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…to 90 percent of the kids are smoking. It makes you feel like you belong," says Devon Harris, a senior at Woodlawn High. Teens also think of smoking as a sign of independence. The more authority figures tell them not to smoke, the more likely…

…was used as an experiment. It was called the “Trinity Test”, and was dropped at a test site in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The other bomb was used as a response to Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor. Harry Truman, president at this time, was in charge of the order…

…. During 1987 and 1988 Dr. Carson received many accolades. He received three Honorary Doctorates of Science Awards, the American Black Achievement Award from Ebony, and the Paul Harris Fellow Award from Rotary International. He published a book; Pediatric…

…Harry Truman says in his radio address, document H, all of the countries involved were trying to create the atomic bomb to use for their efforts. Fortunately the Americans won the "race of discovery". If the Germans had won that race they probably would have…

…had won this election by a landslide, gaining 60 percent of the popular vote. Harry Daugherty, and man from Ohio, soon gained a liking for Harding and began to promote him, stating "He Looked like a president." But while Harding had the appearance…

…sites; others were terror bombings of civilian populations. Hiroshima, a city know for its military importance, evacuated non-essential citizens for fear of an American attack. The decision to drop the bomb was made by Harry Truman. Hiroshima was destroyed…

…give a fair and impartial verdict were permitted to serve on the jury. George W. Crockett, Jr. argued the cause for petitioner also on his side Earl Dickerson, David M., Freedman and Harry Sacher. Solicitor General Perlman argued the cause…

…of Harry S. Truman’s presidency, the interior of the house, with the exception of the third floor, was completely gutted and renovated while the Trumans lived at Blair House, right across Pennsylvania Avenue. Nonetheless, the exterior stone walls are those first…

…it into a patient's room, it was usually to check out a newspaper item that "Sissy" (her sister) had just told her about during their daily half- hour telephone conversation. Her staff was anxious, harried, over-worked, exasperated and disgruntled. Her department…

…musicians. During the decade he played with Mulligan, Jimmy Raney, Lionel Hampton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Horace Silver, Jimmy Rowles, and Oscar Peterson. In 1954 he was incarcerated for using drugs. He started fighting the drug addiction, however…