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…(the soldier) had "lost... very far from here... poured down shell-holes till the veins ran dry." This contrast in the poets apparent views and attitudes towards the wars about which they wrote should be taken in context, World War One, around which Owen writes, has…

…and forced to live on the outskirts of their hometowns in crates and literal holes in the ground with sheets as roofs. The Depression changed many people of it's time and left a mark on them forever. No longer would the used items be thrown away; instead…

…where he had been holed up since early 1945, Hitler committed suicide.…

…, the first operating nuclear reactor of a reasonable amount of power was built in 1943. It was called the X-10 reactor. The core of the reactor was a twenty- four foot cube of graphite blocks, with 1248 fuel channels each 1.75 inches square. Each hole was fueled…

…are in mass production. They use lasers to weld things together or to put holes or cuts into things. They also use laser scanners to check items. In a supermarket laser scanners are used to price items. Lasers also are used to protect businesses by placing…

…of imprisonment. Luke escapes by sawing a hole in the bunkhouse floor, completing the building of his persona as a hero to his fellow inmates. He runs "Blue," the Dog Boy's hound to death, but is recaptured quickly and given a set of leg irons for his effort. His…

…and then gives examples of how they are used in advertising. Lutz starts off his article by coining the term "Weasel Words." He says, "A weasel will make a small hole in the egg, suck out the insides, then place the egg back in the nest. Only when the egg…

…and of expecting children to be at any certain level by a particular age. It also puts un-necessary strain on those to try to pigeon hole children into a certain stage in the life cycle.…

…unkempt gentleman who appeared to have been hastily assembled in some dingy laboratory. He appeared to be at least 6half feet tall with a scraggly beard and a T-shirt with holes and tears throughout. "Hey," he called out to me as soon as I met his line…

…of a flood. If engineers do not open enough of the dam holes in times of heavy rainfall, the water can then spill over the top of the dam. The outcome of a flood can be catastrophic. Many things can happen as a result from a flood. Effects of a flood can…