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…the device. A flash of fire and smoke spewed towards Terry's face as the match heads ignited and the mystery package exploded. This event sparked the 'most expensive manhunt in United States history, ultimately costing upward to $50 million' (Douglas, 31…
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…to hold a certain amount of people, when that population was reached, instead of building outwards, they simply destroyed the city and built a new one on top of the old ruins. Rome herself caught fire under mysterious conditions and was promptly rebuilt…
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…days later he was thrown from a raft into an ice-filled stream. For this effort and other acts of bravery Washington was made lieutenant colonel of the Virginia militia. He was ordered to march with about 200 men to the colonial fort being built where…
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…Victor to a fire where he begins his tale. The monster tells Victor of the confusion he experienced upon first being created. He describes his gradual acclimation to the world through his discovery of the sensations of light, darkness, hunger, thirst…
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…with that, he learned many things in respect to Hoenikker's research. But one thing, that he would never have imagined, was how his knowledge of Hoenikker's latest invention before his death, ice-nine, would play an important role in his future. After completing all…
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…is very mild and is usually about 10 °C. The summer is so hot and dry at 40 °C, that fires and droughts are a very common occurrence. This biome only gets about 10-17 inches of rain all year, and most of it comes in the winter. Because of the long period…
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…to prevent the effects of a temperature rise. But many industry advocates disagree because they are afraid that doing so will lessen their economic growth. One problem in global warming is that in August, Vice President Al Gore released photos of the Arctic ice
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Category: /History
…During much of the last 90,000 years, Ontario has been covered in thick ice sheets of the Wisconsinan glaciation. By 12,000 years ago, the ice sheets began to retreat and a series of large pro-glacial lakes formed between the land to the south…
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Category: /Literature/English
…innovated and diversified the company into several new areas, including ice cream, soft drinks, commercial refrigeration units, corn products, and baker’s yeast. Although some of these products were discontinued following the end of the prohibition in 1933…
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Category: /Literature
…Orange', the child protagonist Benjy in 'The Boy Who Loved Ice Cream' also has an intense longing; ice cream. His desire for this was so strong that "the very words conveyed to him the sound of everything in his life he had always wanted, always longed…
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