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Covert Operations Abraham Lincoln
1,730 words
The first study of clandestine operations was
initiated 1988 in hopes of learning about the
relationship between the President and the
intelligence committees of Congress. Stephan F.
Knott, an Assistance Professor of Political
Science at the Untied States Air Force Academy,
picked up this study of clandestine operations. In
Knott's recently published book (1996) Secret and
Sanctioned, he unveils the reality that not only
were clandestine operations in the Cold War
recently, been had also been us...
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Mad Dog Marine Corps
1,858 words
I place my boot on the neck of this commie bone
bag, the toe resting on his chin. I think, I hate
this wet heat he breathes. At least there is no
rain in it -- for now. I hate his elusive sky,
too. A sky filled with foliage, unlike the limbs
and leaves of the hickory or oak trees back home.
"Slats, you and Mad-dog planning to marry that
commie better, " Luke hissed at me. I watch as
reality seems to shift; 5 ' 7 ", 176 pounds of
ground foliage in front of me apparently
transforms itself into a F...
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Three Dimensional National Hurricane
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When I was told that I had to pick a topic that
was related to science I knew that I was going to
write about hurricanes. I have had this
fascination with this a monstrous turbulence since
I can remember. The definition for hurricane is a
disturbance that forms over warm water and has
sustaining winds that exceed over 74 mph. My
report will give you a brief summary of what a
hurricane is and how today's technology is helping
with the prediction of hurricanes. You " re
probably sitting there wond...
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Lot Of Money Carbon Dioxide
877 words
Mars has been a place NASA and other organizations
have wanted to conquer after the Apollo missions.
It has been several decades since anyone has sent
anything to Mars. Lately though Mars has been the
main focus to space engineers and scientists. This
is because in 1989 President George Bush called
for a manned mission to Mars (Sky & Telescope).
This will cost a lot of money and effort. In 1969
people were celebrating the first manned mission
to the moon. People were in awe of their own
ability....
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Combat Missions Combat Units
1,037 words
Women should be allowed to fight in combat and in
combat missions. Being a women should not be a
disqualification for any military job. By
excluding women from fighting in combat positions,
the military is not giving them the opportunity to
advance as easily in rank as men and as a result
make it difficult for them to occupy commanding
positions in the services. If women meet the
physical standards and those standards are the
same as the mens, what reason is there for women
not to be allowed to ...
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Make A Profit Colonel Cathcart
1,081 words
Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder is in charge of the
mess halls at a military base on the island of
Pianosa. There he builds his own syndicate, which
sells food to the personnel. Though his superiors
are impressed with the work he does, other people,
including Yossarian, are outraged by some of his
ruthless, sometimes even crooked business
practices. Indeed, Milo stops at nothing to get
his way even manages to convince his superiors
that it is in everyone's best interests when he
makes a deal with t...
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Machine Gun Fire Put Into Place
2,356 words
D-Day, June 6, 1944 was the focal point of the
greatest and most planned out invasion of all
time. The Allied invasion of France was long
awaited and tactfully thought out. For months the
Allied forces of millions of soldiers trained in
Britain waiting for the Supreme Commander of the
Allied Expeditionary Forces, General Eisenhower to
set a date. June 5, 1944 was to be the day with
the H-hour at 06: 30. The vast power of an Allied
Army 2. 5 million strong lay coiled in England,
ready to spring a...
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June 6 1944 Landing Craft
2,360 words
... of the few missions that the Rangers completed
that day. Because of the great break downs in
planned assaults, the day started to look like a
chaotic day with the only missions being that of
individual survival. Most divisions managed to
stay organized and plan their survival and attack
plans. Col. George H. Taylor of the 16 th Regiment
said, Two kinds of people are staying on this
beach, the dead and those about to die. These sort
of speeches sparked other soldiers to continue
with their sl...
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U S Navy World War Ii
2,464 words
... torpedoes against merchant ships was
demonstrated, virtually all submarines were fitted
with one. After the war the Germans were the first
to realize that the gun and its mount created a
great deal of hydrodynamic resistance and that, in
any case, radar and the use of the submarine on
the surface. So they got rid of there guns, as
follows several other navies. By the late 1950 s
there were virtually no deck guns left. Although
curiously, the Peruvian Navy still remains a gun
on its Dos de Ma...
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French Government Cell Phone
1,508 words
In the year 2132, life is much easier some say,
because technology is so advanced. To Sage
Leonhart however, it was another exhausting day.
He wore a light blue t-shirt with a dark blue
jacket to go along with his aqua colored hair, and
a pair of grey trousers that went along with his
black leather shoes. He, as a member of the elite
Guardian Force (GF), has to work on a mission
within an unbelievably short time limit again. GF
is the department above the usual Police Force; it
contains fighters...
