A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush: Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything. A Blessing In Disguise: Something good that isn't recognized at first. A Chip On Your Shoulder: Being upset for something that happened in the past. A Dime A Dozen: Anything that is common and easy to get. A Doubting Thomas: A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something.
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arrested at a K-Mart store for shoplifting. She stated that she wanted to return the shoes she was wearing because they were too small. Instead of going to customer service, she exchanged her old shoes for new ones, and left the old shoes on the rack, without notifying any of the staff. As she was about to walk out of the store, security stopped her and called the police.
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GE258 6/18/11 This is how I would explain hypertension to a 63-year-old man, whom I will call Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith, I hear that you have recently been diagnosed with hypertension and I would like to give you a little information and helpful tips to living with this disease. First off, hypertension is more commonly known as high blood pressure. It affects your cardiovascular system by forcing the blood against your artery walls throwing off your hearts natural homeostasis. More simply put
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Americans Disability Act of 1990 The main reason for the American Disability Act (ADA) is to is to give equal opportunity for the disabled Americans living in the United States. In May of 1990, the Congress approved the Americans with Disabilities Act, that provides disabled Americans with increased access to jobs and services. The history of the ADA did not begin on July 26, 1990 at the signing ceremony at the White House. It did not begin in 1988 when the first ADA was introduced in Congress
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is unjust to harm someone and not compensate them fully. A doctor preforms an amputation on an individuals arm. The doctor removes the wrong arm. The patient now needs the correct limb removed and is armless. The hospital has placed a $500,000 cap on damages. The patient is now condemned to a dependent and labor less life due to malpractice. If the medical bills and accommodations total over $500,000 then the cap on damages is unjust. “Injustice always involves violating the rights of
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her ideas about children’s, specifically girl’s, rights to education. The blog was published by the BBC (British Broadcast Company) under a pseudonym. Her name was released when a New York Times journalist, Adam Ellick, made a documentary about her life and the military of Pakistan intervening in her region
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Have you ever used Purell hand sanitizer? Have you ever used Herbal Essence, Pantene, Coppertone, or Dove products? Have you ever used a Band-Aid? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you have consumed a product that has been tested on animals. Animal testing is a phrase that many people may come into contact with, but are unsure of what it really means. Some individuals have very misguided notions of what they believe it is. They think it deals with torturing helpless animals
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express emotions and present important messages, like with childhood memory or world issues like global warming. To make their point they may use a different or unusual material such as Vik Muniz, who used trash from the landfills to show the hard life of the trash collectors. In doing so Muniz sold his art to pay the poor workers of Jardim Gramacho. On the other hand, Salvador Dali used normal items, but to express his surrealistic ideas. For instance, Dali created The Persistence of Memory where
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Two excellent examples of young adult literature that consider the themes of race, ethnicity, and culture are Day of Tears, by Julius Lester and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. These award-winning novels illustrate the fact that the viewpoints of authors who are members of the minority groups about which they write have a unique perspective that can be universally appreciated. That these works of literature have universal appeal is a testament to the writing skills
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Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is an inherited metabolic disorder in which cholesterol is not synthesized properly. Without cholesterol, the body is not able to develop or function as it should. Symptoms of SLOS can vary significantly depending on the amount of cholesterol the body is able to produce. This disorder presents characteristics of dismorphic facial features, multiple congenital malformations, intellectual disabilities, and behavioral disorders. Currently there is not a cure for
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