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Frank Lloyd Wright Organic Architecture
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531 wordsOn September 21, 1996, I attended one of the most amazing performances I have ever dreamed of. It was not a movie, play, opera, or a concert it was a collegiate football game. Number ten in the nation, Arizona State hosted top-ranked and two time defending champion the Nebraska Cornhuskers. It was such a stellar event because of the play of Jake Plummer, the Arizona State defense, and the actions of the crowd. Jake The Snake Plummer is the Arizona State Sun Devils quarterback. Jake finished thir...
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922 wordsFor generations, the Apaches resisted white colonization of their homeland in the Southwest (presently New Mexico and Arizona) by both Spaniards and North Americans. In 1848, when gold was discovered in California, the Apache were threatened by the incursions of white fortune-seekers. In an incident at a mining camp, Mangas Coloradas, chief of the Mimbreo Chiricahua, was whipped, an act that resulted in his life-long enmity against white men. Though his nephew Cochise had long resisted fighting ...
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California And Arizona Seventeenth Century
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World War Ii Military Necessity
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United States Government First Amendment
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442 wordsOn December 7, 1941 the Hawaiian Islands were suddenly and deliberately attacked by Japanese aircraft just before 0800. The USS Arizona came under attack almost immediately, and received a hit by an 800 -kilogram bomb, gutting the forward part of the ship. The USS Arizona was completed March 16, 1914. The ship was launched June 19, 1915. Miss Esther Ross, from Prescott, christened the ship along with traditional champagne. The Arizona departed from New York for training off the Virginia capes; w...
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Does Sentencing Minors As Adults Work
1,658 wordsDoes Sentencing Minors as Adults Work? In 1990 s American society got fed up with juvenile thugs. People complained that juvenile justice system failed to reform young criminals and what is more, it became a revolving door where young criminals thumbed their noses at discipline, kept right on committing crimes and avoided consequences because of their age. The decision was made to toughen punishment for adolescents and to allow their trying in adult courts. As a consequence of it, in 1996 many s...
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Christian Science Monitor Animal Behavior
6,518 wordsCommunication with Parrots Parrots, and other talking birds, have fascinated mankind since Aristotle. Once thought to be mere mimics, these affable, entertaining and often quite lovable creatures are now known to possess remarkable intellectual abilities. Since 1977, Dr. Irene Pepperberg's studies in Ethology (Animal Behavior) and Animal-Human communications have provided insight into the capabilities of these animals to talk and to understand. Dr. Pepperberg currently works with 3 Congo African...
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California And Arizona Seventeenth Century
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Assault Weapon Ban Gun Control Legislation
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Violent Criminals Prison Overcrowding
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Potato Chips Saturated Fat
1,459 wordsBrothers Poore Brothers Poore Brothers Brothers Don and Jay Poore had worked on potato chip packaging equipment and thought they would strike out on their own. While servicing packaging machines in Pennsylvania, Don and Jay had met a gentleman who knew a lot about making potato chips in small kettles One Batch at a Time and he helped them get started. By cutting their chips a little thicker and cooking them in kettles, their product had a serious crunch that no other chip had. In 1983, they star...
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Perfect Body Body Image
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