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…. What factors contributed to this particular disaster? The main factor that contributed to the disaster was the weather. There were gale-force winds, which caused massive waves and poor visibility. The ship was already travelling very close to the shore line…

…there livers could not filter the toxins and died of massive overdoses from these flowering plants. There also could have been a disaster, where a large comet or asteroid hit the earth and a big cloud of dust covered the earth blocking the sunlight, causing…

…Groupthink has had a negative role in many organizations ability to make rational and ethical decisions. The Challenger disaster is no different, in fact its outcome was more serious than most. The Challenger disaster was caused by Groupthink…

…into the reactor and auxiliary buildings of Unit 2. By now, 8 of the 12 feet of the core were uncovered and the temperature was extremely high.         Still, everyone in the control room was certain that the shut down core was going through natural circulation…

…The Titanic Disaster John Eaton, one of the co-authors of Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy said that in the summer of 1907, J. Bruce Ismay and Lord James Pirrie, a partner in Harland and Wolff, met to discuss plans to build two ocean liners…

…, released tons of radioactive particles into the world. And, it all happened because of a careless experiment. The disaster at Chernobyl (at left) cannot even be called an accident. It was the result of an experiment to see if the plant could successfully…

…discusses London's resilience and leads into the metaphor of the disaster as a drama. Spender notes that "London burned with unsentimental dignity" (16). St. Paul's Cathedral is used in the stanza to symbolize that dignity. On December 29, 1940, the cathedral…

…as well as the public about OxyContin and its abuse. The plan also put into action a type of surveillance system called "Researched Abuse, Diversion, and Addiction-Related Services". RADARS is used "to study the nature and extent of abuse of OxyContin and other…

…) The first fact for this famine is the natural disaster in North Korea. The second fact in this famine is that North Korea uses a nationwide public distribution system, steadily diminishing rations means that nearly the entire population has been weakened by slow…

…appearance; more specifically in her eyes. Pearl’s beauty has a splendor unlike that of any other child. Like the scarlet letter, Pearl serves as Hester’s beautiful disaster. There are also many similarities between the relationship of Hester and Pearl…