Essays Tagged: "5 million"
Children in the Holocaust
te of children who died during the Holocaust will never be known. Some estimates range as high as 1.5 million murdered children. This figure includes more than 1.2 million Jewish children, tens of tho ... dren was rapidly restricted as soon as the Nazis came to power in Germany in January 1933. After 1935, close friends suddenly avoided the company of their Jewish classmates, sometimes becoming hostile ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Citizen Participation and the Roadless Areas Initiative (This may also fall under 'Forestry')
known as the Roadless Areas Initiative, it restricts road building and development in approximately 58.5 million acres of inventoried United States Forest Service (USFS) roadless areas, roughly one th ... a public comment period where 1.6 million comments were received. The final rule, signed on January 5, 2001, prohibits new road construction and reconstruction on all 58.5 million acres with a few exc ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Forestry
Just Say No, But Say it Loudly!
s to the human body, and two fantastic people who gave their livesbecause of it. Today, over 5 million people use cocaine each month. Each day, 3,000people try cocaine for the first time.2 Coca ... Hospitals, says thatusing cocaine is like taking a chance on sudden death: 'Cocaine's a loadedgun.'5 Len Bias choose to be on the wrong end of the gun. Entertainers seem to live in a world exp ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Heart Attacks
Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in the United States. Everyday approximately 1,500 people die from heart attacks. Thousands more suffer crippling effects of some form, and remain ... ntributors to heart attacks. Smoking and stress are the most widespread causes however, affecting 2.5 million people every year. Therefore, smoking and stress are two major causes of heart attacks.Smo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
the holocaust
te of children who died during the Holocaust will never be known. Some estimates range as high as 1.5 million murdered children. This figure includes more than 1.2 million Jewish children, tens of tho ... potential safety through emigration, the latter was linked to the fate of their families. After 1935, close friends suddenly avoided the company of their Jewish classmates, sometimes becoming hostile ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Wire Pirates
depends on collegial trust and mutualforbearance. The 30,000 interconnected computer networks and 2.5 million or more attached computers that make up thesystem swap gigabytes of information based on n ... stimates that stolen calling cards cost long distance carriers and their customers on the order of2.5 billion dollars a year.During the same years that telephone companies were fighting the phone phre ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
MAC Cosmetics
conservative or trendy and even for males or females. Sales for M.A.C. are growing rapidly. From 1985 ($600 000) to 1989 ($3 million), sales were steady. Then in 1990 the money really started to pour ... 1989 ($3 million), sales were steady. Then in 1990 the money really started to pour in, hitting $8.5 million then $18 million in1991. Last years sales (1996) were $70 million and now this years' esti ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
The Internet, what is it?
lish?B. The Internet is a series of networked computers.1. Fastest growing network in the world2. 3-5 million people per dayC. The Internet first began use in 19691. Previously called the ARPANET (Adv ... in your house2. Every paper and magazine in the world3. Second medical opinion4. Video Conferencing5. Narrow and special interest publicationsIV. What was once developed by the U.S. Defense Departmen ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Children in the Holocaust
te of children who died during the Holocaust will never be known. Some estimates range as high as 1.5 million murdered children. This figure includes more than 1.2 million Jewish children, tens of tho ... dren was rapidly restricted as soon as the Nazis came to power in Germany in January 1933. After 1935, close friends suddenly avoided the company of their Jewish classmates, sometimes becoming hostile ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Handguns - vital weapons or deadly killers?
States, according tothe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Each year this number grows by 4 to 5million. There are 60 to 65 million legal owners of one or more guns.1 There is a firearmon the pre ... ers keep them for hunting, target shooting, collecting, and similarpursuits.In recent years nearly 35,000 people have been killed annually by guns in theUnited States. These deaths include 15,000 murd ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
The Greek Economy
lture. One quarter of the Greek workforce is engaged in farming, and agriculture constitutes about 15% of the domestic production. Not much attention has been drawn on the agricultural sector of the e ... 1.9 million, oranges 780000, corn 2.1 million, sugar beet 1.9 million, grapes 1.6 million, olives 1.5 million, potatoes 850000 and cotton 222000. Livestock included some 10.8 million sheep, 3.5 millio ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Famine In Ethiopia
ge Ethiopian. The latest string of famine to strike was not to long ago.From 1983 to 1986, nearly 1.5 million Ethiopians died of starvation. That was the culmination of nearly two decades of famine th ... tributed well over 100 million dollars in aid, supplying nearly one-third of Ethiopia's food for 1985. Everyone in power helped out in any way possible.By January of 1985, despite all of the help of f ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
How Man evolved
ered and excavated. As a resultof these discoveries, a idea of human evolution during the past 4 to 5 million years hasshown.Most of the ability to make and use tools and other objects comes from the ... of Eurasia sometime after a millionyears ago, and into the tropical parts of these continents about 500,000 years ago. Laterhominids were able to cross the water barrier into Australia. It is likely t ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Abortion
bies, they would hate their children for reminding them of such a painful time.Young women between 15 and 19 account for at least 5 million abortions every year -- 1 million of them in the United Stat ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
"There Should be Stricter Smoking Laws" Overall good essay discussing the pros of stricter smoking and tobacco laws.
l decrease severely. There should be stricter tobacco laws and regulations!First of all, at least 4.5 million adolescents are smoking. Most of them would like to quit, but they can't. Why is this? Thi ... dhood disease in the United States.Second-hand smoking is being done to 9-12 million children under 5 years of age. 43% of American children live in a home with at least one smoker.All in all, smoking ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Jollibee Foods Corporation-A Case Study
JOLLIBEE FOODS CORPORATION (JFC)A Written Analysis of a Case by Lloyd TyBrief Synopsis of DataIn 1995, AB Capital and Investment Corporation was tapped by the UP Foundation, Inc. (UPFI) to manage an e ... d Investment Corporation was tapped by the UP Foundation, Inc. (UPFI) to manage an equity fund of 2.5 million pesos, which is a small portion of their 260 million peso endowment fund. The interests ea ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Alcoholism
drug. In the United States alcoholism is the most widespread form of drug abuse, effecting at least 5 million people. About one third of high school students in the US are though to be problem drinker ... med at least one alcoholic drink during the past month, a decrease from 16.3 percent reported in 1995. The survey also showed the prevalence of binge and frequent drinking by pregnant women. Comparing ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Oil drilling in the arctic.
laska. It covers 19.8 total acres; eight million acres of ANWR was designated for wilderness, and 1.5 million acres were selected for review by the Department of Interior (DOI) to suggest future drill ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences
Downsizing, Anatheme or Panacea?
immed of bureaucratic fat and bristling with competitive muscle. In the United States alone, some 3.5 million workers have lost their jobs to these programs since 1987. In the first quarter of 1994, t ... ers have lost their jobs to these programs since 1987. In the first quarter of 1994, there were 192,572 layoffs, averaging over 3,106 jobs a day. (Downs 19). By 1992, more than 85% of the Fortune 500 ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Cocaine
it does to the human body, and two fantastic people who gave their lives because of it.Today, over 5 million people use cocaine each month. Each day, 3,000 people try cocaine for the first time.[2] C ... spitals, says "that using cocaine is like taking a chance on sudden death, Cocaine's a loaded gun."[5] Len Bias choose to be on the wrong end of the gun. Like athletes entertainers seem to live in a w ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs