What the Bill of Rights Says. The first eight amendments of the Bill of Rights set forth specific guarantees and liberties. The Ninth Amendment acknowledges that the American people have rights that are not even specified in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.s it finally emerged from Congress, the proposed Bill of Rights consisted of twelve amendments and was offered to the states for ratification. The first two proposed amendments were never ratified by the states.
The Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster was a large-scale incident of occupational silicosis as the result of the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, as part of a hydroelectric project. This project is considered to be one of the worst industrial disasters in American history.
It was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of a 1999 Salon Book Award. But âKilling Pablo,â Bowden says, âis a much more complicated story than âBlack Hawk Down,â and it takes place over a much longer period. It really begins in 1949 and tells in summary fashion the history of Escobarâs rise and fall.