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- 921: Underground Railroad
- ... also songgs that ave directions to slaves that were taught to everyone so that they might memorize the way. One such, was "Follow the Drinking Gourd" The drinking gourd was the slaves’ terminology for the big dipper. The Big Dipper’s "handle" points to the north star, which they could use to find their way north. The song gave landmarks along the way to follow and a verse from it says " the dead trees ...
- 922: Flooding
- ... to occur. Take advantage of opportunities in less developed areas.” More dunes are being enhanced, he said, more houses are being moved back. There are many small successes, and many small victories add up to big victories. In remarks about the effect of sea level rise on birds, Joanna Burger of Rutgers University expressed some skepticism about whether global warming is actually occurring. But assuming it does, she indicated sea level ... estuaries and marshes are also the adult living space for blue crab, oysters, clams and forage species. More severe storms and droughts will make habitat conditions in estuaries more variable and extreme when floods cause big drops in salinity, and droughts cause salinity and elevated temperatures to move up the estuary toward sources of fresh water. The populations of fish and shellfish will suffer further stress. Nemerson recommended that, where possible ...
- 923: Invasion Of Normandy
- ... beach Sword is a little longer than some of the other beaches in the area and the people worked harder to get onshore. If the paratrooper had not done there job of taking out the big German guns it would have been very bad. 28,850 men went onshore. By the end of the day there was 150,000 people on shore and they had control of the beach. they did ... above there was 5 main beaches that you could get access to the mainland with trucks and tanks. Germany had a wall of defenses for these beaches. That was called the Atlantic wall. There was big guns at the tide and then a smaller gun in a solid cement wall. Through the beaches there was mines and all sorts of boat and tank deterrent. This proved to be a good system ...
- 924: Harappa
- ... children. Some of the things people have found are, whistles, shaped like birds, small carts and toy monkeys that could slide down a string. Harappan entertainment was dancing, which they loved and there was a big swimming pool that was used for the public. In addition around the pool there were private baths and changing and dressing rooms. Transportation was ox, camels and elephants to travel on the land. They also ... like maybe they ran out of wood to hold back the flooding and they would have died if they stayed. Scientists have found out that 1,400 Indus sites were discovered since 1996 which is big enough to make the Harappan Civilization an Empire. The only problem is that there is no sign that emperors governed these people. In addition scientists have also found out that these people were great builders ...
- 925: Can Intelligence be Measured
- ... by a test may be for standardizing a group's intellectual ability. To issue a truly standardized test, the background of their studies must all is the same between students. For example, children from a big school in Indianapolis certainly had different classes that could be taken in Kendallville, In. The schools probably have different funding, environment, children, plus many other factors that are not the same in every school. The ... on a day to day basis you would probably not be looked at as being intelligent. I can use an example that I have from my hometown, at a party that was held at a big pond. All of a sudden a kid came racing up the hill and jumped his brand new pickup truck into a pond, not knowing that it was really there. Nobody was really laughing at him ...
- 926: Are UFOs Real?
- ... real would have to be no. There is simply no believable evidence that has convinced me that UFO's could even possibly be real. To begin with lets examine just how UFO's and the big phenomenon came about. As we know man has traditionally been known to construct a myth if there is something he can not explain, and UFO's are one of them. The year that UFO's ... all over the country. We have to take into consideration that the majority of the population in this world is very easily persuaded into believing whatever the media says. The UFO phenomenon can, for a big part, be linked to the media. Although it has been a long time since UFO reports have been made in large newspapers the old reports were numerous. For instance,"…people who read only the large ...
- 927: The 50s Was A Time of Change
- ... were expected to conform to the way society was expected to be in every aspect of life. In the 90’s teenagers are expected by their friends and peers (peer pressure). Racial segregation was a big issue in the 50’s. It affected almost everyone, schools were segregated, bathrooms were segregated, and minorities were considered a lower class of human being. In the 90’s it not as a big issue, but in a lot of southern states there is still tension. There is still the Ku Klux Klan, and many people were angry towards the million man march. In the 50’s teenagers were ...
- 928: The Metric System
- ... thing that I really don’t like about the metric system and that is that a meter stick is like a ruler and it is most commonly used. I don’t want to use something big like that and I like my ruler. There is one thing that I think will never change here in the United States and that is the plumbing system. If this system were to change, every ... think that the metric system is a more advanced way of measuring I also think that the United States will never change from our standard system. Also I don’t think that it is a big deal I don’t feel that a whole lot of people would want to change because it means something that they have to learn and people are to busy to learn anything in the United ...
- 929: Vivisection
- Vivisection A big problem today is whether or not scientists should use animals for experimental, dangerous experiments. For years scientists have done experiments on all different sorts of animals. Some of them helped us and some of them ... some of the cures we have today without animal testing, although maybe we would. Maybe we would have more. Nobody knows. I still firmly think it is wrong to do evil experiments on animals. A big problem today is whether or not scientists should use animals for experimental purposes. If we have other alternatives we should use them. Animal testing is cruel. If scientists are so smart they should be able ...
- 930: On The Subway
- ... it was a incident that happened to the poet. The speaker talks about John H. Cross English 102-03 September 22, 1999 Essay 1 how the boy's appearance frightens her. She talks about his big feet with dark black sneakers with white laces and how they looked like a set intentional scars. Olds talked about what he looks like when he sees him, "He has the casual cold look of ... grasp of what the boy is thinking, you just have to go by what you interpret through his actions and what she tells you throughout the poem. The setting of this poem also plays a big part of the reaction of the reader. With it being in a subway and that is where many crimes take place in the city and it has a reputation for being a dangerous place for ...
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