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Category: /History
…Since the dawn of time, fads have changed periodically from bell-bottom jeans to Tickle Me Elmo dolls. Some have been huge successes, and then others have been disasters. For an inquisitive person, a trend can lead to a profitable business…
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Category: /History
…Palace, using funds that had been set aside for reconstructing the navy. By 1900, China was literally divided ‘like a melon.’ Another key aspect in the rebellions against the foreigners was a series of natural disasters that swept China during the last decade…
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…for viewers). TV news terrifies school kids by its constant preoccupation with violence and crime. Graphic coverage of wars, bombings, murders and natural disasters can quite possibly lead to nightmares, depression and other lasting reactions. They are innocent…
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Category: /History
…THE BLACK PLAGUE The Black Plague was a great European disaster that had many affects of the people living at that time. Though there may be controversy today over its precise significance, no one would to-day deny that the black…
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…to the Tragedy The Galveston hurricane was the worst natural disaster in United States history. There are many stories from the survivors that tell about the tragedy. The only memorial for it is a pink granite stone in the cemetery. Galveston has fixed its…
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…. The product of good, came from the act of evil. Even natural evil, such as earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions, are the catalysts to good products. Thousands of willing good people have spent time, money, and talents in the wake of disasters large…
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…are able to enjoy it as well as the young reader. "Stevenson is very much aware of the need to supplement children's experience of human nature," says Blackburn. He shows morals for everyday life. Blackburn writes that Stevenson found numerous ways…
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Category: /Literature/English
…control – and can be frightening to those whom are not prepared. II.Prevention – is a human's only hope for combating a potential storm….. the storm that I refer to today is gun violence. Like a natural disaster – the temperament…
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Category: /Literature
…unfortunate hardships from natural disasters to high mortalities beyond their control. Love of independence, materialism and wealth were just few of the reasons why many men yearned to migrate to Virginia from England in the 17th century. These individuals…
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…from one's own memory. I attended the air show at Ramstein Air Base, Germany back in 1989, so I think, where I witnessed a tragic disaster where Italian air demonstration aircraft crashed into a crowd of spectators. I couldn't believe what I saw: people…
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