Papers 1721-1730 of total 11983 found.
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…. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Pascal/RouseBall/RB_Pascal.html, 7/19/01 2. Blaise Pascal, http://www.search.com/click?sl,marin.1.118.142.0.5.%22Blaise+Pascal%22.0,http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecis%2Eum%2Eedu%2Emt%2F%7Ejskl…
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…and was killed. James Cook was not just an explorer, but he had so many other amazing accomplishments, many of which were the sprouts of a new science of Oceanography. ?He and scientists aboard his ships took samples of marine life, as well as land plants…
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…but the Army gave women full military status. The Wacs: The Women's Army Corp. (WAC) was an improvement from the former WAAC, which faced a unique recruitment problem due to its auxiliary status. The Navy, Marine Corp and Coast Guard included as part…
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…example being the crushing of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 by foreign troops (primarily U.S. Marines). What the Western powers were interested in was the carving up of China for their own purposes, and that, paradoxically, required keeping China together…
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…nothing more than to sit down with an old Marine and listen to stories of war and victory. God Bless America!…
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…necessary. US sent gun boats to Latin American countries that were delinquent in paying its debts. US sailors and Marines would occupy the major ports to manage the collection of taxes until the Europeans debts were taken care of. Over the next 20 years US…
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…and international relations. In 1940 he graduated from Harvard. He then enrolled at Stanford University, but dropped out after only six months. After serving in the United States Navy, where he won the Navy and Marine Corps Medal as the skipper of a PT boat…
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…lost 119 killed, with 961 wounded. The ARVN Marine sustained 363 killed with 1,242 wounded, while the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong sustained almost 8,000 killed, with the number of wounded unknown. There were also 5,800 civilians killed, mostly…
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…of the biggest contributing factors in the death and deterioration of nature. Lakes support thousands of species of marine life, that’s why it’s a shame that they are constantly being poisoned by acid rain. Scientists have studied the effects on acid rain…
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…the planet's surface. Most importantly, it absorbs the portion of ultraviolet light called UVB. UVB has been linked to many harmful effects, including various types of skin cancer, cataracts, and harm to some crops, certain materials, and some forms of marine
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