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    Bootlegging is the illegal business of trafficking alcoholic beverages. The North Side gang became a powerful institution in providing liqour to wealthy citizens. Moran was excellent at hijacking liqour trucks and O Banion knew it. Moran became O Banions right hand man. Many people turned to bootlegging for more money. For example, The Great Gatsbys character Gatsby had a business in bootlegging as well. It was revealed when Tom researched…

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    9/11 Research Paper

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    Al-Qaeda was a famous terrorist group well known for their many attacks on the U.S. but what they are really known for is their 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Many people people were astonished by these attacks. It all started on September 11, 2001, at 8:45 am 19 militants linked with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Over 3,000 people were…

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    Muhammad Zaidan, also known as Abu Abbas, led the pro-PLO faction.” The pro-PLO group was among the most active within the PLF. “It is known to have conducted several high-profile attacks, including the October 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro.” Several years separate their attacks, however, with the next attack conducted after the Achille incident being the May 1990 “attack on Israel’s Nizanim Beach, near Tel-Aviv.” The time between attacks…

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    and Role of Fear in American Culture”, (2/1) PART I: In this lecture session, Dr. Jendian talked about fear and defined how it plays a role within our society. Fear is known to be very powerful and can at times lead to destruction. In the film Hijacking Catastrophe, by Media Education Foundation, they focused on the 9/11 attack and its effect it had on the people. The 9/11 attack was seen as an example of how we should, like George W. Bush stated, “Fear, fear”. It gave the American people an…

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    Therefore that being discussed it can be concluded that, a reduction in the number of pirate attacks helps all states, but the states that choose to fight piracy bear high costs for doing so. That is to say, an ocean free of pirates is a common good that benefits all states, but obtaining that common good is an expensive process for those states which choose to guarantee it. Under international law, states are free to act as they feel best with regards to piracy. UNCLOS does not contain a…

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    Every american citizen has rights, in fact 27 rights. These rights are also more commonly known as the “Bill of Rights” or “Amendments”. The second amendment states that every U.S. citizen has the right to bear arms. This essay will discuss why all american citizens should keep their right to own a gun. Now, a separate division of people believe that the second amendment should be detached and removed from the Bill of Rights. This essay will also argue why this opinion is false. Let’s discuss…

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    People died every day from gun violence. Ik- Whan G. Kwon and Daniel W. Baack say “In 2000, almost30,000 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States” (134). How could this large amount of number be reached? In the United Stated, there are lots of gun shooting tragedies. CNN reported that 20 adults and 6 students were killed by gunfire “at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14.” (Sandy Hook shooting: What happened?). This is just one example of many…

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    Washington Db Cooper

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    did survive the jump, the cold weather of november in Nevada probably would have killed him anyways. A new letter from DB Cooper was recently announced to the public for the first time in a freedom of information lawsuit, in reference to the 1971 hijacking and the FBI’s investigation into that now cold case. Cooper said in his letter”I knew from the beginning I wouldn’t get caught”. What’s crazy to me is that no one even saw him jump off the plane to know if he even did jump; he could have…

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    The Pithovirus

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    be the opposite. It has been recorded as the largest virus that has ever been revealed and increasingly massive compared to some bacteria (Woese, 1987). Reports indicate that majority of viruses replicate themselves via host's molecular machinery hijacking. Nonetheless, the Pithovirus is known to be increasingly independent as well as having its individual replication machinery (Woese, 1987). The comparatively numerous genes of Pithovirus equally distinguish it from the…

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    As we group ran a progression of effective squeezes and hijackings in Brooklyn, Donnie gathered more data for the FBI. Because of Joseph's prosperity at invading the mafia, a man from Washington, Dean Blanford, took enthusiasm for the case. He requested that Joseph joined a Miami-based FBI specialists, Richard…

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