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…The thinning of the ozone layer results in an increased exposure to UV rays from the Sun. In humans, this can cause diseases like skin cancer and cataract and may also result in a reduced resistance to diseases. Humans are also indirectly affected. Too much UV rays…

…. The dew sparkled like diamonds as the sun's rays tenderly caressed the grass. Off in the distance, I could hear the world spring to life as the birds began to sing a spectacular melody, growing louder and louder as each bird began to chirp in unison, like…

…chest x-rays. "Although it is not a cure, hydroxyurea therapy is the first effective treatment for this serious illness and may greatly improve the quality of life of sickle cell anemia patients." (Dr. Claude Lenfant, Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood…

…again falls, dropping to as little as -140 degrees F. Above the mesosphere the temperature of the thermosphere varies considerably with solar activity. The thin atmosphere is heated intensely by the suns rays and can reach temperatures to over 1800 degrees F…

…was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. <Tab/>Tragically, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. On April 4, 1968 he was shot while standing on his balcony of the hotel room he was staying in. An escaped convict and committed racist named James Earl Ray…

…in temperature upon detonation. This would have instantaneously shaped a fireball emitting radiation and heat rays destroying everything. An area of 13sq km was reduced to ashes with only 8% of the 76,000 building remained undamaged. 118,661 civilians, 20,000…

…"carefully avoided him in the street," those whom he helped "in their hour of need openly jeered at him" in his. His personal tragedy was due to his faith in these people, leading him to become very distressed as the "ray of hope" he attempted to bring…

…ultraviolet rays causes respiratory problems and seriously exacerbates asthma for humans and is damaging to plants when the ozone is at ground level. When I was younger, I remember watching a television commercial where an Indian stands near a polluted river…

…sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the single sun-ray" (29). The old furniture in her house, the cracks on her sofa and the dust-covered things in the place suggest the dark aspect of her life. The darkness and dimmed atmosphere…

…charges which were: conspiring to defraud the public, conspiring to commit a confidence game, conspiring to defraud White Sox catcher Ray Schalk, conspiring to injure the business of Charles Comiskey, and conspiring to injure the business of the American League…