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Espionage Act Of 1917
542 wordsEspionage was rampant in the early 1900 's. Citizens made significant sacrifices "to make the world safe for democracy (2). " Americans were also alert to the presence of spies who could sabotage the war effort. Congress passed the Espionage Act on June 15, 1917. The law provided stiff penalties for those found guilty of aiding the German enemy and increased public rancor toward Germany and all things German. Espionage is defined as the act of obtaining information clandestinely. The term applie...
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Crotalus Horrid Is A Member Horrid Is A Member Snakes
1,027 wordsThe following is a brief description, as well as know characteristics commonly associated with the Crotalus horrid snake family. The Crotalus horrid is commonly referred to as the timber rattlesnake, or in more indigenous terms, the canebrake or banded rattlesnake. Its genus name is a translation from the Greek word krotalon, which means rattle. The species is a Latin word meaning "standing on end. " (Breen, 1974). Together they illustrate the rattler's stalking posture. The Crotalus horrid is a...
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Allen Ginsberg Jack Kerouac
1,447 wordsBorn on March 12, 1922, the youngest of three children in a French-Canadian family that had established itself in Lowell, Massachusetts, Jack Kerouac was by the age of ten already aiming to become a writer. His father ran a print shop and published a local newsletter called the Spotlight. Before long he began writing and producing his own sport sheet, which he sold to friends and acquaintances in Lowell. He attended both Catholic and public schools, and won athletic scholarships to the Horace Ma...
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Eastern Yemeni Province Uss Cole World
552 wordsThursday FBI director Louis Freeh arrived in a far eastern Yemeni province and went directly into talks with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Freeh has praised Yemen for its cooperation in the investigation into the apparent terrorist bombing. The U. S. warship was attacked as it arrived to refuel a week ago, killing 17 sailors and injuring 39. Yemeni security officials said today that a search earlier this week of an Aden apartment where bomb-making equipment was found also yielded document...
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Points Of View Point Of View
1,285 wordsWrite an essay in which you present Limericks account of the problem of history to a novice, someone new to Limerick and new to the academy. You should assume that your reader has not read the section in this textbook- you will, that is, need to set the scene, to summarize, paragraph, quote, and explain. Your goal is to give your reader not only a sense of what Limerick says but an idea of why it might be important to a student in the early ages of a college or university career. When Limerick w...
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Puerto Rican Puerto Rico
764 wordsStatus: Endangered throughout its range, Federal Register, March 11, 1967. The Puerto Rican parrot is bright green, about a foot in length, with red forehead, blue primary wing feathers, and flesh-colored bill and feet. This bird feeds chiefly on wild fruits, particularly the sierra palm (Pre storia montana), but may also consume flowers and tender shoots. During October, when other fruits are scarce, the tabonuco fruit (Dacryodes excelsa) becomes an important food item. Rodriguez-Vidal (1959) l...
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Rocky Mountains Mississippi River
881 wordsThe Louisiana Purchase was a vast region in North America, that the United States purchased from France by a treaty signed on Apr. 30, 1803. The Louisiana Territory contained more than 2 million sq km (800, 000 sq mi) of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The territory comprised present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota west of the Mississippi River, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, nearly all of Kansas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Co...
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Bye Bye Buddy Holly
1,880 words"Singing... bye bye, Miss American Pie, drove my Chevy to the levy... but the levy was dry... These lyrics, this song, sung today by Madonna, and years ago, a song that my Dad probably sung... as written by Don Mclean in the 70 's, symbolized for many an aspect of America of the 60 's and 70 's. Who was the American, and what did it mean to be American? What did America mean or represent? When I listen to that song, I see different things than what my dad probably saw. To talk to my dad, you'd l...
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Part Of The Body Encyclopaedia Britannica
1,248 wordsCanada, federated country of North America, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the Northeast by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the United States; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska. Canada is the world's second largest country, surpassed in size only by Russia. Canada has a total area of 9, 970, 610 sq. km (3, 849, 652 sq. mi), of which 755, 180 sq. km (291, 575 sq. mi) is covered by bodies ...
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Put Into Effect Spread Of Communism
1,567 wordsThesis: The "Red Scare" of the 1950 's caused a massive movement for the people of that time period. IV. Leaders in the movement-McCarthy C. Comparisons between the Fifties and now America: Land of the free, and the home of the brave. This famous expression has been used numerous times throughout history, even scoring a line in our country's national anthem. But in our high-tech society, many Americans can not even understand what our forefathers went through to achieve this American dream. Peop...
