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Corporate And National Responsibility Towards Pollution

Global warming is becoming a major concern of business leaders, families, politicians and just about everyone else. The remarkable growth in world population and national economies has fed into the environment lots of toxic gases that are beginning to change the environment in which we live. This environment is beginning to cause serious climatic changes. Corporations have a responsibility to…

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The First Serial Killer Ed Gein

Ed Gein is also known as The Butcher of Plainfield, The Plainfield Butcher, The Mad Butcher, The Plainfield Ghoul. A serial killer who served as the inspiration to numerous films, among them Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, Maniac, Three on a Meathook, Deranged, Ed Gein, The Movie, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He was born on August 27, 1906…

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Who Created The First Us Flag Of 50 Stars

Who designed our current US Flag with 50 stars? Robert Heft, a then 17 year-old high school sophomore from Ohio created our current American Flag of 50 stars. When was this flag created? Robert Heft created his 50 star, hand sewn, US flag in 1958 prior to Alaska and Hawaii being admitted to the Union. What drove Robert to create…

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Lindbergh Charles Augustus

Charles Augustus Lindbergh was the first person to cross the Atlantic in a nonstop flight. This made him an instant celebrity. When, in 1932, his 19-months old son was kidnapped and murdered, the nation was appalled. Finally, a German carpenter, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, was apprehended and, following a much-publicized trial, executed. The police chief who arrested Bruno Richard Hauptmann was…

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The Umbrella Of Nuclear Mushroom

Deliberations over the UN sanctions against North Korea or Iran for their nuclear programs bring to memory the League of Nations talk before the WWII. Was German refusal to pay reparations a casus belli? Re-militarization of Rhineland? Extensive military production? No single such issue is a casus belli. Politicians bogged down in details don’t see the grand picture of the…

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Integration In European Union

Romania will join the European Union next year, among with Bulgaria, their neighbours. After 10 years of hard work, this success come after a long period of politic instability and blocked projects. Taking into account our country’s present circumstances, all business sectors have to get in the line with the European community’s requests. Small and large business owners should pay…

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Tips For Running For Local Office

What do you need to win a race for a local office? Yes there are photo sessions, lots of handshakes, victory speeches, and hype. Yet what makes running for political office a success are not only those. There is a lot of behind the scenes work that shows off in front of the voters giving you their trust, and eventually,…

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Re Connecting Again The Online Search For Classmates

As time goes by, there are certain questions that keep popping up. What ever happened to that girl I had a crush on? Where did my high school buddies end up after college? I wonder what ever happened to so-and-so? These are questions that are not uncommon, and with the wonder and curiosity that is aroused by these lines of…

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The American Revolution

The American Revolution was a civil war between Loyalists to the British crown (aka Tories, about one fifth of the population), supported by British expeditionary forces, and Patriots (or Whigs) in the 13 colonies that constituted British North America. About 20-25% of the populace in the colonies – c. 600,000 – were blacks. About one third of the white denizens…

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