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definitions of words in articles you may not know:Cyanide poison- a form of histotoxic hypoxia because the cells of an organism are unable to use oxygen, primarily through the inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase.
histotoxic hypoxia- the inability of cells to take up or utilize oxygen from the bloodstream, despite physiologically normal delivery of oxygen to such cells and tissues. |
Tylenol |
The Tylenol Crisis happened September 29, 1882. It took the lives of 7 people ages 12 to 35, including three from the same family. All the victims were from the Chicago area, but still fear rose all across the United States.
Someone took the Tylenol capsules apart. Then they would lace it with cyanide poison. Ingesting the poison can cause death. Johnson & Johnson, the makers of Tylenol, released a vast recall of the product to make sure no one else would be harmed. The company also offered a $100,000 reward for information that could help arrest the criminals responsible for the crime and deaths. Police and investigators soon realized that the capsules were not being fiddled with at the factories they were being manufactured at. The only way the pills could have been laced were by buying the Tylenol, blending the Tylenol with poison, and returning the box where it would be shelved again, and be picked up again by a victim. Johnson & Johnson announced a giant campaign to stop users from using until the crisis was solved and secured. The company recalled 264,000 bottles of Tylenol and gave out free replacement bottles of Tylenol tablets. They never found the criminals that did the crime. We just have to hope they don't attack again. |
recession |
When Ronald Reagan became President, he had many fresh ideas. He thought that the government was too large and had too much control over citizen's money. Reagan cut taxes and made huge slashes in social programs. All his new changes caused the nation to fall into a large recession. Business bankruptcies rose 50 percent. It was hard on farmers, too. Crop prices fell and interest rates rose. This caused them to lose a lot of money.
The recession, among with falling oil prices and Federal Reserve's control of money and credit, helped cause inflation to almost disappear. By 1983, the country came back and entered into the longest periods of sustained economic growth since World War II. The annual inflation rate stayed under 5 percent from 1983 to 1987. Still, the recession continued. Farmers were still suffering and things became worse when tough droughts occurred in 1986 and 1988. The stock market crashed in 1987 causing many people to question the stability of the economy. |