7 . ( l ) The 600-year-old Ottoman Empire had failed to keep pace with European social and technological developments . ( II ) The rise of national consciousness impelled several captive nations to seek to regain lost independence , leading to the empire ' s fragmentation . ( III ) This process culminated in the disastrous Ottoman participation in World War I as a German ally . ( IV ) Defeated , shorn of much of its former territory , and partly occupied by forces of the victorious European states , the Ottoman structure was rejected by Turkish nationalists , who expelled invading Greek forces from Anatolia after a bitter war . ( V ) Turkey did not enter World War II on the Allied side until shortly before the war ended and became a charter member of the United Nations .
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8 . ( I ) The FDA is currently testing the various pesticides and herbicides that are heavily used in industrial agriculture . ( II ) Of those studied , 53 were found to be highly carcinogenic . ( lll ) The use of these chemicals results in residue on products found of 35 % of all food tested in 1998 by the FDA - and contamination of ground water due to run-off . ( IV ) While this may seem inconsequential and many people are unconcerned with the consumption of minimal amounts of these chemicals , it can have very serious consequences . ( V ) Most people agree that large amounts of foodborne chemicals damage brain , nervous , and reproductive systems .
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9 . ( I ) Food-borne bacteria illnesses causes 9,000 yearly deaths in the U . S . ( ll ) lnfecting mainly through the livestock and poultry industries , these types of illnesses have resulted in notable outbreaks in recent history . ( Ill ) The plague , spread by rats and mice , caused the death of half of the population of Europe during the Dark Ages . ( IV ) As recently as this month , mad cow disease was diagnosed here in the States . ( V ) One cause of these bacteria has been attributed to the industrial method of farming livestock in places dubbed " animal factories ."
10 . ( I ) The term " Shaken Baby Syndrome " ( SBS ) describes the consequences which occur when a young child ' s head is whiplashed back and forth during shaking . ( II ) Babies can be easily injured when shaken . ( Ill ) Their neck muscles aren ' t strong enough to control head movements . ( IV ) Bleeding behind the eyes and in and around the brain occurs and can cause serious injury . ( V ) Therefore , rapid movement of the head can result in the brain being bruised from banging against the skull wall .
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11 . ( I ) During his adolescent years , Nostradamus was sent to the city of Avignon where he studied philosophy until 1522 . ( II ) Nostradamus had the visions which he later recorded in verse while staring into water or flame late at night and thus the famous quatrains ( four line verses ) came about ( III ) Most of the quatrains are open to multiple interpretations , and some make no sense whatsoever . ( IV ) Some of them are chilling , literal descriptions of events , giving specific or nearspecific names , geographic locations , astrological configurations , and sometimes actual dates . ( V ) It is this quality of both vagueness and specificity which allows each new generation to reinterpret Nostradamus .
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12 . ( I ) The name Scientology means " knowing how to know " and it maintains that it " constitutes man ' s first real application of scientific methodology to spiritual questions ." ( II ) Scientology asserts it is not merely a belief system but a mode of action , and it has a complicated vocabulary of its own . ( Ill ) Its basic postulate is that experience , in this or in previous lives , is recorded in the brain as a series of " engrams ." ( IV ) These engrams are revived and reinforced by recurring similar situations and always cause inappropriate and self-defeating behaviour . ( V ) Scientology has ministers who perform some religious rites and sacraments , but their main function is individual counselling .
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