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Category: /Literature/English
…as to counteract the southward tilt, the tower jumped one-sixteenth of an inch to the south. Many feared that the end had come and the tower would topple imminently. The tower even survived the earthquake in 1997 that was centered on nearby Assisi. The tower did…
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Category: /Literature/English
…. He takes natures happenings to be a sign of future misfortunes for the state of Denmark. Today, people still do the same thing. For instance, many religious groups take nature's destructive forces; (earthquakes, volcanic activity, etc.) to be signs…
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Category: /History
…, and Western Australia. The geological activity that created the country’s mountains, plains, and rivers ceased millions of years ago. Earthquakes are very rare and the last volcanic eruption occurred more than 5,000 years ago. The highest mountain in Australia…
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…. Of these include: Earthquake, Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, Dracula, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Home Alone, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, AI, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. John…
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…. Another story is that the earthquake that at His death caused the cross to tilt. The most likely idea is that the slanted bar forms St. Andrew’s cross who is believed to introduce Christianity to Russia. Ansated or Ankh Cross At first glance this cross…
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Category: /Literature/English
…was that?”. At first I thought it might’ve been an earthquake so I looked out my window and I noticed the sheets of paper falling from above, and I saw the black, billowy smoke filling the sky. I then told everyone on my floor to get to the stairs and walk to the ground…
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…such as water vapor, methane, oxygen and carbon dioxide. As the Earth is a living planet, it is constantly undergoing change. Plate tectonics continue to change the face of the planet. The sea floor is still spreading, and we still have earthquakes and volcanoes…
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…explains that oil deposits and methane produced in the coal beds accumulated for centuries until, June 30, 1908, finally broke free. He additionally assumes a moderate earthquake could have caused the process. However unique, there is not one official…
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Category: /Literature/English
…located in Tokyo; however, there were not that many automobiles in that area at that time. After an earthquake in 1923, there was a rise in mass transit, which made Soichiro Honda engage in pursuing his dream of making motorcycles and hand-built racing cars…
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Category: /Literature/English
…, like and earthquake blowing off the charts of a Richter scale. The blood in my veins started flowing and the adrenaline rush was indescribable. All of us drove in a long single file line into the middle of nowhere, an abandoned road in the middle…
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