Unlike most minerals, which turn into dust particles when crushed, asbestos breaks up into fine fibers that are too small to be seen by the human eye. ... After being broken up into tiny pieces, asbestos can become air-born and is easily inhaled. ... In most products, asbestos is combined with a binding material so that it is not readily released into the air (Asbestos 1). ... When asbestos fibers are in the air, people may inhale them. ... Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer which most often occurs in the thin membrane lining of the lungs, chest, abdomen, and (rarely) heart. ...

• Word Count: 1967
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Or is it the place where you were born at but what if you were in mid air in an airplane? ... Our argument lasted for about fifteen minutes because she felt she had a legit reason to put me into the Vietnamese category. And I asked her what category that she put herself into, she told me that she is an American. ... She responded with, "Most of them have slanted eyes, jet black hair and thin lips." ... He didn't really fit into neither of the categories or should I say he was half way into both of them but not quite there all the way. ...

• Word Count: 1257
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• Grade Level: High School

This program will build on the technical progress of already existing missile systems, integrate land, air and seas based platforms, and employ more realistic scenarios and countermeasures against enemy missiles. ... September 11th also put fear into the air travel business, both commercial and private jets. ... The U.S did help to set up the new Israeli government and now it is on thin ice. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Twenty four to thirty two families were packed inside these six to eight storey structures, often referred to as dumbbell buildings due to the air shaft between the buildings that made them look like dumbbells from above. ... They had no privacy as the walls were thin as well. ... Almost all were bending their energies to get into business or to acquire an education so that they could afford themselves the opportunity for some other calling than that of the wage worker. ...

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It is described as: A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air . ... More specifically, they illustrate society and how what was once a pure and honest vision for success quickly turned into greed and selfishness. ... To get to West Egg one must travel through the valley, a journey that Gatsby ventured every time he drove into the city. ... It was: A colossal affair by a...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

(Outlaw 3) Once the purified Uranium reached New Mexico, it was made into the components of a gun-type atomic weapon. ... (Grolier 5) "It was originally nicknamed 'Thin Man'(after Roosevelt, but later renamed 'Little Boy' (for nobody) when technical changes shortened the proposed gun barrel."... "This led to the construction of five large reactors at Hanford, Wash., where U-238 was irradiated with neutrons and transmuted into plutonium... "To overcome this so-called 'defect of nature, ' the plutonium had to be brought into a supercritical mass far ...

• Word Count: 1690
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• Grade Level: High School

It comes in many forms, such as air pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, and many others. ... When it rains, the DDT can be washed into a nearby stream, which feeds into a big river and then into the ocean. ... There were more eggs in the nest than usual, and the eggs also had thin shells. ...

• Word Count: 2382
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: High School