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Miles Per Hour South Pole
358 wordsSince before the United States came to be, during the Revolutionary war, trains were being used to transport soldiers and their artillery into battle. They were the original steam engines of the U. S. of A. and they were at full force traveling around 35 miles per hour. Over a span of a couple hundred years, theyve come to be what they are now. The trains became electric, and now are traveling at a smooth 120 miles per hour. But the rides arent all that smooth. The wheels wear down and the track...
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Place To Sleep Freight Trains Hobo
472 wordsAfter World War I, millions of veterans were rushing to get jobs. The war ended so abruptly that the government had to cut more than two billion dollars worth of war contracts. More than ten percent of the American population was unemployed. This sent many people out onto the rails looking for jobs. These people became known as hoboes. Hoboes traveled the country by train looking for work wherever they could. They would stop at houses along the way and exchange work for food and a place to sleep...
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Point Of View Louise Erdrich
1,634 wordsCompressed emotions, " that is the explanation a teacher once gave to the ongoing question, "What is poetry?" He said it was someone's deepest emotions, as if you were reading them right out of that person's mind, which in that case would not consist of any words at all. If someone tells you a story, it is usually like a shell. Rarely are all of the deepest and most personal emotions revealed effectively. A poem of that story would be like the inside of the shell. It personifies situations, and ...
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Grolier Electronic Publishing Rio De Janeiro
1,740 wordsEarthquakes: Causes, Mapping, And Predicting Essay, Research Earthquakes: Causes, Mapping, And Predicting Earthquakes: Causes, Mapping, and Predicting Throughout history, man has made many advancements. These advancements have been made to make life easier. The one thing man cant do is to control Mother Nature. Mother Nature can cause many things such as earthquakes. The causes of earthquakes have been theorized in many ways. According to the book Predicting Earthquakes by Gregory Vogt, the Gree...
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Place To Sleep Freight Trains Hoboes
479 wordsAfter World War Hoboes Hoboes After World War I, millions of veterans were rushing to get jobs. The war ended so abruptly that the government had to cut more than two billion dollars worth of war contracts. More than ten percent of the American population was unemployed. This sent many people out onto the rails looking for jobs. These people became known as hoboes. Hoboes traveled the country by train looking for work wherever they could. They would stop at houses along the way and exchange work...
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Plants And Animals Million Acres
2,088 wordsPreservation of Wetlands Wetlands are in danger. We must try to help them because they are very important to us. They provide habitat and food for a variety of animals. They also provide the unique growing conditions needed to grow certain kinds of plants. The survival of many species depends on wetlands. A wetland is an ecosystem in which land meets water or a piece of land that is covered with a thin layer of water at least part of the year (Lisowski 1). Most wetlands in the Continental U. S. ...
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