At two minutes before noon on Saturday, 1 September 1923, Tokyo began to shake again. The earth had shifted beneath Sagami Bay,
miles away, and the initial shock lasted for about five minutes. It was
followed by two more. Huge chasms opened in the streets, swallowing
people and even trams. Electric cables snapped like string then flailed about, electrocuting anyone unfortunate enough to be within reach.
One lethal flick killed a whole tramload of passengers, leaving them
frozen as they were at the moment of death. ‘‘One woman’s hand held
out a coin as though she had been on the point of paying her fare,’’
said an eyewitness. Roderick Matherson, the Chicago Tribune’s Tokyo correspondent, reported: ‘‘the ground swayed and swung, making a
foothold almost impossible… The groaning of the swaying buildings
rose to a roar, and then a deafening sound as the pitching structures
began to crumble and fall.’’ Desperate people ran out, ‘’pallid with
fright,’’ banging into each other and falling over. Some fainted while others laughed hysterically

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Read the sample student claim and counterclaim. claim: although many people argue that medical testing on animals is a violation of animal rights, the benefits it yields for society far outweigh any argument that can be made. counterclaim: there are safer and more accurate ways to test medications without using animals. what evidence would most weaken the counterclaim presented here? the physiologies of humans and some animals are very similar, so the reactions of these creatures to certain medications are the most reliable guide to the possible reactions of human patients. scientists are more easily able to control an animal’s environment, such as diet and temperature, than they are that of humans, which makes the tests far more reliable than alternative methods. animals have emotions and can feel pain much as humans do, which is why i feel that it is cruel to subject these vulnerable creatures to unfair tests that we are unwilling to conduct on humans. if we ban testing on animals for medical research that could save lives, then it also must be made illegal to hunt and kill animals simply because we would like to include meat in our daily diets.