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- 2661: History of Athens, Greece
- ... C. and hundreds of other cities in the United States. Such as courthouses, libraries, university buildings, interior of theaters, opera houses, and many other types of buildings. Many different languages are from Latin. Such as French, Spanish, English, Portugese Italian and more languages. We got a lot of words from Athens government and entertainment. For example of government words, democracy, politics, tyrant, monarch and more. For example of entertainment words, drama ...
- 2662: T.S. Eliot
- ... up with a coherent and consistent philosophy is nether neither surprising nor important. It must be remembered that Eliot was a poet, not an essayist or philosopher. He was not out to create an intellectual revolution but to write works that caused people to simply consider and think, and his poetry was beautiful. R.B. Kitaj claimed "Eliot had been dismissed, in Bernard Lewis's Semites and Anti-Semites, as a ...
- 2663: Mercury Report
- ... days using radar observations. After close observation by the Mariner 10 spacecraft, the period was determined to be 58.646 +- 0.005 days. Mercurys rotational period on its axis is 2/3 of its revolution period around the sun, which is 88 earth days. Mercury is not tidally locked to the Sun; its rotational period is tidally coupled to its orbital period. Mercury rotates one and half times during each ...
- 2664: The People of El Salvador
- ... became restless and formed a political party called the Federation Democratio Revolucionario. This was a sect of the FMLN a militaristic political party that wished to gain power. With the Regan administration shocked by the revolution in Nicaragua, the U.S. feed money to the standing El Salvadorian government. In April of 1990 the United Nations stepped into the Salvadorian civil war and mediated negations between the standing government and the ...
- 2665: Gold And Its Uses
- ... in order to obtain its gold, but a discovery in the Urals in 1774 triggered the modern industry. By the 1840s Russia was the leading producer, until eclipsed by the California gold rush. After the Revolution, Stalin encouraged mining and the Soviet Union was the second biggest supplier until overtaken by the United States in 1991. Overall Soviet production peaked at 285 tonnes in 1989, before falling to about 250 tonnes ...
- 2666: Nicaragua: People and Way of Life
- ... our own government. The president, most of the Cabinet members, and the majority of the National Assembly members belong to a political party called the Sandinista National Liberation Front. In 1979, the Sandinistas led a revolution that overthrew the government of the Somoza family, which had long ruled Nicaragua. From 1979 to 1984 the Sandinistas controlled the government largely through a three-member junta, or a ruling body. The president and ...
- 2667: Mongolia
- ... exercise state affairs. Under Genghis Khan in the 13th century, Mongolia conquered most of Asia and much of Europe. In the 14th century the empire collapsed and came under Chinese rule. During the 1911 Chinese Revolution, Mongolia, with Russian backing, declared its independence; a republic was formed in 1924. Officially recognized by China in 1946, Mongolia became a member of the United Nations in 1961. In 1966 a Mongolian-Soviet assistance ...
- 2668: Lebanon
- ... because no poll has been officially taken since 1932). Almost all of these people, whether they are Christian or Moslem, are Arabs, and Lebanon is an Arab country. Mo st of the people can speak French or English or both, but Arabic is the national language. However, the national unity that usually comes from a common language and heritage has eluded the Lebanese people. In many ways, the country is less ...
- 2669: Jamaica
- ... for repair, and headquarters. Soon the wealth of this city had increased so much that it had earned the title of the richest and wickedest city in the world. In the late 1690's the French engaged in a war with Jamaica. A large force under the command of Admiral Jean du Casse landed on the eastern part of the Island. It was successfully defended against the attack but many of ...
- 2670: Global Warming
- ... today would not work. Instead, thanks to greenhouse gases, the earth's average temperature is better, 60°F. But, problems may happen when the amount of greenhouse gases increases. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, great amounts of carbon dioxide have increased nearly 30%, methane concentrations have almost doubled, and nitrous oxide concentrations have risen about 15%. These increases have made the heat-trapping worse in the earth's atmosphere ...
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