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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Description
"An extremely popular drug, Krayoxx, the number one cholesterol reducer for the dangerously overweight, produced by Varrick Labs, a giant pharmaceutical company with annual sales of $25 billion, has recently come under fire after several patients taking it have suffered heart attacks. All Finley & Figg has to do is find a handful of people who have had heart attacks while taking Krayoxx, convince them to become clients, join the class action, and...
4) Philadelphia
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997], c1993
Language
English
Description
A story of two lawyers who join together to sue a prestigious Philadelphia law firm when the firm fires one of them because he has AIDS.
7) Loving
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It is when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Zoe Baxter finds unexpected love with a younger woman after she and her husband divorce, and when the couple wants to use the embryos Zoe and her ex-husband had frozen when they were trying to get pregnant, it sparks a legal battle over the rights of gay couples and whether an embryo is considered a life or a piece of property.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Examines the case of Pat Dunn, a man convicted of murdering his wife in Kern County, California, looking at the inconsistencies in the gathering of evidence and during the trial; discusses the large number of wrongful convictions in the county's justice system; and argues that such events are part of an escalating trend in America.
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Language
English
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Description
In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana when voters passed Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act. Since then, 24 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing marijuana in some form. Four states, including Alaska, Oregon, Colorado and Washington, have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Many states, including Arizona and Ohio, have marijuana proposals on an upcoming ballot...
14) Protect your estate: definitive strategies for estate and wealth planning from the leading experts
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
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Series
Language
English
Description
Canadians are deeply worried about wait times for health care. Entrepreneurial doctors and private clinics are bringing Charter challenges to existing laws restrictive of a two-tier system. They argue that Canada is an outlier among developed countries in limiting options to jump the queue.
This book explores whether a two-tier model is a solution.
In Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future?, leading researchers explore the public and private mix in...
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Language
English
Description
Now in its third edition, California School Law is the only comprehensive source discussing how federal and state law affects the day-to-day operation of the state's traditional public, charter, and private schools. While the book is comprehensive, the authors have written it for a broad audience. California School Law has become a coveted desk-top reference for administrators, governing board members, school attorneys, union leaders, and policymakers....
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Español
Description
Los ensayos que reúne este libro están en el núcleo mismo de los estudios culturales, pues desde distintas perspectivas -la ecología, la antropología y los estudios de género, por ejemplo- enfoca el tema de la descolonización en América Latina y Estados Unidos Autores como Enrique Dussel, Catherine Walsh y María Lugones, entre otros, tratan de describir cómo funcionan los dispositivos del poder en casos como la influencia del indigenismo...
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Language
English
Description
Having a loved one in a long-term care community (commonly called "nursing home") is difficult in the best of circumstances, but what happens when you have a problem with the care your loved one is receiving? Who can you turn to when you have questions? Have you ever been told: No, we can't give your mom three baths a week; we are only required to give two baths a week. Or, If you don't like the care your dad is getting, why don't you move him? Or,...
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