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    A Civil Action is a 1998 film depicting an attorney, Jan Schlichtmann, played by John Travolta, and how he battles it out against two companies that ha accused of dumping toxic and harmful waste into the nearby bodies of water and the ground. The plaintiff of this case is the families that were affected by the dumping of the waste; five families in which a child of theirs died from leukemia, and so Anne Anderson, also a victim, reached out to Schlichtmann to take on this case. The companies…

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    construction area their second home, just to ensure that their peaceful protest is acknowledged. “Things are changing and it's because people are letting go of a lot of pain and suffering that has existed for so many years, and we cannot it's our civic and civil responsibility especially me as a non-native to recognize what my ancestors did to native Americans in this country and what I refuse to let continue to happen to native Americans in this country.” (Shailene…

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    The questions attempted to get the subject to look at the decision as though they are yet to make it rather than in retrospect. Having made the decision definitely influenced his consideration of consequences. For example, he expressed remorse about his inability to engage in deeper conversation about politics, social sciences and even business because “that’s what people talk about, not math…” Furthermore, he is not enjoying many of the foundation courses in engineering, revealing that this was…

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    When building any structure, forming a strong foundation can make or break the final product. A focus on customer satisfaction and the delivery of a high-quality product has remained the core of Seufert Construction since the beginning (Tretter, Scott 1). The base of this prosperous company began with a business not of construction, but rather monument making. A crafty artist and stone mason, Benedict Seufert went into business in 1870, hand-carving monuments and tombstones (Tretter, Kathy 1).…

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    Brinton McClellan was born on December 3rd, 1826. His childhood was very successful because his study habits earned his a spot into West Point. At age 15, he was near the top of his class by graduation. Later in 1848, he joined the Army Corps of Engineers. He earned a job as a lieutenant and then took part in the Mexican-American War as an Engineering Officer. This opened up his eye to what combat really looked like. With this experience, he was promoted into a higher position. His resume was…

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    Cerf first states the possible reasons why people start to think whether internet access is or should be a civil or human right. The explanation enables readers to agree with Cerf’s words and keep reading the article. Cerf lists easy and universally agreed examples first and allows readers to apply the simple principle to the next level ideas. For example, he…

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    Robert. E. Lee was a very important person of the Civil War. Robert E Lee had a very successful life; with war and with wits. Robert E Lee was born in Virginia, the fifth child of Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee. In 1829 he was graduated as the salutatorian of his class at West Point without having a single demerit in his four years there. Commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, he served under General Winfield Scott in the Mexican War, in which he distinguished himself in the Battles of Veracruz,…

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    Pope faced a great defeat he was respected and acknowledged throughout the civil war. Therefore John Pope was a significant person who influenced the overall outcome of the American Civil War. John Pope was a fighter at heart. He joined the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1842 when he became a part of the topographical engineers. Pope was a career Unites States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. As he was highly respected within the army Pope was selected…

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    took 14 years, 600 workers and cost 15 million US dollars to finish the building. In the beginning of the project, the main engineer was John Augustus Roebling, a great pioneer in designing steel suspension bridges. He graduated as an industrial engineer, but in the end, he became a civil engineer and ran a successful wire cable factory. Furthermore, Roebling was the first engineer that uses steel-wire cable to support a bridge. Soon after the construction began, Roebling was fatally injured by…

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    The Battle of Fredericksburg was one of the greatest wins for the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Artillery played a major role on many wars during the American Civil War, but none proved to have more of an effect than The Washington Artillery had at Fredericksburg. This battle stood to see the most troops out of any battle that took place during the American Civil War, almost 200,000 men. The Union army outnumbered the Confederates by 40,000 men. The use of artillery in this…

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