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…are depicted through the wildness of the Moors, their naturalness, and their unlimited sweep. Wuthering Heights is an old rustic looking house. In contrast, Thrushcross Grange is well kept and well furnished. Mr. Linton, the owner of Thrushcross Grange, has his…

…and nickel fields. The town is in the arid region about 375 miles away from Perth and water must be pumped there. All rural areas in the outback are subject to floods, droughts, and brush fires. Because they share the constant threat of disaster, the Australian…

…at face value in the speech, the use to which he puts nationalism but hardly his own understanding of it. To this effect he talks of the King's "naive trustfulness" the "German's good nature" and "the enthusiasm with which the Poles were received in all…

…There is no doubt that the ending of this play is very convenient and works out happily for the main characters, with them all falling quite naturally into couples - even the potential disaster of the twins' confused relationships is simply resolved…

…; it is the planet's largest and most luxuriant rainforest in which, amazingly, live more than one third of all species in the world. But despite its natural richness, the Amazon ecosystem is fragile and in peril. In Brazil, for instance, illegal logging, slash-and-burn…

…lends its company to situations in which desperation already resides. In an examination of his earlier works, such as In Our Time, a comparison to later collections reveals the constant presence of alcohol where hopelessness prevails. The nature…

…in the main propellant tank of liquid hydrogen and oxygen and caused the booster to nose into and rupture the tank. This rupture caused a nearly explosive disruption of the whole system. Seven astronauts were killed in the disaster: commander Francis R. Scobee…

…in the calidarium, the hot bath, and the frigidarium, the cold bath. 6 Pompeii In 62 A.D., a terrible earthquake destroyed the city of Pompeii. Those who survived this first disaster were in the process of rebuilding the city when a second disaster occurred…

…in Sicily, many of those on board were already dying of plague. Within days the disease spread to the city and the surrounding countryside. An eyewitness tells what happened: "Realizing what a deadly disaster had come to them, the people quickly drove…

…, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse Scratches its innocent behind on a tree. In Brueghel’s Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away Quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may Have heard…