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…of years for the kingdom was 125 years. Muslim Spain was started by the Witiza Family. They caused the down fall of the Visogothic Kingdom. By the middle of the 8th century the muslims had made a strong hold in Spain. They put king Abd al-Rahman in to power…

…Following criticism of President Husni Mubarak during his visit to the US in early April 2001, the Egyptian government daily Al-Akhbar temporarily ceased publishing articles defending Hitler. Recently however, the paper again published an article…

…the advertising industries (Boston Women's Health Collective 33-34). "Images of beauty vary across ethnic groups, demonstrating how racism and sexism interact to shape expectations of women" (Kessleman et. al 111). Advertising agencies generally use…

…into to parties of those who will take office with them. There are third parties, and some very unusual parties, but it usually is narrowed down to Democratic and Republican. This year the two candidates are: George W. Bush for Republican and Al Gore for the Democratic…

…through direct popular election of the president. President Bush won practically the entire rural area of the United States whereas Al Gore won the densely-populated states in the popular election. If the Electoral College was to be abolished…

…believes the Knight to be perfect with, “He nevere yit no vilainye ne saide / In al his lif unto no manere wight: / He was a verray, parfit, gentil knight” (70-72). Chaucer the Pilgrim honestly believes that he was a true, perfect, and noble knight. His…

…rather inebriated. Indeed, the sins listed in the sermon do seem to apply to most of the characters. In this way, he seems to be telling the truth in some way in regards to everyone. The Prioress and Monk like their food, the Miller likes his ale, the Wife…

…that this cure was not right in this case and try a different approach. John, however, thought otherwise and kept with the rest cure, making her take, “cod liver oil and lots of tonics and things, to say nothing of ale and wine and rare meat.” I suppose…

…during the dark ages of Europe, the lead in the research of pi is passed to the East. Aryabhata, working on his own in Persia without any outside information in 515 AD was able to approximate pi to 3 decimal places. A mathematician from Baghdad named Al…

…people have analyzed the optical periodicity, but their results vary greatly. For example, Patterson (1981) observed the source during quiescence in 1978, finding PQPO to be about 380 seconds. During the decline phase of GK Per in 1983, Mazeh et al. (1985…