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Amenhotep Iii Sun Disk
1,270 wordsThe Pharaoh Who Was Called Akhenaten A research paper submitted to Mr. Tour in partial fulfillment of the requirements for World Cultures Akhenaten will always be remembered as a great heretic ruler, who uprooted traditional Egyptian religions, and conjured a monotheistic religion that is very close in nature to Christianity and Judaism. His political power was not his strong point, but with the creation of the religion, and the vast change in art forms, Akhenaten will never be forgotten. Amenho...
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Hellbender Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis Alleganiensis Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis Alleganiensis Hillis
584 words(Cryptobranchus Hellbender The Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis is the largest North American salamander, ranging in length from 30. 5 to 74 cm (Niering 1985). Eastern Hellbenders are members of the order of tailed amphibians, Caudata and the family, Cryptobranchidae. Along with C. a. bishop, the Ozark Hellbender, it is one of the two subspecies of hellbenders, also known as the Allegheny alligator or devil-dog. C. a. alle...
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Civil War Gain Control
1,089 wordsQuestion: Assess the main achievements of the first four caliphs (632 to 661 AD). How powerful and united was the Arab Empire at the death of Ali? { 1996 } Abu Bakr, , was the father-in-law of Mohammed and was the first converts to Islam. After the demise of Mohammed, Abu Bakrs main objective was to maintain the heritage of the prophet. However, distance tribes refused to recognize Abu Bakr's authority as their treaty relation was with the late Mohammed only. Thus after learning about the death ...
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Nazi Era War Crimes
559 wordsHitlers Hitler Hitlers Legacy Hitlers Legacy is the first comprehensive, historical look at the ex-Nazi legacy in Germany from 1945 until the present day in any language. The author, as he stresses the major controversies engendered by the reappearance of Nazis in key positions, also looks at many of the other problems the Germans faced in resolving their Nazi legacy. The occupation and war crimes trials fulfilled the allies need for a sense of justice while they fueled German resentment. Many i...
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World War Ii 19 Th Century
2,152 wordsHOW USEFUL IS THE TERM? CULTURAL REVOLUTION? WHEN APPLIED TO THE SIXTIES? I propose to define and to argue the question How useful is the term? Cultural Revolution? when applied to the Sixties? My objective is to include examples from history, history of science and religion. History? Mainstream Culture Let us first consider Arthur Marwick? s decision to periods the sixties from 1954 to 1975 and Eric Hobsbawm? s periodization (within his book Age of Extremes, written in 3 parts) with the sixties...
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Million Years Ago 000 Years Ago
949 wordsEvolution is the complexity of processes by which living organisms established on earth and have been expanded and modified through theorized changes in form and function. Human evolution is the biological and cultural development of the species Homo sapiens sapiens, or human beings. Humans evolved from apes because of their similarities. This can be shown in the evidence that humans had a decrease in the size of the face and teeth that evolved. Early humans are classified in ten different types...
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Put An End House Of Representatives
1,560 wordsI. Cyprus has almost always been under outside rule. Its location, which is at the meeting point of three continents, has made it a target for other conquering peoples for almost twenty centuries. The Mycenaean Greeks settled there in the 13 th century BC. They introduced Greek language and culture to Cyprus, which are still preserved to this day. Cyprus has been conquered by peoples such as Alexander the Great, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Crusaders, the Ottomans and finally the British. 1 P...
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Fourteenth Century Indus Valley
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Leonardo Da Vinci One Of The Great
1,512 wordsItaly (Italian Italia), republic in southern Europe, bounded on the north by Switzerland and Austria; on the east by Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea; on the south by the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea; on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Ligurian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea; and on the northwest by France. It comprises, in addition to the Italian mainland, the Mediterranean islands of Elba, Sardinia, and Sicily and many lesser islands. Enclaves within mainland Italy are the independent...
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Island Madagascar Forests
495 wordsMadagascar: The Exotic Island Looking at a map of the southern hemisphere, one wouldn t expect such a seemingly small island to be so exotic and bountiful, but the island of Madagascar is just that. A 226, 658 square mile (587, 041 square kilometers) piece of land, with a a coastline of about 2, 480 miles (3, 990 kilometers), it s a beautiful and different view of its large neighbor, Africa. The island itself is made up of ridges, rivers, valleys, and tropical forests sectioning off the differen...
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