... New York Stock Exchange. On May 8th, veterans of the Vietnam War whose lives or children and wives lives were affected by the use of Agent Orange during the war accepted a settlement in their class action suit. The suit was against seven chemical manufacturers of the herbicide, four of which are: ... to kill off densely overgrown area that were used by guerillas to ambush American troops. Documents that were made public through the suit indicated that Agent Orange contained a toxic byproduct known as dioxin. Dioxin had been proven to kill lab animals but no studies had been conducted of ...

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... and Special Forces, also known as the Green Berets, to work with and train the Army Republic of Vietnam. This is where aerial spraying of herbicides such as Agent Orange. "The notorious Agent Orange was just one of these chemical herbicides, but it received special attention because large plained bitterly, afterwards, of suffering serious health problems. Sprayed onto forests, it entered into ... ...

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... the days of the depression Government agents were sent into places like the Everglades and actually trained farmers in how to drain and fill in wetlands for crops. One such orange grove farmer in southern Florida can remember when representatives from Washington taught his father how to drain the wetlands of their water and to put them to good use. "The ... early parts of this century wetlands were regarded by everyone to be useless wastelands, this is why farmers never hesitated to remove a marsh that was in the way of their orange grove. Also there were no laws to stop farmers from do...

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... color has attained a 'secondary meaning,' which in effect distinguishes a particular brand." (Reske 28) Roth 5 Obviously, ownership of logos and/or symbols can become complicated and difficult to maintain. For years, orange juice has been associated with the abbreviation of O. J. Today, because of the fact that sports celebrity O. J. Simpson has become so famous, (and later infamous, as well), his initials have become ... initials. According to Clark Jennings, a lawyer for the citrus agency, Mr. Simpson was not paid any money; but "Simpson can pursue his interests, and we can use O. J. ...

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... , iron ore and other minerals, but very little oil. Other metals and minerals are also mined on an increasing scale. As for agriculture, Brazil is a major exporter of soybeans and orange juice in addition to the traditional coffee and cocoa. Although it has the longest continuous coastline in the world, Brazil has only a small fishing industry. The fishing potential along the ... market. All kinds of fruits are plentiful, with some like maracuja or passion fruit now familiar in Western markets. Currently Brazil supplies eighty-five percent of the world market for orange juice concentrate...

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... color, her father uses colors on a map to show that they are different: As you see, Lilia, it is a different country, a different color, my father said. Pakistan was yellow, not orange (Lahiri 26) Lilias father uses the different colors on a map as a way of both uniting some people and separating others because of their national and religious identification. Lilias innocent misunderstanding ... ...

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... , the officer does not have probable cause to pull over every red sedan in sight. If the dispatcher tells the officer that the sedan is missing a hub cab, has an orange bumper sticker and is occupied by four people, and the officer spots a car matching those terms, that would be probable cause to effect a stop. Lacking probable cause does not necessarily ... ...

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... bridge. Even today, the massive spans of the bridge are often shrouded in fog. The bridge sways 27 feet to withstand winds of up to 100 miles per hour. International Orange was the color chosen for the bridge because it blended well with the natural surroundings of the bridge. The two great cables extending from the bridge contain 80,000 miles ... ...

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... a more lateral threat largely derived from low capital requirements and switching costs. Substitutes (High) The functionality of beer is largely social. In contrast to other beverages such as milk or orange juice, beer is not generally thought of as providing basic sustenance or nutrition. Therefore, not all beverages are actually substitutable products. Any beverage that is perceived to be primarily necessary ... ...

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... seventeenth century. Early in the colonization of South Africa, the English domination of the Dutch descendents (known as Boers or Afrikaners) resulted in the Dutch establishing the new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal. And, the discovery of diamonds in these newly founded colonies, around 1900, resulted in an English raids throughout South Africa during the early eighteenth century. This ... ...

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... in such cases of how to fight germs in soaps, deodorants, toothpaste, and toys using germicidal product, in which both germs and the products can be harmful to the consumer (Orange County Register, 7/16/97). The FDA and the USDA both have the power to inspect, impose grades and standards, and establish rules regarding labeling. In years before the food manufacturers ... ...

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... prospect." He continued in his letter, lamenting Virginia's established church, in contrast to Bradford's enjoyment of relative Pennsylvania's religious freedom. In May of 1776, Madison was elected as a delegate from Orange County, to the Revolutionary Convention of Virginia. He was assigned within a matter of days to a committee charged with the responsibility of writing a "declaration of rights." Madison immediately proposed disestablishment with ... ...

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... the Ho Chi Minh trial making it difficult for the Vietcong to hide themselves within the vegetation for ambush. The operation grew as the Allied forces sprayed s chemical called "Agent Orange," within the forests of Vietnam to kill off much of the crops that fed the Vietcong men. When Operation Ranchhand ended nine years later, 1/7 of the nation's vegetation and forestry ... ...

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... , the temperature reached one hundred million degrees, melting metal and stone. Everything and everybody was destroyed within five hundred meters of the explosion. The light of the explosion had turned orange, and the atomic fireball began shooting upwards at 360 feet-per-second. At one thousand meters from the explosion, an estimated one out of ten people had survived the heat ... ...

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... some allied troops were exposed to nerve agents such as Sarin, Soman, Tabun Blister Agents, Mustard Gas, and Lewisite and the Vietnam War where chemical and biological agents called "Agent Orange," and "Agent Blue" were used for causing casualties and harm are just some of the examples where chemical and biological weapons were used. Biological Warfare has been laden with controversy ... ...

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... , yielding one of the largest crops in the world at eighty million tons. It has a well-developed industrial center with a very diversified export marketplace. Exports range from mineral ores and orange juice to highly value added manufactured products such as cars, airplanes, ships, and capital goods. This is all made possible by a business-focused government, which opened up businesses to privatization ... ...

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... Vietnam and should stop destroying the foliage by spraying extremely hazardous chemicals, which were also a threat to humans. The veterans had begun feeling the effects from such defoliators like agents orange, blue and white. The slow withdrawal of American forces was taking its toll on Americans still left in Vietnam. Soldiers were growing very afraid of all Vietnamese and thinking that ... ...

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