... came home again. She had a seizure while driving and the car flipped over. My family and I thought she past away due to the accident. We then found out by the town sherrif that she past away due to neglagence. If the police officer had pulled my mom out and laid her down flat she would then be able to breathe properly ... smoke again. I could not imagine how these people of the tobacco industry could sleep at night. I had anger towards the officer who did not do his job properly. Towards the town who did not properly train him. I once heard the officer knew people within. This would lea...

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• Grade Level: High School

... change forever. The news about my 12 year old sister broke out into the small 1500 population town within the hour my dad spoke it. Everyone came together suddenly to organize fundraisers to help out our family with the outrageous bills that were soon to come. The young people from every church made ... right away. They labored for hours in taking orders, donations, and preparing the food. I had no idea the people that lived in that miniature town could be so concerned about my little sister and her family. It seems everyone understood what we were going through and helped us carry this ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... gone for a few days, I never noticed any cars other than her own in the drive way. When I was eight the city was deciding what to do with "our" park. My neighborhood friends and I often tried to play baseball there. With only 4 of us we didn't really have much success. When the park board had a ... forum to hear suggestions nearly everyone in our neighborhood came to tell them that they wanted the park just the way it was. And we got our wish. Now there is a senior center also on the property. I don't recall the last time my friends and ... I wouldn't think that everyone she helped died...

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• Grade Level: High School

... cancer has moved from a rare disease to a common killer. Is it coincidence that pollution containing foreign matter has found its way into all aspects of our world? Is this knowledge being kept from us or is it just too depressing for society to handle? We read and are taught that "lifestyle" choices ... reproduce, a species ceases to exist. Extinction is forever: a species loss has never been reversed. (Sherman 2) It's always been easy to say that it's our fault for getting cancer, that we were smokers or we drank a lot or ate the wrong things. But what about the people getting and dyi...

• Word Count: 1900
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... had contaminated the entire food supply for the world. One part of the book, which is scary yet true, was the chapter, "A Fable For Tomorrow." This chapter is about a fictional town, which was once beautiful, but one spring; many of the animals and people became very ill. The causes of their illnesses were because of the over use of the chemicals ... her work is still well known around chemical companies. The group of authors consisting of Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers are all well known for their book: "Our Stolen Future," which they received many prestigious ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... had contaminated the entire food supply for the world. One part of the book, which is scary yet true, was the chapter, "A Fable For Tomorrow." This chapter is about a fictional town, which was once beautiful, but one spring; many of the animals and people became very ill. The causes of their illnesses were because of the over use of the chemicals ... her work is still well known around chemical companies. The group of authors consisting of Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers are all well known for their book: "Our Stolen Future," which they received many prestigious ...

• Word Count: 1318
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... had contaminated the entire food supply for the world. One part of the book, which is scary yet true, was the chapter, "A Fable For Tomorrow." This chapter is about a fictional town, which was once beautiful, but one spring; many of the animals and people became very ill. The causes of their illnesses were because of the over use of the chemicals ... her work is still well known around chemical companies. The group of authors consisting of Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers are all well known for their book: "Our Stolen Future," which they received many prestigious ...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate