie Blake’s revival of "Shuffle Along", in 1936. Here he worked with a dancer Nadine Robinson, who would later become his future wife. Nat continued his role ... for a two-week run, Lewis extended the Trio’s contract for six months, starting the initial run of one of jazz music’s greatest groups. In September 1937 the Trio made took the next big step on the path to stardom, they made their first studio recording. The company was Standard Transcriptions and the Trio made 16-inch discs for them. These disks however, were for radio rather than ...
- 395: The Short Board
- ... somebody decided to come up with a shorter more fun board. They called it the short board. It became very popular and won the hearts of many dedicated surfers. The short board first made its big impact in the mid 60’s. David Nuuhiwa was the one of the first men to ride a short board in the US. He was at the Huntington Beach Pier, when one summer, board officials ... He teamed up with a guy by the name of Steve Lis, and made the first short board design in the US. They called it the “Fish.” When the short board first started to become big, there was a big rejection from many surfers. Most of the older surfers refused to convert from the long board. This is because of all the extra paddling and movement required for the short board. The newer younger ...
- 396: Sixteen Most Significant Events in US History between 1789 to 1975
- ... the consumer at the mercy of the large corporations which controlled the prices of their commodities. While the act was the first significant piece of legislation aimed at regulating the economy and placing controls over big business, its wording was vague, enforcement was not very vigorous, and lawyers for the corporations found loopholes in the law and various ways of avoiding its provisions. However, by the end of the century, the ... constituted a monopoly and how the government was to proceed in breaking up monopolies. In addition, the Cleveland and McKinley administrations in the 1890's showed little interest in enforcing the legislation. The attack against big business had failed and the opponents of monopolies would have to wait until next century to renew the effort. Conversely, the war had the immediate impact of preserving the Union and dealing a death blow ... allowing all people to enjoy the rewards of industrialism, improving city life, ending political corruption, and strengthening labor laws. It was a rejection of the laissez-faire policy of the government which seemed to support big business at the expense of the worker. Progressivism was one of the most important reform movements in America and had a tremendous impact on this period in history. Economically, the Progressives were successful in ...
- 397: The Movie Bugsy
- ... world war was in the back of everyone’s mind. In the middle of all this madness the daily trials of being American were harder than the easier times of today. Benjamin Seigal was a big part of the mob. He was the mastermind behind the great town of Las Vegas. His borderline genius was shown throughout the movie, as well as his borderline madness. Ben Seigal aka bugsy was confronted ... background. Air conditioning was in its early stages of development. Today I don’t think anyone would patronize a place of business that did not have air conditioning. The cars on the streets were all big bulky machines of the times. Large Fords, Chevys, and Cadillacs filled the streets. The majority were black, the most typical color during the 40’s. Currently you see so many different colors it is hard ... In 1991 the six million dollars that was invested yielded one hundred BILLION dollars. On the other hand he bought a home from a famous opera singer and paid twice the value. He wasn’t big on money and could care less about material things. Ben Seigal was portrayed in this movie as the typical mafia family man. He loved his wife but couldn’t keep his hands off the ...
- 398: Comparison Of 1984 And The Cry
- ... radical religious views of the people of Waknuk. Most people in Waknuk have been ‘brainwashed’ by Christianity in the same way many people in Great Britain in 1984 have been ‘brainwashed’ by the party and Big Brother. Each use repetitive slogans, in 1984 such slogans as: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” are used and more subtly in Christianity in the form of prays and commandments. The Party and Christians each worship a figure, Big Brother and God respectively, neither people can be completely sure of there presence but convince themselves that they exist nevertheless. The power lies with the Party in 1984 but lies with the church in Waknuk ... is constantly trying to be met. In Waknuk this ideal is to “fight unceasingly against the evils that tribulation loosed upon [Waknuk]” while in 1984 it is to have a society totally under control by Big Brother. In both societies there are those who refuse to conform. Uncle Axcel represents this in the Crysalids and Winston represents this in 1984. The Crysalids is set in the future. But society has ...
- 399: Adolf Hitler
- ... was here that his disliking of the Jews most likely began. Germany after the war was in chaos. With no real Government to control the country, many groups tried to take control. One day a big communist group staged a big riot but another group of ex-soldiers including Hitler managed to hold them back. THE NAZI PARTY Since there were not many chances for employment Hitler stayed in the army. Hitler was assigned the job ... race from the European continent. It is interesting to look and see how a small time boy from Austria with no education, money or political background could become within a few years the leader of big nation such as Germany. Historians believe that Hitler saw a great opportunity to get his views across to the German people who have lost all hope. Of course people did not start to support ...
- 400: The Chlorine Debate: How White Do You Want It?
- ... Jack Weinburg, a spokesperson for Greenpeace's Chlorine Campaign. "Traditionally, we have looked at chemicals as being innocent until proven guilty. We need to change that approach." (Greenpeace 94) Industry warns that it is a big mistake not to distinguish among chlorinated compounds because the mere presence of chlorine does not render a compound carcinogenic or harmful. "Regulations should target specific substances whose environmental harm has already been demonstrated through rigorous ... then starts making generalizations about the causes and the effects of the problem, this not only causes a public outcry for an answer to the problem, but also a united defense put up by the big companies in question. This could be taken as a sign that they have something to hide, but that is not very likely. In the titanic struggle over chlorine's future, industry is clearly on the ... final arbiter on the issue, it has begun to shift its own public relations machine into gear. The Chemical Manufacturers Association has established the Chlorine Chemistry Counsel, which has a multi-million dollar budget, while big chemical companies such as Dow Chemical have created full-time positions with names like "Director of Chlorine Issues," "We need to offer the public a different view of chlorine chemistry than the one the ...
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