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- 4121: Nova Scotia
- ... plain is characterized by a low, undulating landscape and substantial areas of fertile soil. History The area now known as Nova Scotia was originally inhabited by tribes of Abenaki and Micmac peoples. The Venetian explorer John Cabot, sailing under the English flag, may have reached Cape Breton Island in 1497. Colonial Period The first settlers of the area were the French, who called it Acadia and founded Port Royal in 1605 ...
- 4122: The Population Growth Rate in India
- ... standard of living of the Indian masses for "although the wealthier, better-educated urban families do curtail their fertility, the poor have not had the means or motivation to do so." "Most important, perhaps," writes John Cool, is the fact that thousands of years of Indian experience have shaped cultural values and social institutions, which encourage the survival of the family and the community through high fertility. Modernization is slowly changing ...
- 4123: Liberia
- ... Land area of the country is 43,000 square miles. Liberia's rivers are short and flow parallel to one another from the mountains to the ocean. The largest rivers are the St. Paul, St. John, and Cavalla. Liberia's tropical climate is hot and humid. The usual temperature ranges from 60 degrees to 87 degrees. Annual rainfall, as much as 177 inches at the coast, gradually decreases inland to 96 ...
- 4124: History of the Marshall Islands
- ... about Micronesia because they were busy building empires in South America, Central America, and Mexico. For the most part Micronesia was under loose Spanish control for 300 years. During those 300 years in 1788 Captain John Marshall named the Marshall Islands. He was sailing between Australia and China on the boat the Scarborough and sailed through the islands. Even though many Europeans had been in the Marshalls previously he has been ...
- 4125: Galicia
- ... some of the bedrooms. Paintings decerate the hallways and rooms, which have all been recently refurbished. Many of the rooms have casement windows that open onto a courtyard. The courtyards of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John are a beautiful place to take a early morning walk. There are two restaurants in the hotel, one casual, one more expensive and more formal. The formal one has a mideivel look to it and ...
- 4126: David Belasco
- ... Other stars discovered and trained by Belasco include David Warfield and Ina Claire. By 1900, Belasco turned his attentions to developing the career of Blanche Bates. After reading a story in Century Magazine, and with John Luther Long's approval, Belasco put together one of his most enduring plays, Madame Butterfly. Belasco worked fast, and though he scrambled together a laughably bad script, he had an unerring instinct for strong theatrical ...
- 4127: Jamaica: "Jammin," Life in Jamaica
- ... Black Enterprise Dec. 1992: 22. Sheridan, Maureen. "A trade in Criminals." Macleans 17 Feb. 1997: 48-57. Weiss, Julian. "Jamaica's new Agriculture." Americas March-April 1987: 52-54. Witson, Samuel M. "Saint George and John Canoe". Natural History Dec. 1991: 22-27.
- 4128: Saint Paul's Cathedral
- ... Bishop Grindal paid for. The Cathedral was completely destroyed in The Great Fire of London in 1666. The only things left unharmed were part of the walls, a few columns, and a monument of Dr. John Donne, who was the dean from 1621 until he died in 1631. They still have it today in the south choir aisle. They figured that the ruins could be restored on the west end of ...
- 4129: E-commerce
- ... making refined product comparisons, and holding price auctions among sellers and among other powers. Evidence of this change can be seen in the rise of the "virtual community" as a business model. As explained by John Hagel III and Arthur G. Armstrong, the Internet enables customers organized as online communities "to take control of their own value as potential purchasers of products and services." 4 The authors describe how virtual communities ...
- 4130: The Lowell Observatory
- ... are a total of nine telescopes, eight which are at the observatory, of these many of them are historic, such as the 24" Clark Refractor that is 102 years old. The Pluto telescope dome and John Vickers McAllister telescope dome, which is 16" long, are also telescopes you would find at Lowell Observatory. The most modern telescope they have there is the Anderson Mesa Telescope. Their ninth telescope is located in ...
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