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U S S Aircraft Carrier
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Captain Smith Gave Birth
2,536 wordsI have always been intrigued by the Titanic, but my interest boomed with the recent development in how the side of the ship was damaged. I was amazed that instead of causing a gaping wound, as was previously believed, the iceberg that Titanic hit merely caused a series of small rips in the side of the ship. Sonar was used to determine that the side of the ship had six small slits that were no bigger than a single hand (web). This research amazed me because of the amount of water that passed thro...
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Pieces Of Metal Ufo Sightings
4,154 words... most no limits, although his theology seems to. I do not think it idle to speculate that the recent "Death-of-God" theology may have forced modern man to look elsewhere, especially to the heavens, for a new God. That we should externalize a quality so deeply rooted in man's nature is not at all surprising and one need not accept Marshall McLuhan's ingenious speculations to see that quite logically man uses his interior world with its enormous powers to try and locate what he has often believ...
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Slave Traders Olaudah Equiano
797 wordsThe Middle Passage was almost inconceivable. Hundreds upon hundreds of Africans were abducted from their homes to go on boats to America. They were stacked like books on shelves in order to bring enough Negros for a profitable slave trade. The life on the boats on the way to the New World was so bad that the Africans preferred death to their gruesome future. The conditions on the boats were hellish. The slaves on the ships were packed like sardines and chained together. Among the gripping words ...
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Male And Female Based On Gender
1,513 wordsEven though male and female convicts were transported to Australian colonies from 1788 to 1840, their experiences throughout this period were remarkably different. This essay will attempt to compare and contrast the experiences of both female and male convicts transported to Australian colonies from 1788 to 1840. L. L Robson states that, between 1788 and 1840 over 24 960 female convicts and 122 620 male convicts were transported to Australia. Even though both male and female convicts suffered at...
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Time To Save Head Of Kinsale Lusitania
1,578 wordshopefully salvage the liner, sunk off the south-west coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915, killing 1, 198 people. 'The Lusitania is probably the most important shipwreck that hasn't been investigated in any detail so far, 's ays Gregg Bemis. And although there are striking similarities between the Lusitania and the Titanic, recently the subject of a major movie, Bemis believes that the Lusitania is 'a much more interesting and historical story - and you don't have to make up any phoney romance the wa...
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British Museum National Geographic
1,185 wordsBlue heaven Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage Deborah Cramer 442 pp, Norton Adventures in Ocean Exploration Robert D Ballard 288 pp, National Geographic Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean Derek Hayes 224 pp, British Museum Encyclopedia of Underwater and Marine Archaeology ed James Delgado 493 pp, British Museum If all Earths history were crammed into a single day, calculates Deborah Cramer as she rocks in the cradle of the deep aboard a research vessel, the Atlantic oceans entire existe...
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Days And Nights Noahs Ark
415 wordsGilgamesh and the Bible In both the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible a common event takes place, a flood. The flood in both stories destroys all mankind. I feel that each flood serves as a symbol. Each one is a representative of rebirth and of a new beginning for all mankind. In the epic, Gilgamesh the gods decided to destroy mankind by flooding earth for six days and nights Gilgamesh and the other gods decided to destroy mankind by flooding earth for six days and nights. Utnapishtim and Noah wer...
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Make A Difference Huck And Jim
2,790 wordsThe world in which we live in now is much less oppressive than say the world lived in the middle of the 1800? s. Up until the Civil War, the South depended on their? peculiar institution? of slavery, in order to be productive a successful. Most people believed slavery was not wrong, but those who thought otherwise seldom tried to alter it. In general if surrounded by oppressive environment, one does not usually try to make a difference in that world. This is because people are afraid to defend w...
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Lake Erie Court Martial
1,274 wordsInsubordination Article 91: Insubordinate conduct toward Warrant Officer, Noncommisioned Officer, or Petty Officer. Any warrant officer or enlisted member who-strikes or assaults a warrant officer, noncommissioned officer, or petty officer, while that officer is in execution of his office willfully disobeys the lawful order of a warrant officer, noncommissioned officer, or a petty officer; or treats with contempt or is disrespectful in language or deportment toward a warrant officer, noncommissi...
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Time It Takes Surface Of Mars
2,185 wordsMars is the fourth planet from the sun and orbits the sun at a distance of about 141 million mi. Mars is named for the Roman god of war because it appears fiery red in the earth? s night sky. Mars is a small planet that has about half the diameter of Earth and about one-tenth Earth? s mass. The force of gravity on the surface of Mars is about one-third of that on Earth. Mars has twice the diameter and twice the surface gravity of Earth? s moon. The surface area of Mars is almost exactly the same...
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Moby Dick Captain Ahab
1,789 wordsMelville was born in a time of American history where inspiring works of American literature began to emerge. It was also a time when America had not completely separated its literary heritage from Europe, partly because there were successful literary genius flourishing there. Melville proved to be a genius of his own, with his many works such as Moby Dick, Billy Bud, and Bartleby. Three distinct themes could be seen throughout most of his literature; whales and the whaling industry, commentary ...
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Treasure Island Side
3,881 wordsCharacter of Interest My favorite character in Treasure Island is captain Long John Silver. This character really stood out to me. The reason being that he was a very respected and or feared pirate among everyone that knew him. He had a very complex personality, at first he seemed to be the kindest person is the whole book, but later he really reveals what he is capable of and you soon learn it is really a act. Long John Silver is a very hard man to understand. It? s very hard to even describe h...
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