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American Civil War Gatling Gun
1,581 wordsDuring the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 - 1865, over 620, 000 accounted soldiers were killed. Known as the "the first modern war", historians generally agree that the reason for this was because this was a time of transition for the military. Armies and Navies were still using tactics where they would gather large forces of firepower to bear on the enemy. At the same time, weapons were being developed which were accurate and lethal well beyond any arms of the earlier conflicts. As ...
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Holt Rinehart Annotated Bibliography
2,291 words... ch territory, including Alsace-Lorraine 9) Readjustment of Italian frontiers along clearly recognizable lines of nationality 10) Autonomy for the peoples of Austria-Hungary 11) Evacuation and restoration of territory to Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania, granting of seaports to Serbia, and readjustment and international guarantee of the national ambitions of the Balkan nations 12) Self-determination for non-Turkish peoples under Turkish control and internationalization of the Dardanelles 13) A...
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Rellikk Notes Lol Broke And Ran Rellik
555 wordsAfter about a hour wait we finally got started. @ 11, 15 arena with sallies I started and went left and cast a fake globe. I used a fake to leave my options open in case Rellik went right. Rellik entered and followed me left, and cast a fumble (slowed). I came back with a fumble (scroll, slowed), and then a CS (damage). We slugged it our for about 4 - 5 rounds. Rellik pulled my images and I did damage. Master 93 hp's and Rellik 60 something RELLIKK'S NOTES: The wuss has trouble keeping count. I ...
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Gun Laws Internal Revenue
1,428 wordsThis question can be easily answered with a resounding no. No gun background check, weapon ban, or gun buyback will ever prevent weapons from getting into the hands of criminals. Even with the hundreds if not thousands of gun laws already on the books, gun crime is still prevalent in our society. Why? Simple, all you have to do is look at our lax laws regarding punishment for criminals. Prison should be hard work, not sitting in a cell working out and eating well. Criminals should be forced to w...
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Analysis Of The Artillery Used In Vietnam War
424 wordsThe Vietnam War was a war for independence in Vietnam, the north lead by Ho Chi Minh, the south led by Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1954 an international conference decided that Vietnam must be divided into two north and south. At the beginning America was not involved in the war between north and south Vietnam, it wasnt until 1961 when a U. S. boat was attacked in the gulf of Tonkin. The President ordered the military to attack back to prevent further aggression. History: Artillery is a term used to descr...
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Left Hand 30 Seconds
1,522 wordsEric Phillips on Growing up, Ive always been intrigued by classic fighters like Muhammad Ali, and Joe Frazier. Ive also been amazed at the speed and power behind current fighters such as Arturo Gatti, Roy Jones Jr. , Micky Ward, and even Heavyweight fighters like Lennox Lewis. Boxing is a sport that not many people watch, but all are intrigued by the dedication, the training, and the heart behind it. Professional Weight Class: Heavyweight: 190 + Cruiserweight: 190 lbs Light Heavyweight: 175 lbs ...
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Easy To Understand Thousands Of Years
592 wordsOlympic Boxing: A Brutal Sport Turned Olympic Back in the Stone Age, thousands and thousands of years ago, the people didn t have much to do for entertainment so they invented a life or death sport which we know today as, boxing. There is a lot of history on top of boxing. The sport started thousands of years ago, it grew and grew in popularity until it reached its peak in the 1930 s. Boxing was one of the most brutal sports ever played. Boxing used to be played by two men who would stand on lar...
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Ten Seconds Three Minutes Man
331 wordsMarquis of Queensberry Rules Governing Contests for Endurance That s right, there s a new set of standard rules out for the fighters. They were created by, John Sholto Douglas and John Graham Chambers, two of the worlds best boxers ever seen to hit the ring. 1. To be a fair stand-up boxing match, in a twenty-four foot ring, or as near that size as practicable. 2. No wrestling or hugging allowed. 3. The rounds to be of three minutes duration, and one minutes time between rounds. 4. If either man ...
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Female Athletes Womens Sports
923 wordsKate Rounds author of Why Men Fear Womens Teams, explains the many reasons why womens professional team sports have not succeeded in the United States throughout the past years. Rounds specifically states in her article, The lack of support goes beyond economics, to sexual bias and homophobia, (Rounds, 44). Rounds has definitely brought up a subject with many reasons blamed for the tragic lack of support professional team sports. Rounds points out that professional mens sport teams grab all the ...
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Trench Warfare Gatling Gun
339 wordsCivil war inventions New inventions during the Civil war lead to the development of new weaponry. Some of the new inventions include the Gatling gun, new bullets, Breech loading cannon, ironclad ships, Dahlgren gun, and trench warfare. The Gatling gun invented by Dr. Richard Gatling was a multi-barreled cannon which allowed troops to shoot multiple rounds rapidly without reloading and served as the predecessor to the machine gun. Prior to the war, it was discovered that by giving the bullet spin...
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Coin Toss Professional Wrestling
739 wordsThesis statement: Free style, Professional, Greko Roman, and Collegiant wrestling have very different rules and styles. I. Free style wrestling A. Rules B. Style II. Professional wrestling A. Rules B. Style III. Greko Roman wrestling A. Rules B. Style IV. Collegiant wrestling A. Rules B. Style Wrestling is broken into four different types based on rules and style; Free style, Professional, Greko Roman, and Collegiant. Free style is usually started after school is let out for the summer. The rule...
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Roman Empire Popular Sport
1,227 wordsWhat sport has so monstrous of a drawing power that millions of viewers would pay excess of forty dollars to see an event that lasted less than a minute and a half? No, its not the world s most popular sport soccer or even the great American media giant of professional football. It s boxing. A sport whose ancient origin in years is only surpassed by its controversial surprises. Surely Homer, the great bard and author of the Iliad and Odyssey, could not have imagined the future of a sport he knew...
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Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay
3,053 wordsMuhammad Ali is one of the most recognized faces on planet Earth; known not just for being one of the best fighters in the history of boxing, but for being one of the most knowledgeable persons of the twentieth century. Ali wasnt always known by that name though, he was born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, him and his younger brother Rudolph had many small conflicts like any brothers would have, but they were, and still are blessed with having a very close rel...
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Machine Gun Gatling Gun
1,698 wordsThe title of the book we read was The Social History of the Machine Gun. This publication basically outlined the progression of machine guns, starting with the 14 th century s organ gun and ending around 1940. This advancement through technological eras showed man s relationship with this technology and how well we dealt with the responsibility of the awesome power of the automatic weapon. First mention in 1339. No metals that could with stand the pressures of regular mass or sustain fire. Techn...
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