Helen Palsgraf‚ Respondent‚ v. The Long Island Railroad Company‚ Appellant Facts A passenger carrying a package‚ while hurrying to catch and board a moving Long Island Rail Road train‚ appeared to two of the railroad’s (Defendant’s) employees to be falling. The employees were guards‚ one of whom was located on the car‚ the other of whom was located on the platform. The guard on the car attempted to pull the passenger into the car and the guard on the platform attempted to push him into the
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Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18‚ 1980. The volcano‚ located in southwestern Washington‚ used to be a beautiful symmetrical cone about 9‚600 feet (3‚000 meters) above sea level. The eruption‚ which removed the upper 1‚300 feet (396 meters) of the summit‚ left a horseshoe-shaped crater and a barren wasteland. Today the land is healing‚ having recovered its natural beauty‚ but the landscape has been permanently altered. Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest called the mountain "Louwala-Clough"
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Mount St Helens 1980 Mount St Helens is on the plate boundary between the Juan de Fuca plate and North American plate. When it erupted it permanently changed the surrounding landscape. Effects of the eruption Primary effects Secondary effects Nuée ardente (hot ash and gas) destroyed forests and logging camps. 63 people were killed‚ mainly by poisonous gases. Lahars (mudflows of ash and water) covered an extensive area surrounding the volcano. Ash blocked rivers destroying popular fishing
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(lahars) and a cloud of volcanic ash covering hundred of miles across. nearly 20 millions tons of sulfur dioxide were blown in the air and were dispersed around the world causing an increase in temperature of around 0.5 degrees. Mt ST HELENS ERUPTION mt st helens is a strata volcano located in the state of washinghton‚ US the eruption caused many hazards and
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Helen Palsgraf‚ Respondent‚ v. The Long Island Railroad Company‚ Appellant [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL] Court of Appeals of New York 248 N.Y. 339; 162 N.E. 99; 1928 N.Y. LEXIS 1269; 59 A.L.R. 1253 February 24‚ 1928‚ Argued May 29‚ 1928‚ Decided Facts: The plaintiff Helen Palsgraf was standing at the platform station of Long Island Railroad Company after buying her ticket and waiting for her train. Suddenly‚ a man carrying a package rushed to catch another train that was moving away from the platform
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Assessment Essay Racial Relations throughout history has varied between people‚ time periods‚ and trends at the time. Three very concerverical and different people that had large roles in this matter were Bartolome de Las Casas‚ Andrew Jackson‚ and Helen Hunt Jackson. All of these people had very different approaches to how they handled this and the way they tried to persuade people to believe what they believed. Bartolome de Las Casas (1474-1566) was a Spanish historian who was one of the first
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describes her as a leader of simply men unworthy of her: "Had they but courage equal to desire?" which Yeats believe they didn’t possess because he believed them to be "ignorant men". He describes her beauty and features in this poem comparing her to Helen: "Was there another Troy for her to burn?". His other references to her features were: "With beauty like a tightened bow‚ a kind that is not natural in an age like this" describes the beauty but war-like side to her with the description of a "tightened
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are influenced from other works. It could be from a song heard‚ a movie seen‚ or a book read‚ but the author will in some way intertwine other works within their writing consciously or not. In Susan Glaspell’s short story “A Jury of Her Peers” and Helen Reddy’s song “I Am Woman”‚ intertextuality is not necessary evident‚ however‚ you can derive the same meanings from the two. While Glaspell may be unaware of her message of the empowerment of women‚ especially being that the story was written in 1917
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A Beautiful Life A Beautiful Life written by Michael Futcher and Helen Howard in 1998 is a brave piece of contemporary Australian Theatre‚ exploring the controversial and much debated issue of immigration in Australia‚ while providing a highly symbolic‚ poignant and emotional experience for the audience. This play is based on the memories of an Iranian refugee (Hamid)‚ his wife (Jhila) and their son (Amir) who settled in Australia in the 1980s‚ focusing on how their cultural background ultimately
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Fisher v. Carrousel Motor Hotel‚ Inc. 424 S.W.2d 627 (Tex. 1967) Facts: The plaintiff‚ Fisher‚ was a guest invited to a luncheon held at the Carrousel Motor Hotel (the “Carrousel”) with his other associates. While Fisher was about to be served and approached to Flynn‚ the manager of the Carrousel‚ Flynn snatched the plate from Fisher’s hand and shouted that “he‚ a Negro‚ could not be served in the club.” Fisher was not physically touched nor did he suffer fear or apprehension of physical injury
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