Another famous author with a large cult following is Stephen King.29 His works have gained a great audience not because of their characters or stories, but because of King himself. King's readers are fascinated by the mind that can produce such horrifying stories, and they see him as a sort of preternatural being. Many movies and books have been devoted to this "king of horror."30 Both of these authors, Rice and King, along with other writers, journalists, and novelists, serve to bring the supernatural to their fans and unite them under its banner. As observed by King, "one touc...

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Natural gas plays a formidable role in the world's clean energy future (King, 2012). ... The whole process is done once the rock achieves equilibrium. ... George King named Engineer of the Year points out that, "As of the year 2012, 2.5 million jobs concerning hydraulic fracturing have been performed on gas and oil wells." (King, 2012) The recorded jobs on hydraulic fracturing include one million records in the United States. ... Hydraulic fracturing, as a greenhouse gas emitter, requires control, to avoid current and future disasters. ...

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At the time of the signing the US consisted of 13 colonies under the rule of England's King George III. ... As the unrest grew in the colonies, King George sent extra troops to help control any rebellion. ... It is said that John Hancock signed his name "with a great flourish" so "King George can read that without spectacles!." ... But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future secur...

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Before you can learn about how it applies today and its future, you must know its past. IN 18th century B.C. according to pbs.org, the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon established the death penalty for twenty five different crimes, with murder not included. ... Jesus Christ was one of these that fell under Mosaic Law proclaiming the he was King of the Jews. ... In his book he made a case that the death penalty shouldn't be completely abolished, but as for certain crimes it proved useless in preventing them in the future. ...

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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree {Davidoff, 199}. American literature has been apart of our history since our settlement. Throughout our history, America has generated many great authors. These authors write works of literature that educate ...

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He warned the new king Charles II that his usage owas for the most part destructive to his citizens at home and with his characteristic outspoken manner, frequently spoke up for the freedoms and rights of the lower classes. ... Similarly to General George Washington, General Lee was once a general in the Seven Years War, yet, by circumstance, was drawn to the colonies to reside. ...

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Truman was forced to re-evaluate the future of the corporative relationship with Russia (Cumings 1983:68). The verbal agreements that Roosevelt and Stalin had come to were vague, and the new administration was forced to wait for future negotiations to sort the mess out. ... However, the United States " made a major blunder almost at once that cost it the confidence and cooperation of the Korean people: It confirmed in office the despised Japanese administrative officials" (Ridgway 1967:7). ...

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The United States was founded upon diversity. Racism in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. These slaves were not brought by will, but by force, and they faced great oppression while giving the dominant white race the blue collar resource that they so essentially needed in order to stake their claim in the new and soon to flourish United States of America. Plagued by hundreds of years of slavery, discrimination, segregation, hatred, and victimization, ...

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No soul dared to threaten the authority of king or church as those who did might be tortured or burned at the stake. ... No longer was human comprehension run by the mystical and supernatural once the rational version of comprehension proved much more convincing. ... These rich, privileged men, and future authors of the Declaration of Independence, were confronted with an atmosphere that desperately required the backing of the poor and working-class people in their fight for democracy and freedom. ... They perceived that people, once left to their own resources, could better their condition. ....

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Throughout the course of human history, there have always been the oppressed, deprived, and subjugated minorities that suffer under the constraints of the majority. The ideologies based upon the Eurocentric and Protestant groups proceed to be key figures of oppression and racism. The mannerisms i...

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U.S. Patriotism: A Link to American Hatred. Politics in t While the attacks themselves are a focal point for many scholars, I will focus not on the attacks, but rather I will ask questions as to why the attacks happened and why it hurt so much to see others smile happily at the sight of our pain. Americans are shocked to see that others would ever wish us pain. Much of this is taught to us at an early age, that everyone wants to be American and that the "American Dream" is the only way to live a full and happy life. ...

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So, what is physician-assisted suicide?  Physician assisted suicide is when a doctor chooses to aid a patient in the process of killing himself or herself. This so called "mercy killing" gives the patient a chance to escape potentially long-term suffering and misery resulting from terminal diseases...

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Portugal had been present in Western Africa for several years but in 1445 the King, Henry the Navigator instructed his sailors on their way to the continent to win over the natives so they could purchase human beings to be used as free labour rather than to kidnap them as they had done previously4. ...

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In fact the Native Americans that once greatly populated this land have been using plants and herbs for generations. ... For example, cotton, which was King of the South, was picked by slaves but also used to induce abortions. ...

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"His scratching and mixing exhibitions on songs such as Jam Master Jay, Sucker MCs and Peter Piper (which Missy Elliott uses a portion of on her latest single, Work It) were as influential on future disk jockeys as Run and DMC's raps were on the MCs who followed in their footsteps" (Reid, MTV 1). ... Once known as a simple form of music, which many spectators believed was only a trend; hip-hop has developed into a five billion dollar industry. ...

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Known by the common person as an American defeat, the Vietnam War has scarred our country with past mistakes but necessary lessons learned. Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. We failed to accomplish the goals we created in the beginni...

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Sex offenders everywhere need to be exposed, regardless of their age or station in life, so that the public can know of their activities and take steps to protect itself against them.21 To report one abuser is perhaps to save scores of future victims.22 The typical child sex offender molests an average of 117 children, most of who do not report the offence [National Institute of Mental Health, 1988].23 Thomas Fox estimates that the "average pedophile priest abuses 285 victims."" 24 The percentage [of] pedophile priests remains controversial; AW Richard Sipe, one of the leading experts, estimat...

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