For a Few Dollars More

A Civil Action Jonathan Harr wrote a book titled, A Civil Action. The book tells the true story about the legal case of Anderson vs. Cryovac. The case was about water contamination done by 2 companies in a small town, Woburn, MA. The story tells how the water contamination affected several families in the town and also how the lawsuit affects the lawyer who tries the case. There are children in the town getting leukemia and dying. A woman in town named, Anne Anderson has a 3-year…

Should NASA’s budget be cut? They spend billions of dollars every year and we have not saw a major leap like we did with Apollo. Well, that's not true. NASA has had amazing breakthroughs and some that are still in the works. If anything NASA should be receiving a larger budget so that they can complete their missions on schedule. The main reason why NASA has not had another Apollo is because of the lack of funding. NASA’s budget should not be cut because of how it contributes to the general…

1810–1821), Costa Rica became independent from Spain. But after the first few years the country struggled. so during 1824 Juan Mora Fernandez, elected the nation's first chief of state, proposed the construction of more modern roads and ports for means of transportation and trade through the country and others . Juan Mora Fernandez also granted land to farmers that would grow coffee. And into the 19th century, these few families that were given enough land became some of the most wealthiest…

it was out of this world, it had triggered a stampede of miners from all over the world going to Califor-nia to find instant wealth. What had made the California gold rush social and a literal event was not just because of the four hundred million dollars in gold which was extracted by miners from 1848-1855. It was the atmosphere or swagger, heightened expectations of finding gold, and boomtown hokum that characterized tens of thousands of “Argonauts” who poured into a remote Pacific maritime…

Herald reported in 1988 that the cost of the death penalty per execution was 3.2 million dollars verses the 600,000 for life imprisonment. In North Carolina, professors at Duke University reported in 1993 that the death penalty cost 2.16 million more per execution verses murder cases with life imprisonment (McLaughlin 689). In other research, it has been established that the modern day death penalty is more costly than the alternative punishment of life imprisonment without parole. The…

The population almost multiplied by threefold and with the increase in population, more people indulged in the partaking of fast food. As the enormous population accumulated more people became captivated in fast food and helped fuel the economy through that. Southern California shortly had a rebirth that incorporated more cars into their society. There were officially a million automobiles in California. Many people owned car because they were cheaper…

NCAA has grown to a multi billion-dollar industry. The NCAA is broken down into conferences, some of the conferences are more competitive then others. There are powerhouse programs within the conferences that groom the best athletes, get the best recruits, and compete for the most prestigious championships. As a result, these conferences get the best television deals, have the biggest stadiums, and they gain a lot of money through ticket sales. The bigger, more powerful, and stronger teams and…

two different perspectives, either in a good or bad way. I will begin by stating some reasons on why for-profit prisons benefit the United States. The good thing about for-profit prisons is that of course they are for-profit and make billions of dollars every year. Another way to look at it, is that all the prisoners are in there working hard labor instead of just standing around doing nothing. If prisoners are going to be committing petty crimes might as well get locked for it right? Another…

worth of three billion dollars, however, the magazine Forbes’ website states that presently his net worth is four billion dollars six years succeeding his final business bankruptcy. Despite the fact that Trump has endured through four business bankruptcies, Trump has acquired more money than he had before the bankruptcies. According to the website usdebtclock.org, a site that records an entirety of America’s debts, America amassed a debt of almost nineteen trillion dollars, and because Trump had…

get me to pay more for an item, when I may think I am getting the best deal. For instance, before I go shopping I like to budget myself telling myself I can only spend so much. Anything below my budget is the best deal and most likely what I will buy. This is anchoring bias at its best. I enjoy finding the best deal on clothing items as it has given me a since of accomplishment. When I go shopping I immediately hit the sales racks because in my mind why not save a few extra dollars on a shirt…