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The Tarnished Image Of Canadian Peacekeeping
1,084 words
... c opinion, shortly after parliament chose to
agree with this request. Serving in the Congo was
a challenge for many Canadian service personnel.
The heat as well as the sights, sounds and
particularly smells (i. e. at the market in
Leopoldville), will remain unforgettable. During
the course of their stay, a number of Canadians
preformed heroic rescues that merited bravery
awards. Lieutenant J. T. F. A. Liston, an officer
in the Royal 22 e Regiment, was named a member of
the Most Excellent Ord...
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Christianity And The Roman Catholic Mission In Africa
1,405 words
Despite the beliefs of many early Christians,
religion in Africa is everywhere. Traditional
African beliefs and rituals, as in recourse in
sacred objects when an individual is about to
embark upon a journey or the worship that one pays
to natural objects, such as the Hottentots who
dance in the moonlight in praise of the moon, is
not understood by Christians (New Advent 7). Many
early Christians believed that there were tribes
without any form of religion in African as well as
tribes like the Ho...
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U S C Combat Missions
396 words
Womens participation in military actions is one of
the most heated issues that have triggered a lot
of controversial responses nowadays. Although
there are people who say that women should be
given an opportunity to participate in military
actions, after closely analyzing the issue it is
evident that women should not be allowed to do so
for a variety of solid reasons. Within the course
of this paper, we will first analyze different
statutes that regulate women in the military, to
be followed by ...
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California And Arizona Seventeenth Century
1,369 words
The early explorers who came ashore and saw the
naked Indian woman and believed they were the
Amazon women of another continent named
California. What is the history of California and
Arizona? Most people think of the 49 ers and the
Gold that they found in northern California during
the 1800 s. The 49 ers were not the first of the
colonial settlers it was the Spanish with the aid
of the Catholic church. With the expeditions of
Cabrillo, Cortez, and men like Blonaquez they set
the foundation for ...
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Gemini Agent Target Vehicle Gemini Agent Target Launch
740 words
GEMINI PROJECT The Gemini Project was established
as a way of advancing knowledge about ace and how
to build space capsules better and safer. Thier
were twelve Gemini missions with different goals
and settings for the astronauts. Their were majors
goals that went along with this project in which
were needed to go to the next step with was the
Apollo Program. The Gemini project was named after
the heavenly twins because the capsule was the
first one that could two people. There were four
major go...
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University Of Maryland Greenhouse Gases
1,135 words
Vegetation Canopy LIDAR Mission: Possible Since
the beginning of time, human activities that have
been altering the Earth and its atmosphere have
caused the earth to warm by about one degree
Fahrenheit since the late 19 th century. Whether
these activities were essential or superfluous,
the effects on and surrounding Earth are
multitudinous. For example, a warmer Earth could
lead to the spread of diseases, melting polar ice
caps, receding glaciers, and a change in
precipitation patterns (Gay 21)...
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Billions Of Dollars Time And Effort
3,117 words
The International Space Station The International
Space Station is the doorway to the future of
mankind and the world as it is known. The
scientific and medical discoveries that will be
made on the station could create billions of
dollars annually. A plan like this, arranged to
benefit the whole world economy, should sound like
a good idea to every person, but some believe that
the ISS is too risky, too ineffective, or too
costly to create. Whether or not the space station
is worth the money, ti...
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Isolated From Society York Simon 038 Schuster
3,513 words
Nothing is more apparent in the genre of satire
than the ridicule of the vices and immoralities of
society. This focussing on the defects of society
as a whole doubles as a function of this genre of
literature and a framework within the plot or
theme of the novel or story. The satirist
emphasizes the ugly ramifications of society, but
to do so the satirist needs a vehicle for the
observation of society s actions and effects as a
whole. This society is often represented as a
microcosm or series o...
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Deep Space 1 Deep Space Mars
299 words
Mars Climate Orbiter successfully blasted off a
Kennedy Space Center launch pad for a 9 -month
journey to the Red Planet on Friday, December 11,
1998. The spacecraft will arrive in martian orbit
in September 1999, where it will serve as a
weather satellite for a full martian year (two
full Earth years). The next Mars lander is
scheduled for January 3, 1999 liftoff. Mars Polar
will touch down on Mars in December 1999, carrying
two softball-size perpetrators, the Deep Space 2
mission, that will cr...
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U S Government People Republic Of China
1,237 words
The Discoverer Program was a fake to conceal the
Corona Program, as a series of
photo-reconnaissance spy satellites. Corona was
the first photo-reconnaissance program, and the
beginnings for military and space imaging programs
of today. Corona was developed in secrecy so that
the targeted nations wouldn t know what was
planned. The U. S. government announced a series
of scientific goals, including biological and
reentry experiments for space flight, but none
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