" The battle lasted less than an hour, but the massacre set the tone for future relationships between settlers and natives. ... Once Marshall found his spot, he needed to dig two long channels to and from the river. ... Sutter knew that the finding of gold could lure away his workers and everyone who lived on his land, but he had no idea how much this would actually change America's future. ... Once the people heard about how easy it was to make money, people would mortgage their homes, borrow money from friends and family and leave their families in order to go search for gold in Ca...

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Baby boomers Our children are our future; our seniors are our foundation (Wissel L. 2000). ... Government policies should encourage private sector investments in products and services to help the needs of the aging baby boomers and reflect the diversity in lifestyle, race and income of the future senior citizens. ... The supermarket of the future will be redesigned; they will carry more varieties of foods and products that will be geared towards the needs of the baby boomer segment. Prepared take-out food, more organic fruits and vegetables, specially prepared and raised meat products ar...

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Poverty also includes not having a job, fearing the future, not being able to receive an education, and not being able to see a doctor when a person is sick. ... If a child cannot receive an education, they do not have hope for living a life out of poverty in the future. ... Seeing in what conditions they have to live in now should be motivation for them to do better in the future and make sure their family should not have to go through this one day. ...

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Although, the future strength and quality of our country's intellectual, cultural, and economic life, could be adversely affected, very little is being done to correct the situation. ... If we are to regain our once superior position in the worldwide scientific community, and meet our needs in critical science and technology areas student interest, knowledge, and academic performance must be promoted in our classrooms, and the world must become our laboratory. Beginning now and well into our future the curriculum, instruction, and real world interactions of students must be designed ...

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Modern American adults are thinking ahead, looking for changes in the future. ... Once this transition is complete, a new life chapter can begin. ... Reaching phase 3, most adults are just unsure about themselves and their life future. ... Once the adult has reached phase 4, his or her life is taking on new meaning, purpose goals and a whole new attitude. ...

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If a student's family can barely pay for food and rent, taking a loan from a bank is probably not in their future. ... Self-fulfilling prophecy can undermine a student's educational attainment once placed in a lower track (Farley, 2000). It is quite likely that a student, once placed in a lower track, will remain there indefinitely unless otherwise challenged. ... Remaining in the original track of placement largely determines the educational future of the student. ...

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Even more, Blacks rarely receive quality legal representation once they find themselves needing it. ... It is a never-ending cycle because once they cannot find a way to live after incarceration, most turn back to a life of crime in order to make a living. ... The conditions in which Black men face threaten to overcome and destroy the lives of the future of an entire generation which will injure our nation in the future. ...

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Once again they turned to NIDA, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to gather this information and, in essence, fuel the fire of changing public opinion about the dangers of drugs. ... Here, as an example of this survey, it shows in 1985 that 70.4 million Americans had used marijuana, cocaine, or other illegal drugs at least once in their lives. ...

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The mindset of the future will be product lines rather than a product, and selection indices will focus on meeting diverse consumer demands, dictating the selection criteria of marketers and the sales force. ... "Instead of living to work, people will once again just be working to live. ...

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She describes the start to finish model to cure the homeless problem and stresses it has to start with an educational process for both the at risk people and the future victims. ... But usually the homeless population has burned their past and future bridges by acting in unsociable ways, beginning with family contacts to rehabilitation residences, so even when they are very sick, they end up back on the street no where to recover. ... We asked him if he was close to his children, he says that he calls them once in a while. ...

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Once a person has lost their job, they might not be able to find another one which can cause them to lose everything and become homeless. ... Once a person begins to outsourcing, they will need to spend a lot of time training the new ...

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Later, his work motivated future rocket engineers, and von Braun, along with his students, developed the infamous V-2 rocket, later used in World War II (Neal 17). ... The dog's life status was monitored and once again Russia amazed the world and improved that if a dog's life could be sustained in space so could a human's life. ...

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Angela, the mother, after years of disappointments and heartache brought on by her irresponsible husband, the death of several of her children, and abject poverty, is once again penniless, and is shown sitting in front of the useless fire poking its ashes, as one would the coals of a burning fire. ... Angela is grief stricken, her husband turns once more to drink, and the children, the eldest of whom is six, have to fend for themselves. ...

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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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As Offitzer once said, "To some folks, a diner is one thing only: a stand-alone, prefabricated structure with counter service and cheap eats. ... The final design that set the stage for the future of diners was the Sterling Streamliner, which can be seen in figure 5. ... However, this commodity would soon disappear once the need for steel became a nationwide event for the war. ...

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In modern society, one would think that there isn't any place for fantasy and superstitions, but the United States is full of people who are convinced that psychics can predict their future, they have ghosts living in their houses, aliens visit the Earth in flying saucers, and even that they can talk to the dead.7 People believe in the supernatural because they want to believe, because it makes them happy, even if those beliefs exist against logic or opposing evidence.8 In Detroit, "ghost-busting is back big time," with "at least five "ghost hunting" clubs" springing up in the met...

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This is just a small example of the doubt and hatred that was bestowed on the African American soldiers. However, during the war, they proved themselves to be brave and courageous men on and off the battlefield on many occasions. Despite deep prejudices and harsh criticisms from the white society, t...

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The office oversaw and coordinated a comprehensive national strategy to safeguard the country against terrorism and respond to any future attacks.... Once that happens, as soon as possible, we will provide a formal budget amendment on OCO. ... The principles of the federal budget in regards to education are grounded in two main principles, higher enrollment in preschools across the nation, Implementation of the Race to The Top program, and making secondary education more affordable especially to those majoring the education fields to create competent and well trained educators in the future. ...

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My conception of religious liberty was vague when I was younger, but as I got older and I became aware of the world around me, religious liberty has been a topic that everyone has been discussing - not only privately but also in public and especially in the papers. I used to be an uninformed protest...

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Rites of Passage A rite of passage, whether defined as a "ritualistic procedure" (Webster's) or as a "ceremony" (Random House), represents a change of status of an individual in his/her society. Rites of passage are generally thought to ensure smooth and successful life transitions and/or changes...

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On December 29, 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a speech to the country that was like a "fireside chat- but was not. Roosevelt talked about in his speech statements about Germany's plans to engulf the world during World War II: " The Nazi masters of Germany have made if clear that they intend no...

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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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Teen Violence Teen violence has not always been as prevalent in society as it is today. However, teen violence is a serious and rapidly growing problem in America. From the horrible incident that occurred at Columbine High School in Colorado, to the everyday incidents of youth violence, it is a...

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James Otis The Revolutionary War brought out dynamic personalities of men, which have made freedom a reality for us. One such man was James Otis who had a sincere concern for liberty and who believed in man's singular sovereignty, while publicly guarding against the practice of absolutism in go...

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On December 7, 1941, the Japanese led their first attack on American soil by bombing the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This attack was the turning point for America's role in World War II. On December 8, Americans anxiously sat around their radios, ready to hear President Roosevelt address the nation. His message, (Day of Infamy) was clear and powerful, and would go down as one of the most effective speeches in American history. Nearly sixty years later, on September 11, 2001, America was again faced with a devastating attack. ...

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