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Males And Females Killer Whales
1,028 wordsIntroduction Narwhals, the unicorns of the sea, are very mysterious creatures that are not widely known. They are whales with many fascinating features and historical value. This research paper is answering the question, What are Narwhals? . General Description Monodon Monoceros, Latin for one tooth, one horn#; or Narwhal, Norwegian for corpse whale, because of it mottled coloration suggests a bloated corpse#. Narwhals are in the white whale family, along with the beluga, but are actually covere...
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Valley Of Mexico Percent Of The Land
1,140 wordster> The Effect of Increased Greenhouse Gasses on Mexico and it's Effort to Reduce Environmental Damage Introduction For over a hundred years, scientists have been carefully gathering and verifying data on the earth's temperature. The latest data reveals some striking trends: All 10 of the warmest years on record have occurred in the last 15 years The 1990 's have already been warmer than the 1980 's- the warmest decade on record The global average surface temperature has risen 0. 5 de...
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Commander In Chief House Of Burgesses
1,279 wordsWashington, George (1732 - 99), commander in chief of the Continental army during the American Revolution, and later the first president of the United States. He symbolized qualities of discipline, aristocratic duty, military orthodoxy, and persistence in adversity that his contemporaries particularly valued as marks of mature political leadership. Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the eldest son of Augustine Washington, a Virginia planter, and Mary Ball...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis Eyeball To
1,161 wordster> Eyeball to Eyeball: America, Cuba and The Soviet Union America and The Soviets again using other countries for their own warfare Excitement was high for Cuba, when Fidel Castro overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in January 1959. With a heady mixture of nationalism and left wing ideologies US became very cautious for its southern comrades Central and Southern America and perhaps herself. When Castro took over Cuba, the US lost valuable investments in the sugar and toba...
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Cuban Missile Crisis At The Brink Of Abyss
1,187 words... ack of the missiles, which had been camouflaged and moved soon after Kennedys speech. Low flying spy planes encountered heavy fire and on October 27 Cubans shot down a U- 2 plane, killing its pilot. After this the Kennedy administration debated the question of an air strike on Cuba, but retaliation ran the risk of killing some Soviets, which could escalate the crisis. Kennedy knew that the American public would support the decision of removing the missiles in Turkey, but he did not want to b...
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18 Th Century Seventeenth Century
992 wordsIra Berlins Many Thousands Gone Book Review Berlin traces the evolution of black society from the first arrivals in the early seventeenth century through the American Revolution, reintegrates slaves into the history of the American working class, and reveals the diverse forms that slavery and freedom assumed before cotton was the mainstay of the slave economy. You witness the transformation that occurred as the first generations of Creole slaves, free blacks, and indentured whites gave way to th...
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Worlds Population Hudson Bay
1,051 wordsSince more than 70 % of the Earth is covered with water, one would assume that there is enough water for everyone. However, this statement would be incorrect. Only 3 % of that water is considered usable and 2 % of the usable water is locked in the polar ice caps. This leaves 1 % of that water for the use of humans. Canada possesses a substantial amount of this water, while other countries are less fortunate. One of these countries is the United States of America, the biggest users of water in th...
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San Francisco Bay Francisco Bay Area
821 wordsThe primary responsibility of any elected official is to operate in accordance with his or her constituency. They are thus obligated to do so, an obligation that at times forces the individual to act courageously, against outside pressures, to accomplish this task. When San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom decided to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples in 2004, he did so with tremendous courage, against warnings of committing political suicide, and has subsequently ignited a modern struggle...
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Short Story Analysis Of Uneasy Homecoming
847 wordsUneasy Homecoming by Will F Jenkins is a short story that has the effect of a particularly tense atmosphere. The story is about a woman named Connie returning to an empty house after a two-week holiday. When she arrives home she had developed a nervous feeling. While Connie was on holiday some burglaries had taken place. Later Connie finds the loot in her home and uses quick thinking to attract peoples attention from the other side of the bay who then catch the burglar. In this short story the s...
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Joseph Banks Suggested Aboard The Endevour Sailed
343 wordsIn June of 1769, aboard the Endevour, Captain James Cook completed his scientific assignment to observe a transit of the planet Venus across the face of the sun from Tahiti in the South Pacific. Afterwards, Cook and his crew headed westward; their secret mission was to find the undiscovered southern land, Terra Australias Incognita. Many geographers believed it had to exist to counterbalance the northern continents. They were ordered to travel as far south as the fortieth parallel in their searc...
