DNA has been a hot topic in the news in recent years as it's beginning more prevenient in exonerating prisoners from crimes that they were wrongfully convicted for. 1989 was the first year that someone was exonerated by DNA evidence and since then a group called the "The Innocence Project " has devoted their time and funds to helping people behind bars wrongfully. Since 1989 there have been 321 post- conviction DNA exonerations in the United States and out of the 321, 20 of them actually spent time on death row (Innocence Project). ...

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Introduction Gorbachev is a very controversial figure in history. ... Gorbachev's reforms were responsible for the Eastern revolution of 1989. ... Those reforms were used against Gorbachev in the revolutions of 1989. ... By making USSR into a democratic country he was expunging all of Soviet history; USSR was never democratic and was not ready for it. ... His reforms and the implementation of them eventually lead to the revolutions of 1989. ...

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After 1 April 1989, all enterprises were allowed to trade with foreign partners. ... On 1 December 1989, Gorbachev became the first Soviet leader to set foot in the Vatican. ... (Available: http://www.russianet.ru/~oldrn/history/gorbachev.html) Again based on his reform policies, Gorbachev at the 1986 Iceland Summit, proposed the reduction of the Soviet ballistic missiles. ... (Available at: http://www.russianet.ru/~oldrn/history/gorbachev.html). ... USSR: The year 1989 foreshadowed the fall. ...

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The Importance of History to Baseball Baseball seems always to have lived more in myth than in history. ... I believe it is this very rich history that unites us all and keeps us interested in the game of baseball. We feel as if we can go out and be a part of this culture, and perhaps make history ourselves. ... Despite the outrage with which baseball officials and writers treat baseball's occasional betting scandals (most famously in the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal and the 1989 banishment of Pete Rose), the game has never been completely free of the sporting underworld of gambling and lo...

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The film concludes with the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. ... Though Von Trotta's subordinates the history of the German divide it still plays a huge part in the film. ... I always think people are not living up history like historians but very fragmentary, in an individual and personal way. In this case the love story is conditioned by the wall and by great history. ... In the final scene as thousands of east and west Germans meet in the streets on that November night in 1989, Konrad and Sophie at last meet in a unified country. ...

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In 1989, commissioner Bart Giamatti suspended Rose from baseball for life for gambling. ... In 1989, the eligibility rules were changed to forbid entry in to the Hall of Fame by players banned from Major League Baseball. ... Rose was the only player in Major League history to play more than 500 games at five different positions; He was a Rookie of the Year, a Most Valuable Player, and a three-time World Series Champion. ... For Pete the most prolific hitter in all of baseball history, the question remains. ... He played more, won more, and hit more than anyone else in the history of the g...

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And in 1989, registered same-sex partners obtained almost the same legal status as married heterosexuals (Bech, H. 1998). ... The sexual revolution was a groundbreaking chapter in Danish history goes without saying. ... In May 1989, the Danish Parliament passed a pioneer bill on registered partnership between same-sexed persons, and on October 1, 1989, Axel and Eigil Axgil were married at the City Hall of Copenhagen as the first homosexual couple in the world. From 1989 to 1997, just over 5,000 individuals were officially registered as partners (Frisch 2003). While religion has influenced the...

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In 1989 the Romanian army joined in a popular uprising against the Communist regime. ... The death penalty was abolished in December 1989 and is forbidden by the 1991 constitution. ... Political Parties Between 1948 and 1989 the only political organization in Romania was the Communist Party. ... After the revolution of 1989, Romania's poor health conditions were brought to light. ... Foreign powers, including the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires, controlled the country or parts of it for much of its history. ...

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The events of September 11th, 2001 were the worst tragedies to have ever occurred in American history. ... These traits make him one of the greatest leaders in American history. ... Seeking greater ambitions, he later ran for the New York City mayor in 1989 but was defeated by Democratic rival, David N. ...

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Throughout world history there have been events that caused America to cheer and events that caused America to cry and take action. ... On November 9, 1989, the East German government ended its restrictions on emigration and travel to the West by its citizens. ... Giacona remembers, she was home on June 4, 1989, watching the news. ... The Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989 made Mrs. ...

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As a young adult in 1989, I remember the joyous displays of people crossing the border from East Germany to West Germany. I was unknowledgeable about the significance of the "fall of the Berlin Wall", but I understood through the media that it was an important historical event of the twentieth century and would surely become a significant part of world history. ... In August of 1989, Hungary removed border restrictions with Austria, resulting in more than 13,000 East Germans escaping to West Germany through Hungary (Duke). ... The new East German government removed travel restrictions for t...

