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Gatorade: History and Product offerings
Gatorade: History and Product Offerings History Gatorade is a flavored non-carbonated sports drink manufactured by the Quaker Oats Company, a division of PepsiCo. It was invented during the 1960s by University of Florida doctors in order to hydrate the university's football team (The Gators). New brands include its vitamin-enhanced Propel
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Gattaca
In the future discrimination is based on genetics, not race or class. Parents see geneticist to filter out undesirable traits in their children. Vincent's parents decided to go trust mother nature and concieve naturally. Vincent is seen as genetically inferior and is doomed to a life of servitude. His parents
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Gaudi in Barcelona
This report discusses Barcelona's famous architect, Antoni Gaudi. It also explores the intrinsic relationship between the city and the architect. The paper presents a brief biography of Gaudi and examines the general characteristics, influences, and styles of his work and creations. The paper describes four of Gaudi's many projects in
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Gaugain
Gauguin was born in Paris on June 7,1848, into a liberal middle-class family. After an adventurous early life, including a four-year stay in Peru with his family and a stint in the French merchant marine, he became a successful Parisian stockbroker, settling into a comfortable bourgeois existence with his wife
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Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip, the son of a postman, was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina in July, 1894. Gavrilo was one of nine children, six of whom died in infancy. His health was poor and from and early age suffered from tuberculosis. Princip attended schools in Sarajevo and Tuzla, but in May 1912,
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Gene Profile
Gene Profile "Profiling Cancer" by Monica Zangwill in Spring 2003 issue of Cure, is an article about new gene-analyzing techniques-gene profile in cancer diagnoses, prognosis and treatment. Cancer researchers are optimistic that gene profile improves diagnoses and prognosis estimates. It is possible to help matching treatment to tumor. It may
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General Douglas Macarthur
General Douglas MacArthur General Douglas MacArthur is one of the United States' most popular and accomplished generals. He is mostly known for being the commander of all Allied forces in the Pacific theater during World War II. His life was a spectacular rise and tragic fall. He was one
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General Patton
"Old blood and Guts" George Smith Patton is a very famous American because of his contributions in both World War I and II. He was considered one of the greatest U.S. generals of World War II. This war started in 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Hitler. Then, Italy,
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General Patton Case
General Patton General Patton was a good strong leader that help America though the war. But like anyone else he had his own faults. If you ever do get the chance to talk to someone who knew him at one point in time they would say that one of his
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General Robert E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee Robert E lee was born January 19, 1807 at Stanford in Westmoreland country, Virginia .He was the fifth child born to the lee family. He grew part in the part was George Washington was in. He had many ties to the revolutionary war hers/his was educated
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General Ulysses S. Grant
Not long after fighting had begun in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant went back into battle and enlisted in the army. Grant was a great military leader. He combined tactics that were taught to him at West Point with his own knowledge and with what he picked up on
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Genghis Kahn
Genghis Khan was born as Temujin in central Mongolia. This was the year of 1167. When he was born, he had a small lump of blood clutched in his fist. This blood clot was considered to be a sign that this newborn was going to be a hero. A hero
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London, the son of a successful wine merchant. After probably spending many of his childhood days in London's Vintry, his father did not send him to apprenticeship school, but rather to the aristocratic house of the countess of Ulster. There he trained as a page
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Geore Washington
George Washington was born in Wakefield, Virginia. Then at age three his family moved to a town near Fredricksburge. There the story about George and the Cherry tree was started. There he started tutoring and later attended Henry Williams School. At age 15 he became a surveyor. In 1748 he
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George B. McClellan: The Disposable Patriot
There were really no very interesting characters in this book. I was never one to be interested in history. There were some interesting parts though, for instance, the chapter about the railroad man was pretty good, and it was kind of cool that he got promoted to vice-president of
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George Bush
George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. Formerly the 46th Governor of the State of Texas, President Bush has earned a reputation as a compassionate conservative who shapes policy based on the principles of limited government, personal responsibility, strong families and local control. President Bush was
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George Bush
George Bush If I had to choose a candidate based on, background, position on issues, and intangibles I think it would be George W. Bush. I would choose George W. Bush because he supports some issues that Im interested in and he seems like the kind of guy who will
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George Eliot Is a Woman
George Eliot is a well-known British author. What some may find most interesting about George is that he was actually a woman! Back in 1857 women were not able to write and publish novels so she used the alias name George Eliot to fulfill her childhood dream . Mary Anne
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin was born Jacob Gershowitz on September 26, 1898 in Brooklyn, New York. George began his professional career in "Tin Pan Alley," a location in New York City where aspiring composers and songwriters would bring their scores to a publisher trying to sell the tunes for cash. Two years
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin is one of the greatest influences to American music in the 20th century. His compositions can be found throughout the entertainment world, ranging from Broadway to motion pictures. Though he had a short career, George Gershwin's music continues to bring inspiration and delight almost sixty years later. On
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George H. W. Bush
George Bush brought to the White House a dedication to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States "a kinder and gentler nation." In his Inaugural Address he pledged in "a moment rich with promise" to use American strength as "a force for good."
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George Harrison
George Harold Harrison, the youngest Beatle, was born February 25, 1943. He had two brothers, Harold Jr. and Peter, and a sister, Louise. His mother, Louise, was a housewife, and his father, Harold, was a bus driver.George's initial interest in the guitar came about slowly. His mother remembers that she
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George Herman Ruth, Jr.
George Herman Ruth, Jr. was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth, Sr., who tended bar and eventually owned his own tavern near the Baltimore waterfront. The Ruths had a total of eight children, but only two survived past infancy:
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George Herman Ruth, Jr. - Baseball Player
Baseball player. Born George Herman Ruth, Jr., on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first of eight children born to Kate and George Herman Ruth, Sr. Most of the Ruth children died in infancy and only George Jr. and his sister Mamie survived to maturity. Little George,
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George Lawrence Yi
George Lawrence Yi (November 23, 1941 - January 6, 2005) was an Australian scientist who in 1994 discovered a vital genetic improvement to the antibiotic ampicillin, that increased its effectiveness against many types of cocci bacteria (including two types of previously incurable streptococci strains). Born to a Malaysian father and
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George Mason
George Mason's greatest accomplishment was being the founding father of the national Bill of Rights. He was a planter from Virginia, had grown up rich on one of the nicest and best plantations in Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia. He was an important member of the town's church, had all the
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George Mason
George Mason Profile George Mason was born on December 11, 1725, at the Mason family plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia. His father died in 1735 when there was an accident on the Potomac. On April 4, 1750, he got married to ann Eilbeck who was sixteen years old. They lived
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George McKenna
George McKenna Who would want to be principle of a predominately black gang ridden South Los Angeles High School? George McKenna did; he is a courageous, young black man who wants to change this school into a proud educational institution. McKenna was a very intelligent man, he worked very hard
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George Orwell
Owing largely to progress in communications and other technologies, governments and businesses today have more power than ever to monitor and influence what we buy, were we go, what we watch or read, and what we believe. Recent terrorists attacks in the United States of America (most notably, the destruction
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George Seurat
During his short life, Georges-Pierre Seurat was an innovator in an age of innovators in the field of art. This french painter was a leader in a movement called neo-impressionist in the late 19th century. Unlike the broad brushstrokes of the impressionist, Seurat developed a technique called pointillism or divisionism.
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