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Dances With Wolves Confederate Army
592 words
Lt. John Dunbar was lying on a hospital bed, leg
totally mutilated. Barely conscious, the man over
heard the surgeon say he could not amputate this
mans leg as tired as he was. Dunbar didnt like
what he heard, so when the surgeons left, he
grabbed his boat, and he slowly slid the boat up
his mutilated foot biting on a stick to relive the
massive pain. He returned to the battlefield, with
only one thing on his mind, suicide. So, he took a
horse, and rode it directly in front of the
Confederate ar...
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Jack And His Tribe Lord Of The Flies
2,969 words
... assembly if any of them think Ralph should not
be chief. No one raises their hand. Jack, in
defiance, says, " All right then... I'm not going
to play any longer. Not with you... I'm not going
to be a part of Ralph's lot. '" Jack feels that
survival is a game to be played and he is fed up
with the rules that Ralph deals. He invites others
to come join him and runs off into the forest.
Simon steps forward to propose that they climb the
mountain. No one wants to. Instead, Piggy decides
that the...
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Nuclear Power Plants Chemical Weapons
1,909 words
This paper will discuss the moral and ethical
issues concerning how and why Locally Undesirable
Land Uses (LULUs) and Treatment, Storage and
Disposal Facilities (Tsdf's) are located. A LULU,
or TSDF, can be a power plant, a munitions
factory, a county landfill, a medical waste
incinerator, a hazardous waste storage facility, a
military base, an airport or any number of other
facilities that people need, but do not want to
live next to. The siting of these types of
facilities is thought to be dri...
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Nuclear Power Plant U S Department
1,835 words
... o stay in the county. Other residents oppose
the facility due to the inherent dangers of
nuclear radiation. The Western Governors
Association web site stated the following
objective for their transportation program: The
objective of the Western Governors' Association
Radioactive Waste Program is the safe and
uneventful transport of waste from temporary
storage facilities to more suitable treatment and
storage facilities. Western Governors recognize
development of a successful transportation ...
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Pontifex Maximus Julius Caesar
4,797 words
Julius Gaius Caesar had as big an impact on
history as any one man could have. Caesar had to
work his way up through the governmental ranks and
became Caesar in 69 BC. In 65 BC, he was elected
Curule Aedile, and during his reign, he instituted
the Gladiatorial Games. These games made Caesar
extremely popular with every aspect of life from
the plebeians (common people) to the highest of
classes. When Caesar returned to Rome in 60 BC,
after a year as Governor in Spain, he joined up
with Crassus an...
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Jamuka And Temuchin Temuchin And Kasar Toghrul
1,086 words
The father of Genghis Kahn was Yisugei, belonging
to the Kit-Borjigid nomad tribe in Mongolia.
Yisugei was an aristocratic leader in his tribe as
well as a fierce fighter. Genghis Kahn's given
name, Temuchin, comes from his birth story.
Yisugei was coming home from a campaign against
the Tartars when his first wife Hoelun was in
labor. He had brought captives with him and one
was named Temuchin-use. It was customary to name a
child after a captive from a successful campaign.
There are also argum...
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Human Cloning Controversial Issue
732 words
Cloning has been a very controversial issue in the
United States over the past few years. There are
two different sides, either one is for the process
of cloning or theyre not. Its that simple.
Strictly speaking, a clone refers to one or more
offspring derived from a single ancestor, whose
genetic composition is identical to that of the
ancestor. No sex is involved in the production of
clones, and since sex is the normal means by which
new genetic material is introduced during
procreation, clone...
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Wife And Mother Piece Of Land
1,756 words
Nobody knows how long there have been people
living in the southern part of the African
mainland. Experts dates foundings of iron tools in
the Swaziland to the 4 th century. Sailors who
were shipwrecked outside the coast of South-Africa
had contact with people who earned their living by
farming and cattle breeding. Later on when the
Europeans arrived to South-Africa, they found a
people on the east coast of Natal who called
themselves" A ma zulu." These people were tall and
very atletico build, ...
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Lord Of The Flies Ralph And Jack
1,401 words
I got a grade 1 + for this paper so u can be sure
it will get you a good grade. A book which I have
read recently is Lord Of The Flies by William
Golding. In this R. P. R Im will be explore how
the gradual break up of the community is due to
the hostile relationship between Ralph and Jack.
As well as the afore mentioned topic I will also
look at how the authors characterisation and
language attribute to the novel. Lord Of The Flies
was an extremely enjoyable and mind-enriching book
as it covered...
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Cultural Of The Ojibway Native Americans
1,642 words
I sat in awe when a Native American, dressed in
traditional regalia, walked forward and began
speaking to us about his life and culture. Never
in my nineteen years of life had I actually seen a
Native American aside from television. Prior to
that point I never had any first hand experiences
with their culture, so therefore all of my
opinions and thoughts were based on stereotypes I
had come to absorb over the years. Therefore, he
looked how I had imagined he would, but I had no
clue what to expe...
