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- 4111: El-nino
- ... atmosphere's angular momentum by slowing down the tropical easterlies and speeding the westerlies outside the tropics. As the atmosphere speeds up during El Nino, earth itself slows down to conserve the combined angular momentum. John M. Gipson of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has tracked the planet's spin by monitoring changes in the length of the day. Over a typical year, the day shortens and ...
- 4112: Charles W. Chesnutt
- ... colored girl who passed for white." The story brings out a problem that many Chesnutt's contemporary writers and politicians tried to cope with - the issue of racial identity. By introducing racially mixed characters like John and Rena Walden, Chesnutt advocates the right of mixed races to be accepted on equal terms with whites. In order to support his family, Chesnutt was forced to reopen his court reporting business which he ...
- 4113: Christoper Marlow
- ... England, and baptized at St. George’s Church on the 26th of the same month, exactly two months before William Shakespeare was baptized at Stratford-upon-Avon (Henderson 275). He was the eldest son of John Marlowe of the Shoemaker’s Guild and Katherine Arthur, a Dover girl of yeoman stock (Henderson 275). Upon graduating King’s School, Canterbury, he received a six-year scholarship to Cambridge upon the condition that ...
- 4114: Crazy Horse
- ... ponies and pick out the best pony he had to replace the cow,which to the Sioux these ponies were their wealth. This seemed tobe a very gracious offer. Fleming would not agree and sentLieutenant John L. Grattan to bring back the warrior. WhenGrattan arrived at Conquering Bears camp, he was given anotheroffer. This time they could choose five ponies from five herdsamong the tribes. Grattan refused and began to open ...
- 4115: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... was untrue, according to Inez. She was adamant that I get it right. Hightower had a farm up by Walker, Missouri, northwest of the present day town of El Dorado and it was the farmer, John Jackson, that led him to the camping area. As we continued to talk about books that had been written, I asked about Kemp's book and the reference to blacks in the town. Inez said ...
- 4116: Ancient Egypt: Old, Middle, and New Kingdom
- ... the longevity and stability of ancient Egypt. Bibliography Breasted, James Henry, History of Egypt. New York: Charles Scribner's Son's, 1905. David, A. Rosalie, The Egyptian Kingdoms. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1975. Wilson, John A., The Burden of Egypt. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1951.
- 4117: Mexico
- ... leader incited his forces to commit crimes against Americans to show his resentment against the United States and in 1916 led a raid on Columbus, New Mexico. As a result, an American force under General John J. Pershing was sent to Mexico. A new constitution, enacted in 1917, provided for a labor code, prohibited a president from serving consecutive terms, expropriated all property of religious orders, and restored communal lands to ...
- 4118: Pakistan
- ... Pakistan due to its obsession with political vendettas and self-enrichment (Burns A7). Works Cited Banks, Arthur, Alan Day, Theral Muller, eds. Political Handbook of the World 1995-1996. New York: CSA Publications, 1996. Burns, John F. “In Pakistan, Coup Trials Mostly Yield Skepticism.” New York Times 2 April 1996: A5. - - - - . “Hospital Blast In Pakistan; Political Feud is Heating Up” New York Times 15 April 1996: A7. The Europa World Year ...
- 4119: The Colorado River
- ... was not well suited for irrigation agriculture. The area is characterized by limited flat land, poor soils, poor drainage, and too hot of conditions for most traditional crops. The Colorado River was first navigated by John Wesley Powell, in his 1869 exploration through the Marble and Grand Canyons. The Colorado River begins high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The water begins from melting snow and rain, and is then supplemented by ...
- 4120: Ethiopia
- ... inability to produce enough food for its vastly growing population, still creates mass starvation. The government does not seem to be planning any propositions of future hope, making chances of improvement almost inevitable. Bibliography Colombo, John Robert, ed. 1996 Canadian Global Almanac. Toronto: Macmillian Canada 1996. "Ethiopia Famine."Ethiopia: Case Study. Internet. http://rs6.loc.gov/et_00_ 00.html. 1996 "Ethiopia." Information Finder. Vers.2.6. Computer Software. World Book ...
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