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    The peasant continually insists despite of the objections the sickly older gentleman. The service guy eventually relents and takes the old man after knocking him out. This scene is a satire on the Black Plague, which was a very common and fatal disease in medieval times. It was also satire on service companies in societies. • Another scene was of King Arthur approaching a few of his "subjects". When he explained his position as king, the peasants quickly correct Arthur on the proper ways of electing

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    tuberculosis. This plague was modified to today’s equivalent of the AIDS virus. This rock musical has a majority of its cast “living with, not dying from disease.” We start out learning of Roger Davis who is an ex-junkie and a struggling musician. “His girlfriend April left a note saying ‘we’ve got AIDS’ before

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    morning had begun with the usual black coffee served hot in my favorite mug depicting a cat in a fuzzy purple sweater holding its own mug of coffee. Restless butterflies in my stomach had seemingly taken over my normal appetite. In front of me rested a paper doubtlessly staring into my soul. A paper you would assume to be a third grader’s due to the bullet-pointed thoughts scattered throughout in chicken scratch handwriting, but rather this paper was perhaps the most important piece of wrinkled documentation

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    by hitting coconuts together. •     In another scene, King Arthur is confronted by Lancelot and not allowed to pass. They began to fight and King Arthur severs Lancelot’s arm off. Only for Lancelot to say, “It is just a scratch.” King Arthur thinks that Lancelot will all it quits, but he persists, “I’ve had worse.” They continue their brawl, only for Arthur to slice off Lancelot’s other arm. He still insists on fighting. The comedic affect of this scene was delivered by

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    The Senate is considering a proposal to outlaw human cloning. Two alternative proposals would ban only "reproductive cloning," which would mean explicitly legalizing human cloning but not the implantation of a clone embryo into a womb. Pro-cloners are willing for the most part to outlaw reproductive cloning because it isn't safe, but they oppose a ban on cloning for research and experimentation--known as "therapeutic cloning"--arguing that such a cloning license is necessary to the development of

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    arrogance, male pride, secrecy and physical violence. First of all arrogance is shown principally by Mercutio, given in act 3 scene 1, he insults Tybalt by calling him a “ratcatcher”. The word “ratcatcher” links in with Tybalt’s name which means ‘king of cats’. He has much courage to insult the cousin of Romeo’s love; also his arrogance overpowers his mind when he tries to scare Tybalt by giving the names of sword’s moves (‘passado’). To make this play fit more into the tragic genre,the arrogance also link

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    our: hormones, enzymes, proteins, express genes, etc.. All their performances in space compared to that of normal behaviors on Earth. These experimentations allow scientists awareness on how our bodies function both normally, and during times of disease. With the use of machines developed for NASA that we now use in the medical field for body images, chromosome analysis, baby on board, brittle bones, and the "cool suit" which was industrialized for the Apollo Missions, and is now used for helping

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    Whether you are an experienced parrot owner or just preparing to bring one home, there are many important factors that must be considered. Owning a parrot is an incredible commitment. It requires 24 hour responsibility and an awareness of factors that most people never give a second thought to. Some of these factors can mean life or death to a parrot. We still do not know very much about how our day to day living affects our feathered companions, so it 's important to remain up to date and continue

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    The introduction of zombies into this world has led many people to want to know about their appearance, behavior, and weaknesses. Zombies are one of the most well-known creatures in the world today. Many people believe they are just a myth, but others have concluded that they are real. Fiction or not, zombies are interesting enough to make people want to learn more about them. The belief in zombies originated in the Haitian culture. The Haitians strongly believed in witchcraft and Voodoo magic.

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    The lack of genetic diversity makes a population susceptible to disease, viruses, as well physical deformities. Several isolated population of cheetahs, which have experienced population bottleneck and high levels on inbreeding, as a result, are showing increased frequency of kinked tails and misaligned jaws, which reduce

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