The idea of genetically modified plants and food has stirred both questions and concerns from both sides of the issue. ... A common technique used is called the Bt technique. ... Using the principles of the genetic code it is possible to construct a complementary DNA sequence called and oligonucleotide using an automated DNA synthesizers. ... It is possible, however, that the gene may enter a wild strain of cotton may and this would increase the survival chances of the cotton in the wild. ... This issue has also raised the question of whether people should be able to patent life forms. ...

• Word Count: 1273
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The Neanderthal were the first humans to live in Ice Age conditions, surviving by hunting the largest and most formidable Pleistocene mammals--the mammoth, wooly rhinoceros, and wild cattle. ... These artists' reconstructions depict the rugged hunting life of the ice-age Europeans of our species [often called Cro-Magnon after an early discovery site in France]. ...

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The answer to this question is no one. ... This misinterpretation of the Native American government led to the belief that the Native Americans ran around wild and lawless without any sense of laws, and led to the expression, "acting like a bunch of wild Indians."" ... Because of these physical differences, and well as the differences in heritages, Europeans began refereeing to all Native Americans as one people and called them names such as "red-skin- or "red race."" ... This process was called assimilation. ...

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The Act also provides protection, in what it calls the "national interest" (Public Law 96-487 Title I-d), for the scenic, natural, cultural and environmental values of the public lands of Alaska, the Refuge falling under the broad term of public lands. ... It is also in the migratory pattern, and home to the coastal plain (the same coastal plain in question for development for oil drilling) where birthing occurs, of a 120,000 member Porcupine caribou herd, and is occasionally used by another caribou herd. ... The Refuge also has more than twenty rivers flowing within its borders, with three (...

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This does not even include the impact that the constant exposure to humans has on the so-called wild animals. ... The call for change in the tourism industry is not just a call for change among large corporations in the industry. Instead, the call for change is also to tourist themselves. ... If you begin to ask these questions before you take your holiday, you are well on your way to becoming a responsible tourist. ...

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If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you share with most Americans an appreciation for (if not a fascination with) celebrities. ... We strive to find affordable replicas of the ridiculously priced designer clothing celebrities flaunt, and drool over the mansions they call home when they're not on exotic vacations or at movie premieres. ... And the nightly TV lineup is chock-full of "News Updates, " "Special Reports, " and "Inside Exclusives " about the wild antics or good deeds, tragic downfalls or rising popularity, ongoing crackups or latest "recovery ", and newest lov...

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The main motif of the story is the unreliable narrator, with the testimonies from each witness repeatedly called into question. ... Sontag calls photographs "incontrovertible" in a way that an account cannot be, as the photograph was recorded by a more objective source: a camera. ... The different stories portray the other characters in very harsh light, and with wild disparity between all of their accounts, the depravity of humanity is further explored. ... These questions are unimportant. ... The viewer is supposed to have their ideas thrown into question after watching this film...

• Word Count: 1710
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If given the choice of saving the life of one man or thousands of men, the average rational citizen would likely choose to save the life of thousands without over-thinking the question. ... If cost-benefit analysis and utilitarian calculus is so pervasive that it is even drawn from our psychological biology, and can be found in the very confines of the wild, this of course then shirks the argument that aggression in the form of "torture" can be considered "inhumane.... Another factor to take into account when considering the acceptability of torture practices is the so-called &q...

• Word Count: 1327
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If given the choice of saving the life of one man or thousands of men, the average rational citizen would likely choose to save the life of thousands without over-thinking the question. ... If cost-benefit analysis and utilitarian calculus is so pervasive that it is even drawn from our psychological biology, and can be found in the very confines of the wild, this of course then shirks the argument that aggression in the form of "torture" can be considered "inhumane.... Another factor to take into account when considering the acceptability of torture practices is the so-called &q...

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Fear of communism, nuclear war, the future, and of all things considered unknown, unusual or untraditional ran wild throughout the United States as the Eisenhower administration worked tirelessly to address the hysterical concerns of his constituents, doing so masterfully. ... The biggest question on everyone's mind as the Cold war threat progressed was rather simple: "Who will strike first?... Outlining the facts of nuclear war the diagram concludes in large lettering: "RESULT: A growing question whether a policy of receiving the first blow may be the best one". ... Fe...

• Word Count: 1296
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In the first five year plan the peasants joined together to make collectives, in the GLF Mao wanted to do the same but on a bigger scale and made communes and they called this process collectivisation. ... The whole Chinese population was called on to end the menace of sparrows and other wild birds which ate crop seeds. ... From Michael Lynch's 'The People's Republic of China Since 1949' Chapter 3 and Josh Brooman's 'China since 1900' and Ben Walsh's 'Mao's China 1930-76' we can conclude that overall, in answer to this question the Gre...