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Washington D C Hampton Roads
1,504 wordsThe Merrimac was the first ironclad ship built by the Confederacy. It was built to do battle with the Union Navy. The Confederates were the first to bring forth a warship of this kind. The Union was in control of a navel yard named Gosport. In April of 1862, the South started to advance on this navel base and the North had little choice but to flee. While leaving they tried to destroy whatever they could in a desperate attempt to prevent the Confederacy from gaining more military power with Unio...
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Fresh Air Good Bye
1,414 wordsThe book "On the beach" by Nevil Shute tells about the time after the third world war, which was mostly fought between Russia, China and America. There were also some smaller countries involved. The first hydrogen bomb was dropped by Albania on Naples and other followed. The Russians sent bombers from Cairo to Washington and London. After that only a few statesmen were still alive. The war increased and a lot of hydrogen bombs were dropped. After some time the whole northern hemisphere was destr...
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Salem Witch Witch Hunt
444 wordsOver time Puritanism has come to be associated with prudishness, harshness, fanaticism, and superstition. Although this is partially true it tends to be exaggerated. The Puritans tried to create a model religious society and in doing this some of their actions were misconstrued. The Puritans wanted to create a theocracy, where all of the society's inhabitants adhered to the doctrine of God. The Puritans believed in Calvinism and therefore one of their main goals was to force the Anglican Church ...
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Marine Life Long Island
615 wordsSalt marshes are coastal wetlands rich in marine life, which are covered by water at least once per month. They are found in the intertidal zones along low-energy coastlines, forming along the margins of estuaries, where freshwater from the land mixes with seawater. These marshes can be found near the Great South Bay and the Long Island Sound. The entire south shore of Long Island is considered to be a salt marsh important to the health of the marine life. Beginning in Jamaica Bay and extending ...
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Charmian Kittredge San Francisco First
568 wordsJack Griffith London was born in San Francisco in 1876 his mother was of a wealthy background, her name was Flora Wellman. His father may have been William Chaney, a journalist, lawyer, and major figure in the development of American astrology. Because Flora was ill, an ex-slave, Virginia Prentiss, who was a major mother like figure while he grew up, raised Jack through infancy. Late in 1876, Flora married John London, a partially disabled Civil War veteran. The family moved around the Bay area ...
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Call Of The Wild Jack London
715 wordsJack London (1876 - 1916) was easily the most successful and best-known writer in America in the first decade of the 20 th century. He is best known for his books, The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf, and a few short stories, such as " To Build a Fire" and " The White Silence. " He was a productive writer whose fiction traveled through three lands and their cultures such as the Yukon, California, and the South Pacific. His most famous writings included war, box...
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17 Th Century Prime Minister
978 words&# 65279; Close your eyes and picture a beautiful sunset meeting far away on the shimmering clear blue water in front of you. You feel a cool breeze and a hot sun against your skin and the feeling of the warm sand beneath your feet. You walk forward and feel the refreshing water wet your legs and you are tickled as a school of tropical fish passes you by. You spot the palm trees and wild plants off the shore. Are you in an unreal paradise? Yes I have. It is Jamaica. Geographical Location Jamaica...
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17 Th Century Prime Minister
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Bay Of Pigs 00 A M
1,513 wordsThe Cold War produced many confrontations between the U. S. and the Soviet Union. Korea and Vietnam were confrontations between the superpowers in an indirect way because each was supporting a country. Not until 1962 did they really come face to face with one another. The 1962 Cuban Missile Crises, although over Cuba, pitted the U. S. directly against Russia. The decisions between October 14 and 17, 1962 could easily have started WWII I or everyone? s fear at the time, nuclear war. But, calmer h...
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Spanish Armada King Philip
857 wordsThe Spanish Armada was a great Spanish fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England. It was ironically called Invincible. During the late 1500 s, Spain was the major international power over much of the known world (Goldman 1). Spain s leader, King Philip II, wanted to conquer the Protestants from England and convert them to the Church of Rome. King Philip II also had hatred against Queen Elizabeth I, and wanted revenge because she had executed Mary Queen of Scotland in 1587 (...
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