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    People History). Timothy McVeigh caused an upset that would be known as the biggest terrorist attack at the time. The O.J. Simpson trial will be one of the most famous verdicts in history. Windows 95 and EBay were invented and became popular quickly. 1995 was a year of homegrown terrorism, the shock of the century and computer advances that changed the computer world forever. On April 19, 1995, one of the deadliest attacks of terrorism occurred in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Timothy McVeigh was an…

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    changed the world forever. The Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City had been bombed in a terrorist attack. The Oklahoma City bombing affected America in numerous ways, including in business, the lives of the victims, and America’s Image. Timothy McVeigh, a former military man, was the one behind this attack. McVeigh earned many medals while serving in the Persian Gulf War, but after not being admitted into the Special Forces program he left the Army. McVeigh was not alone in his wrong…

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    On April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m. Timothy McVeigh went into the annals of history for committing the single largest domestic terrorist attack in the history of the United States, killing 168 people – 19 of which were children. He was later captured that day by an Oklahoma State Trooper when he was stopped for driving a vehicle without a license plate and being in illegal possession of a firearm, then developed into the suspect of the event, indicted and convicted. On June 11, 2001, at 7:41 a.m.…

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    Lysergic acid diethylamide has many names such as Lucy, acid, blotter and microdots. Some regard LSD as a sacrament and others a muse. The influence of LSD in society can be seen through many facets, such as the arts and technology. LSD has been the pinnacle symbol of the counter-culture of the sixties. From the free spirited hippies at Woodstock to the psychedelic adventures of Hunter S. Thompson, LSD is the guide to what lies in-between the lines of reality. LSD is a tool that spurred the…

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    The thing that makes a memory worthy of being in the yearbook is one that makes you happy. It needs to be something that makes you smile when you see it in the yearbook years from now and today. You can be 60 years old and sitting with your husband and children looking back in your high school yearbook and see all the great memories that you made at your high school. You can see your homecoming memories like dressing up each day and having the homecoming parade, homecoming football game memories…

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    Timothy McVeigh was” born on April 23, 1968 in Lockport, New York and grew up nearby in the working-class town of Pendleton” (McVeigh, 2017).Timothy parents divorced, and he went to live with his’s father, where he started to take interest in guns. He learned to use a gun through his’s grandfather giving him target lessons. “McVeigh was also bullied as a teenager, he was also very bright, earning a partial college scholarship after graduating from high school in 1986” (McVeigh, 2017).McVeigh…

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    LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann in 1938. LSD is typically either swallowed or held under the tongue, usually on a substrate such as absorbent blotter paper, a sugar cube, or gelatin. In its liquid form, it can also be administered by intramuscular or intravenous injection.The effects of the drug were not known until 1948 due to the fact that no one could explain it’s mystifying effects. It was introduced commercially in 1947 by Sandoz Laboratories under the trade-name Delysid as a…

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    too intrusive on civilian lives and also was a die hard survivalist and activist for the barring arms. “He truly be lived the American govt was an evil entity that perpetrated violence on its own people and others abroad.” (Terror on Trial: Who Was Timothy McVeigh, 2007) Mental Disorder: The psychological disorder McVeigh most closely relates is paranoid schizophrenia. Though delusional in thinking process McVeigh did not exhibit any signs of hallucinations. The small aspects of truth to his…

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    Benjamin Franklin once said “[t]hose who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” The message Franklin was trying to convey is that liberty is a gift, and it should not be used as a bargaining chip for ones personal desires. His warning to all about the value of vital rights is not just right-wing propaganda, but rather a warning with truth behind it. Throughout history many people have given total devotion to a ruler in hopes…

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    they could do and they do it. Usually people who commit the most violent crimes, like murder and assault, have something wrong with their psychology. Some people believe that Timothy McVeigh was mentally unstable when he decided to do the Oklahoma City Bombing. Many people live a hard life in this world and one of them was Timothy McVeigh. He “was the middle child in a blue-collar family in rural New York state” (“McVeigh”). McVeigh’s parents got…

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