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Marriage In The Colombian Kogi Tribe
709 words
Marriage rituals exist in all types of societies
whether it is in todays society or past societies.
Researching this particular topic, the Colombian
Kogi Tribe, the role of women and their marriage
rituals are very different in todays post-modern
society. This tribe is found in Santa Marta
Colombia. They reside primarily in the Sierra
Nevada, a place where snow can only be found in
this South American country. Residing in the
rainforest the Kogi Tribe migrated towards the
Sierra Nevada for lack ...
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Aspects Of Life Western Civilization
1,485 words
The sun will shine on those who stand, before it
shines on those who kneel under them The novel
Things Fall Apart by China Achebe was published in
1958. This novel tells the story of Colonization
and Christianization of the African tribe Igbo in
Nigeria. The author explores the Igbo culture, is
traditions and the influence of colonization on
the lives of the Igbo. The Igbo culture, described
in the novel Things Fall Apart has long history,
strong traditions, and developed religious, social
and p...
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Piggy And Ralph Jack And Ralph
5,139 words
Chapter 1 The Sound of the Shell The opening
chapter begins with two boys, Piggy and Ralph,
making their way through the jungle. We learn,
through their dialogue, that they had been
travelling in an airplane with a group of British
school children. The plane had presumably been
shot down and crashed on a an island in the
Pacific. It is hinted that the rest of the world
is at war, and that most of it has been destroyed
by nuclear attacks possibly explaining that the
children were being evacuated....
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Amount Of People Playing Basketball
1,750 words
As an amateur anthropologist, I was to participate
in my observation, which I did to the best of my
ability. Choosing my topic was the most difficult
for me. Coming to America there are so many
options that I could choose to research. So what
was I to do? Well, being in the state of Kentucky,
Lexington at that, I decided to research a
sporting event in which Americans call basketball.
As soon as I stepped of the big metal bird, I saw
a picture of a wild cat holding a round orange
ball. I remembe...
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Mother In Law Israel
4,709 words
Book Of Joshua Chapter 1 The book begins with the
history, not of Joshua? s life (many remarkable
passages of that we had before in the books of
Moses) but of his reign and government. In this
chapter, I. God appoints him to the government in
the stead of Moses, gives him an ample commission,
full instructions, and great encouragements (v. 1
- 9). II. He accepts the government, and addresses
himself immediately to the business of it, giving
orders to the officers of the people in general
(v. 10,...
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Land Was Called Raiding Villages And Other Tribes Mohegan's
648 words
Mohegan's and Comanches Different or Similar Long
ago, the Earth was formed atop the back of a giant
turtle. From the earth the Great Spirit put life
into all things: trees, plants, animals and
people. An Indian was created named Gunche Mundo
who developed a Mother Tribe, and divided it into
three clans Turtles, Turkeys and Wolves. The Wolf
People, known as Mohegan's, separated from the
Turtles and Turkeys, and headed east toward the
rising sun. While the Mohegan's headed east to
find land, a tr...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Caesar
9,336 words
Matt Duggan College English 101 Dr. Alt Caesar Doc
Paper Julius Gaius Caesar had as big an impact on
history as any one man could have. Caesar had to
work his way up through the governmental ranks and
became Caesar in 69 BC. In 65 BC, he was elected
Curule Aedile, and during his reign, he instituted
the Gladiatorial Games. These games made Caesar
extremely popular with every aspect of life from
the plebeians (common people) to the highest of
classes. When Caesar returned to Rome in 60 BC,
after ...
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Ohio Valley Separate Peace
4,175 words
The Kickapoo Indians The Kickapoo Indians are
Algonkian-speaking Indians, related to the Sauk
and Fox, who lived at the portage between the Fox
and Wisconsin rivers, probably in present Columbia
County, Wis. , U. S. , when first reported by
Europeans in the late 17 th century. The Kickapoo
were known as formidable warriors whose raids took
them over a wide territory, ranging as far as
Georgia and Alabama to the southeast; Texas and
Mexico to the southwest; and New York and
Pennsylvania to the ea...
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Lord Of The Flies Ralph And Jack
1,435 words
I got a grade 1 + for this paper so u can be sure
it will get you a good grade. A book which I have
read recently is? Lord Of The Flies? by William
Golding. In this R. P. R I? m will be explore how
the gradual break up of the community is due to
the hostile relationship between Ralph and Jack.
As well as the afore mentioned topic I will also
look at how the author? s characterisation and
language attribute to the novel. Lord Of The Flies
was an extremely enjoyable and mind-enriching book
as it c...
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Rest Of Her Life White Woman
1,840 words
Mary Jemison: White Woman of the Genesee The story
of Mary Jemison is both inspiring and intriguing.
She was captured at a young age by Indians, and
forced to live with them. She endured many
hardships while under captivity, but she grew
within the tribe, and chose to stay with them for
the rest of her life. Mary Jemison was born either
1742 or 1743 in a ship en route to America. Her
parents Thomas and Jane Erwin Jemison were
Irish-Scottish. They had left their home country
in order to escape ci...
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