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These two concluding lines of Shakespeare's play, "The Taming of the Shrew", summarize each side of the question we are left to answer as the play closes; whether or not Petruchio has succeeded in taming Katharina. ... Petruchio states, "For I am he born to tame you Kate, and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate comfortable as other household Kates " (Shakespeare Act II, Scene I). ... Critic Ruth Nevo wrote, "The man she has married has humor and high spirits, intuition, patience, self-command, and masterful intelligence; and there is more than merely a homily for Elizabethan wives in ...

• Word Count: 1637
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She is reprimanded for entering a white car by the conductor who, despite her elegant and dignified appearance, calls her "gal" and causes her to react with a bedazzling smile (Morrison 20). ... He stands in line for nearly a week hoping for the chance to work a masculine road building job, "real work" as he calls it, instead of the waiter position he currently holds (81). ... Nel grew up courteous and obedient, all enthusiasms have been quieted by Helene, whereas Nel is wild and nonconformist, a product of the household that reared her. ... Sula challenges traditional notions of good versus e...

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The more waste we generate, the more we have to dispose of (Wild rose, 2010) the term "disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid wastes, hazardous wastes, or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters, from community activities (US Law-Solid Waste Act 2, 1999). ... Unless the future proves that our society can manage waste better than in the past, public opposition will co...

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Foot and Mouth Disease is a highly contagious viral disease that affects domesticated and wild cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, deer and camelids. ... This unsatisfied demand creates consumers that are willing to pay a higher price for the products in question. ... In the examination of the steps taken towards re-establishing the equilibrium of the supply and demand model we will focus primarily on Australia, however, it should be noted that other major suppliers of the products in question are also playing their economical part. ...

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It is a wild and unpleasant story of a man's capacity for evil and the peculiar manifestation of it. ... Set in the palaces and boardrooms of Europe and in the villages of central Africa, it tells the story of the tragedy that took place during Leopold's so called rule, a tragedy that is so familiar to African-Americans, being told of our African brothers residing in the homeland. ... In the introduction I stated that Morel was the character that I considered to be the hero of this story, now the main question behind that would be, why? ... I won't even ask this next question, b...

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Sometimes his mouth would appear as if it was melting off his face drooping down to the floor like lank scarf, and at other times his eyes would look manically wild and open, as big as saucers, reflecting his agitated, paranoid state of extreme exhaustion. ... It was almost as if he had found out that his name wasn't Paul, that he had believed it all the time, and thought he had told people that was his name, and that they called him and he answered by that name, but that it was actually Jonathan, or something. ... He considered for a few second whether he was the soul or spirit of himsel...

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After a year he went to England, where he became a master printer, sowed some wild oats, amazed the locals with his swimming feats, and lived among inspiring writers of London. ... In the Pennsylvania Gazette, a citizen asked editor Franklin the following question: "If A found out that his neighbor B was sleeping with his wife, was he justified in telling B's wife, and persuading her to seek a little revenge with A?" ... Civic Leader & Scientist In 1727, Franklin began his career as a civic leader by organizing a club of aspiring tradesmen called the Junto. ...

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Indians did not live in the idyllic harmony with nature that has been so rapturously portrayed by the more romantic environmentalists who question the direction of modern life and call for a new environmental ethic. ... The National Park Service Organic Act establishes the fundamental purpose of the agency, which is: "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." ...

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Furthermore, obviously, numerous spent their evil gotten picks up on betting, prize battles and wild living. ... The way that agriculturists needed to pay rent, and that workers required work if they somehow managed to encourage their families, was the germ of another monetary framework - what we now call private enterprise. ... I could call my own, and to measure and measure and evaluate them properly. ...

• Word Count: 1988
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They questioned laissez faire and Social Darwinism, and believed that government, with influence from Progressives, could make positive and powerful reforms. ... Worst of all, the federal government refrained from regulating wild speculation, and pursued easy credit policies. ... Roosevelt entered the Presidency, his new mission, which he called the New Deal, was one of "reform, revive, (and) relief" (Orr 10/17/02). ...

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The things that live out in the wild are paying the price for it. ... The answer to most of these questions is not known by everyone. ... That threat is a disease called white-nosed syndrome, a disease that currently is affecting a potentially serious number of bats in the northeastern United States and possibly in Canada and even Europe. any thousands of bats have already died and others are sure to suffer a similar fate. ...

• Word Count: 1999
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate