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War In The Pacific Aircraft Carriers
1,189 wordsThe Second World War engaged the energies of the American people for almost four years and was fought on a scale not even conceived by prewar observers. The war in the Pacific was long and arduous due to the fact the Japanese were never willing to surrender. At the beginning of the war most battles were fought between aircraft carriers and their planes. The most significant of these was the Battle of Midway. This island was barren, but a strategically important outpost guarding the western appro...
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Pearl Harbor Air Attack
1,274 wordsCarrie launched aircraft were both risky and untested when the war began. They started out being feared by some and taken for granted by many. But turned out being the single most important tool to prevent the total defeat of the United States Pacific Fleet. Carrier launched aircraft were important parts of many battles, They were the main weapon in Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the battle of Midway. They were instrumental in Americas war efforts. The early advances by the Japan...
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Herb Kelleher Southwest Airlines
1,880 wordsCan you imagine if only one of those "doodles" that you have drawn while on the telephone had turned into a multi million-dollar business? Can you see your picture on the cover of Fortune magazine? Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, the creators of Southwest Airlines could. What began as a conversation between attorney Herb Kelleher and his client Rollin King, with a drawing on the back of a cocktail napkin, has become one of the worlds most successful business testimonials. Both men saw the need fo...
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5 7 97 Guest 5 7 97 Erik
998 words(Frank Poncherello) Erik was born on March 16, 1949 as Henry Enrique Estrada in NY City. Back around 1968, he was in a dance troupe and earned $ 38 a week with free lunches and all the acting lessons he could take. In return, he had to perform daily in downtown Los Angeles. He had a 10 -day hospital stay in August 1979 caused by on-set accident when he was thrown from his motorcycle and the 900 -pound bike landed on him. At 5 ' 10 '', 160 pounds, he was an inch shorter and 15 pounds lighter than...
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War Against Japan Japanese Military
1,439 wordsSeveral Theaters of War The Pacific War started in 1937, when Japan initiated an undeclared war against China, which did not have a central government at the time. The reasons for Japan to get involved in the conflict with China were very prosaic it simply need the access to Chinese market and wanted to insure the steady flow of raw materials from the continent, which was crucial for the effective functioning of Japanese economy. The reason why Japanese army was able to score early successes in ...
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Reverend Samuel African Jungle
1,950 wordsNobody knows whats in him until he tries to pull it out. If theres nothing, or very little, the shock can kill a man. (Hemingway 266) Throughout life change is inevitable. People are pawns to unforeseen events and itis in their handling of the situation that they truly flower into complete being. In the classic tale, The African Queen, C. S. Forester aptly demonstrates how characters must evolve in the face of changing circumstances. In his three-fold portrayal of Samuel Sayer, Rose Sayer, and C...
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Rest Of The Poem Sylvia Plath
1,115 wordsThe poem Daddy by Sylvia Plath concludes with the symbolic scene of the speaker killing her vampire father. On an obvious level this represents Plath's struggle to deal with the haunting influence of her own father who died when she was a little Although what stands out on first reading Daddy is the Nazi imagery, it is interesting to note that the father is not called a Nazi in the first half of the poem. In stanza one he is a... black shoe / In which [she has] lived like a foot (2 - 3) which is...
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Mead Hall Great Hall
624 wordsAs I know, you shall be pleased to hear, I am fine and well. My journey has been quite splendid and a breath of fresh air. Truly, I did need this time away. I pen this letter to you to tell you of the remarkable mead hall I stumbled in which I attended a lively banquet. The hall was built by the king of the Danes. He is named Hrothgar and he named it Heorot, the great Hall of the Hart. I have heard in my travels that it is famous far and wide. Here, Hrothgar holds great feasts and distributes hi...
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Young Goodman Brown Goodman Browns
3,197 wordsNathaniel Hawthorne Honors Dante In Young Goodman Nathaniel Hawthorne Honors Dante In Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne honors Dante in Young Goodman Brown By William John Mean Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) wrote Young Goodman Brown in 1835 some 514 years after Dante Alighieri passing in 1321. It is a short story of only 10 pages of prose; yet, it captures the essence of the first three verses of La Divina Commedia. In fact I can say that his little story throw great light on the inter...
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Van Der Apple Ii
1,136 wordsAcorn Archimedes 52 22 June 2000 Amiga 808 30 Sept 2000 Amiga CD 32 / CDTV (Home page) 49 6 Nov 2000 Amiga Demo 0. 1 500 6 Nov 2000 Amstrad Carts 13 17 April 2000 Amstrad Disk 2593 17 April 2000 Amstrad tapes 5 17 April 2000 Apple II 1890 9 June 2000 Apple II GS 385 17 April 2000 Atari 800 XL 795 30 April 2000 Coleco Adam digital data packs 22 31 July 2000 Coleco Adam disks 79 31 July 2000 Dragon 32 249 17 April 2000 Enterprise 111 13 July 2000 Mess 0. 37 beta 10 20001227 Logiqx 210 04 Jan 2001 ...
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