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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
Caveat Emptor Of The Love Canal
Number of words: 1349 - Number of pages: 5.... by placing them
under a large clay cap. In the nineties, the EPA declared the area
habitable once again and allowed residents to move back to the Love Canal
under the new name of Black Creek Village. Why would these people move into
an area that was once so unsafe after the government did not even fully
test the site for human safety? The Love Canal was apparently unsafe at one
time and still could be. By allowing people to return to the Love Canal,
the government is allowing people to make a very unwise decision.
Houses in the Love Canal are now back on th .....
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Demand For Medical Care
Number of words: 1172 - Number of pages: 5.... medical attention. Or, if we choose to live more dangerously this will also increase the demand. Therefore, who should pay for these increased costs for medical insurance? “Medical care spending is not the only thing that improves health. Other factors affecting health status, such as life-style, environmental pollution, and technological developments, will shift the total product curve (TV).” Figure 4.1, on the next page graphically shows that health status obeys the Law of diminishing productivity. The graph below the total product curve is the marginal p .....
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Driving In India
Number of words: 609 - Number of pages: 3.... This is the
Indian drivers' mantra.
ARTICLE IV
Use of horn:
Cars (IV, 1, a-c): Short blasts indicate supremacy, i.e. in
clearing dogs, rickshaws and pedestrians from path. Long blasts denote
supplication, i.e. to oncoming truck, "I am going too fast to stop, so
unless you slow down we shall both die". In extreme cases this may be
accompanied by flashing of headlights. Single casual blast means "I have
seen someone out of India's 870 million people whom I recognize", "There is
a bird in the road (which at this speed could go through my windscreen)",
or " .....
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Flexible Benefits Plan
Number of words: 1188 - Number of pages: 5.... maximize his/her retirement income as much as possible. With his/her own children grown-up, he/she needs to attend only to his/her own needs.
Also known as “cafeteria plans,” the organization offering a choice of applicable benefits to their employees ensures that the benefits for which they pay are the most useful for each of their employees. Costs are rising in almost every area of benefit provision and administration. The organization is able to secure more favorable rates for those benefits used, if the organization is not required to provide the same s .....
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College Hazing
Number of words: 2110 - Number of pages: 8.... have died between the years of 1978 and 1996 from beatings and stress inflicted during fraternity initiation rites (“Greek” 26).
Hazing has been defined in the Pennsylvania Hazing Law as “any action or situation which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical safety of a student or which destroys or removes public or private property for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in, any organization operating under the sanction of or recognized as an organization by an institu .....
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Are You Ready For Some Football
Number of words: 1964 - Number of pages: 8.... life usually around nine or ten in peewee football and lasts until they’re thirteen. Even at this early stage of peewee, football is very demanding because of the time involved. This involvement is usually by choice of the child because of interest in football and parents usually don’t force their children into playing. Involvement in peewee football is due to the fact that children have a lot more time to play than young adults. Football is also economically feasible for most families because it is relatively inexpensive so football is not restric .....
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Stress Reduction
Number of words: 769 - Number of pages: 3.... Emotional signs are very important to recognize, because if they are not noticed early on and addressed, behavioral or even physical problems can surface. The behavioral category signs include: being late to work, poor appearance, and being accident prone are just a few examples of administrative problems. Legal problems are even more evident, such as, traffic tickets, indebtedness, and inability to
control violent impulses. As you can see, these signs of stress become more serious the longer
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they go untreated or reduce .....
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Chemical Warfare And Its Uses
Number of words: 1519 - Number of pages: 6.... reacts with a large number of biological
molecules. The effect of mustard agent is delayed and the first symptoms do
not occur until between 2-24 hours after exposure.Mustard agent is simple
to manufacture and can therefore be a "first choice" when a country decides
to build up a capacity for chemical warfare.
Mustard agent was produced for the first time in 1822 but its
harmful effects were not discovered until 1860. Mustard agent was first
used as a CW agent during the latter part of the First World War and caused
lung and eye injuries to a very large numbe .....
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