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According to "The History Place," website, The Great Potato Famine of 1845 in Ireland was one of the final straws in a class struggle that led to revolution of the Irish against the British Crown and, "as a result, violence erupted between British forces in Ireland and the Irish Republican Army (IRA)," [The14]. ... Other tactics such as peaceful activism have been used, some of the most renowned examples being the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's in the U.S. and the Chinese protests led by students in 1989 in Tiananmen Square. ... Besides social unrest there is also...

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Essay on History of Pollution in Naylor's Run Outside of our very on school is a stream ecology. ... This stream has a long and rich history. Throughout this history the stream was exposed to pollutants. ... Then in 1989 they issue a cleanup plan. ... This concludes the history of the pollution of Naylor's Run. ...

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As a result, the situation emerging from 1945 and so on, was laying the foundations of a new chapter in history that would stamp European biography and global politics once and for all. ... On 9th November 1989, the gates were open and thousands of people flooded the roads of Berlin. ...

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A company called NCI partnered with an ITT Corporation in 1989 to develop the first caption-decoding microchip, which could be put into new television sets when being built. ... Recently, the teachers have begun to concentrate more in Signed Language Studies rather than ASL, deaf history and culture. ...

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The world today is a less violent, less aggressive place than at any time in history, as proven by the decreasing number of undesirable events taking place today. ... Since war is most of the time a condition for genocide, the incidence of mass slaughter has declined by 90% between 1989 and 2005. ... Overall, there has been a decline in violence against civilians since 1989. ... Today a far greater percentage of the world's population lives in peace than at any time before in history. ...

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TABLE I Variables Analyzed Independent Variables Renter Occupied Housing in percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Percent Poverty in 1989 in Percent Dependent Variable Homicides in 1990 This table is just showing my independent variables and my dependent variable. ... (Constant) 1.601 Bachelor's or Higher Poverty 1989 Renter Housing -3.385 7.486 1.311 .009 .017 .007 -.259 .310 .136 .000 .000 .066 Y=a + bx + bx + bx Y=1.601 +-3.385x +7.486x +1.311x Methodology The argument for this paper will be that my Dependent varia...

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The history of the Dominican Republic is one of many hardships and tragic stories. ... Their history is also "tragically unique because of the brutality of the long dictatorship of Raphael Leonidas Trujillo," (Brown xvii). This significant yet catastrophic portion of history has had a negative affect on the social mobility of Dominicans in New York City. ... She then goes on to say that in 1989, the per capita income was $6,336 for the average Dominican family. ... "Unemployment increased, poverty rates failed to drop, the proportion of children in poor households did not decline, and the r...

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The Necessity of Circumcision Throughout history circumcision has been an acceptable practice. ... The practice of circumcision has been around for at least 4,000 years (Spock , 1989). ... People actually thought that it would cure all ailments in boys (Spock, 1989.) ... It is a wise decision to make large decisions based upon facts instead of history. ... Throughout history we have been programmed to believe that circumcision was the only choice. ...

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Throughout history, many political, economic and social conditions have been developed causing a change in the course of history for nations and people. The Cold War was a major turning point in history. ... In response to the growing pressure, the wall was torn down in 1989. ... Throughout history, many political, economic and social conditions have often led to turning points that have changed the course of history for nations and people. ...

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Loma Prieta Earthquake On the evening of October 17, 1989, people across the United States were watching TV waiting for the third game of baseball's World Series to begin at Candlestick Park (Donaghy 80). ... Close to seven billion dollars worth of damage was caused by Loma Prieta, making it the biggest dollar loss natural disaster in United States history. ... He said, "Just walking through here and seeing the loss of property, knowing of the loss of life, it hurts you right here in the heart, and that's the reason I"m here" (Billington "1989 Disaster"). ... Safety procedures of th...

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Alder Copyright date: 1989 The setting begins in 1919, when Jackie Robinson was born near Cairo, Georgia. ... I would recommend this book to a friend because you might think you know enough about black history. ...

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Kennedy Memorial Award 1965, Ministerial Interfaith Association Award 1969, Ladies Home Journal Women of the Year 1974, and the Citizens Medal Award in 1989. ... Team #4 believes she is a woman who has courage to struggle through many difficult times in our country's history for the equality of human rights for all people. ...

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The Dalai Lama may not have set out to be a leader, but because of the quality of his actions and the integrity of his intent, he has become one of the greatest leaders in history. ... His reputation as a scholar and as a man of peace earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. ...

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As history unfolds the early accounts of Japanese history remains quite unclear. ... This Kingdom was said to have been a primitive society consisting primarily of agriculture, weaving and fishing (Hall, 1989). ... It was also found that the leader was hereditary, and had the authority to perform rites between living and deceased as well as between rulers and their divine ancestors (Hall, 1989). ... Miwa are linked to Yamato's first kings and the worship of the kami (Hall, 1989). ... The ideals of Zen Buddhism projected many similar characteristic of the samurai code such as self-discipli...

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