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Number Of Buildings Million Population Earthquake
785 wordsAn earthquake struck on the 17 th January at 5: 46 am in the south-central part of Japan. This earthquake was 7. 2 on the richter scale and caused mass destruction. It was called The Great Hanshin Earthquake. Its focus was only 30 km below ground. Shock waves travelled to the surface and splintered buildings, roads and mains supplies of gas water and electricity. The Japanese were in a hard to live state. This also hit Osaka and Kyoto. Kobe has a 1. 5 million population its self. All children ex...
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Bin Laden Stone Age
848 wordsI've been hearing a lot of talk about "bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age. " Room Owens, on KGO Talk Radio today, allowed that this would mean killing innocent people, people who had nothing to do with this atrocity, but "we " re at war, we have to accept collateral damage. What else can we do?" Minutes later I heard some TV pundit discussing whether we "have the belly to do what must be done. " And I thought about the issues being raised especially hard because I am from Afghanistan, and...
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Wall Had Seals Valley Of The Kings Tomb
995 wordsDuring the winter of 1906 Theodore Davis, who was excavating in the Valley of the Kings, discovered in a hidden reserve near Howard Carters future working site a blue varnished pitcher with the name of Tutankhamen imprinted on it. The following year he entered an underground chamber, more than seven yards below the ground, also in the Valley of the Kings and location to the north of Horemhebs tomb. Torrential floods had filled the room that he found with mud which had dried up and from it the di...
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U S Banks U S Government
1,262 wordsRunning head: HARD TIMES: COMPARING THE RUSSIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 1998 TO THE PRESENT U. S. CRISIS Hard Times: Comparing the Russian Financial Crisis of 1998 to the present U. S. Crisis April 3, 2009 Hard Times: Comparing the Russian Financial Crisis of 1998 to the present U. S. Crisis Introduction The present United States crisis ranks quite high among the most serious and dangerous economic events that severely affect the United States since the times of Great Depression (19930 s). The Russi...
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Valley Of The Kings Pharaoh
1,905 wordsEgyptologists had lost interest in the site of tomb 5, which had been explored and looted decades ago. Therefore, they wanted to give way to a parking lot. However, no one would have ever known the treasure that lay only 200 ft. from King Tut? s resting place which was beyond a few rubble strewn rooms that previous excavators had used to hold their debris. Dr. Kent Weeks, an Egyptologist with the American University in Cairo, wanted to be sure the new parking facility wouldn? t destroy anything ...
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Buried Under Rubble Hit Many Places Earthquake
431 wordsRecently, earthquakes Fear FEAR Recently, earthquakes have hit many places like, Kobe, Greece, Turkey and Taiwan. Moreover, some scientists predict that a huge earthquake will hit the Tokai area and it will have enough power to destroy the Tokyo area. I fear earthquakes for 3 reasons: anticipation of disaster, being on the point of death in the rubble, and becoming injured or sick. First, when any size earthquake hits, even a small one, I feel fear because my mind says, Someday there will be hug...
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Mental Age Doesn T
1,640 wordsLet Him Have It How does Peter Medak, director of Let Him Have It create sympathy for Derek Bentley? The opening scene of this film has slow piano solo music playing, with white Credits on a black background to show that the film is serious. It is actually a drama documentary, which means that as well as being dramatic the film is also factual. From the start of the film, Peter Medak chose to present Derek Bentley as a victim. The first thing in the film that you see is a high angled shot of Der...
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U S Soldiers Reign Of Terror
1,887 wordsThe Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Normandy were two vital battles in World War II. Stalingrad was the site of a critical WWII Soviet victory that terminated Germany? s advance to the east. Peaceful Normandy took it? s place in history as the starting point in the triumphant march across Europe. Both these intense events were extremely significant in the outcome of the second world war. After the Germans failed to win the war totally in 1941, they decided to start a fresh effort, and hop...
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