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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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Women And Children Third Class
2,604 words... She made immediate plans to return to America after receiving the bad news. She booked passage on the first ship to America, which happened to be the Titanic (web). She boarded in Cherbourg, France and considered herself lucky and was put in a stateroom on B deck for $ 130. By Thursday evening Brown was well aquatinted with Colonel Archibald Gracie, who would later throw her into a lifeboat unwittingly. On the night of the collision, Brown had stayed up to finish reading a book as she was an...
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Million Years Ago Gulf Of Mexico
1,898 wordsIntroduction What is the oceans role in climate? The oceans play a vital and pivotal role in the distribution of life sustaining water throughout our planet. 86 % of the evaporation that occurs on earth is over the oceans. The oceans are the planets largest reservoir of water transferring huge amounts of water around the hydrological cycle. In fact the oceans dominate the hydrological cycle, for they contain 97 % of the global water inventory. The hydrological cycle can be disrupted by changes i...
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Closed Her Eyes Odds And Ends Ribbon
1,536 wordsThere once was a ribbon. Her name was Ribbon, as plain as the decorative object that she was. Ribbon was very vain and liked to get up every morning from her place in the sewing basket full of odds and ends. Every morning, she would look into the small pink hand mirror that would be lying beside her in the sewing basket. She would see the cutest, most beautiful face in the whole world every morning and was delighted. Then Ribbon would reluctantly stop admiring herself and would begin to get read...
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The Spanish American War
900 wordsHi I'm doing my report on the Spanish American War. In the following pages I will be giving information on how and why the war started, major battles, and the results of the war. I will also include stories from people on the battleship Maine. Introduction The Spanish American War marked the emergence of the United States of America as a world power. The war which lasted only 10 weeks between April and August of 1898 took place over the liberation of Cuba. In the course of the war the U. S. won ...
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Men And Women Due To The Fact
1,009 wordsCorrect preparation can help ease out problems in times of troubles. The novel A Night to Remember, written by Walter Lord, proves this statement true, by illustrating the Titanic's great tragedy that happened early morning on April 15, 1912. Through the sinking of the Titanic, three lessons that were to be learned, was that communication between ships had to be better; the Titanic's design was flawed and people shouldnt have put all of their hope and faith into a few nuts and bolts; and if the ...
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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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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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Captain Smith York City
311 wordsCreative Essay: Captain Edward J. Smith On Creative Essay: Captain Edward J. Smith On Trail For Sinking Of The Titanic Creative Essay: Captain Edward J. Smith on Trail for Sinking of the Titanic The entire world is preoccupied with the fact that Captain Edward J. Smith is going to court in New York City. Captain Edward J. Smith is being accused of negligence in the sinking of the Titanic. At this trial there will be lots of media coverage. Most of the news stations across the world are preparing...
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First World War Russia And France
691 wordsThe impact of the First World War is still with us. In many respects the events of modern Europe are a direct result of what happened during World War I. Adolph Hitler himself was a product of the First World War. World War I also gave Russian communists opportunity to overthrow the government in Russia and proclaim communism. The events that took place in No Mans Land definetly had an impact on the wars to come. The First World War had many causes. The spark of the Great War was the assassinati...
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand First World War
2,849 wordsCauses of World War I The First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes than what we know now. The spark of the Great War was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife by a Serbian nationalist on the morning of June 28, 1914, while traveling in a motorcade through Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was chosen as ...
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U S Government Submarine Warfare
1,407 wordsDeclaration for War in 1917 Welcome fellow Senators. We are here today to discuss what the United States should do following Germany s announcement of unrestricted submarine warfare and the sinking of the three American merchant ships. A resolution is put forth in front of the senators. The first section of the resolution says that: The U. S. Government authorizes President Wilson to use the Armed Forces of the Unit 6 ed States to wage war against the Nation of Germany. The second section says t...
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20 Th Century Factory Workers
1,125 wordsImmigrants + Unemployment = Debt (Pp. 267 - 268, Question Robert B. Reich states that there are three groups of workers-routine producers, in-person servers, and symbolic analysts-and that their opportunities are decreasing. One of the reasons that these opportunities are decreasing is over population of the United States. According to Reich, the worlds population is increasing approximately 1, 200 in one hour. Therefore, the population in the U. S. is growing as well. Currently, job opportuniti...
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Ten Thousand Captain Smith
1,835 wordsLeaping over the side of the boat, passengers splash into the icy waters below. With one lifeboat left, people are fighting to get on. All of a sudden, a thunderous crack is heard, and a crewman screams out, The boat has cracked in two! Now the frightened travelers are moving frantically toward the stern. (This might have been the scene 86 years ago. ) The unsinkable Titanic went down catastrophically and the safety on the liner as well as the prevention of the incident became issues after the s...
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