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- 2811: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... the area. It was again repeated why I was in town and again that shocked look of "Why El Dorado Springs?" I listened while they reminisced about their school years together and related some funny stories. But I was interested in some other types of things so I asked, " If the students here are not taught about the other people of the world, isn't there culture shock when they leave ... the reference to blacks in the town. Inez said, "El Dorado was very much against blacks, in fact, they had an ordinance that none could stay overnight or eat in the restaurants." She related two stories to me concerning this, the second one I had heard earlier that morning from Bill and Susanna, but she gave me more details on it. "Back when my husband and I worked in town, almost ...
- 2812: Germany
- ... regulatory political structures from developing during these hectic months. It is a fact that foreign network operators are known to have made offers to the GDR Minister of Posts during this time, and for a short period the minister actually did consider licensing a further (third) digital cellular mobile radio network operator in the GDR. However, it was decided that ensuring optimum conditions for the smooth union of telecommunications branches in ... in the West as soon as was technically possible, regardless of the different conditions in Eastern and Western Germany. Uniform charges were considered politically to be more important than an economically efficient distribution of the short supply of telephone connections. Like in many other economic sectors, goals of economic efficiency have lost out to of just distribution when fixing telephone tarriffs in the new states in the East. As a public ...
- 2813: Australia
- ... is controlled through an open-market trading system of nine dealers who act as a conduit between the Reserve Bank and the financial system. Transactions may involve purchases, sales, or trade in repurchase agreements of short-term treasury securities. Depending on liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank may bypass dealers and buy or sell short-term treasury notes directly with banks on a cash basis. Banks do not normally hold liquid deposits of any size with the Reserve Bank. Instead, they hold call-funds with the authorized dealers. If a ...
- 2814: Ukraine: Facts
- ... system in Ukraine is the Carpathian Mountains that extend for more than 270 km and are 100-110 km wide. The highest peak is the Hoverla (2061 m). Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Ukraine local long form: none local short form: Ukrayina former: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Digraph: UP Type: republic Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv) Administrative divisions: 24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtomnaya respublika), and 2 municipalites (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**; Cherkas ...
- 2815: Japan
- ... occur every few years. Underseaquakes sometimes cause huge, destructive tidal waves, called tsunami, along Japan's Pacific coast. The Japanese islands have more than 150 major volcanoes. Over 60 of these volcanoes are active. Numerous short, swift rivers cross Japan's rugged surface. most of the rivers are too shallow and steep to be navigated. Their waters are used to irrigate farmland, and their rapids and falls supply power for hydroelectric ... tempura (fish and vegetables fried in batter) Housing Types of Houses availible There are two major types of housing availible in Japan, modern apartment buildings and traditional Japanese houses. Renters or Home Owners Due to short supply of land for sale, most Japanese can not afford to buy land for a house and therefore a large number, especially in the crowded cities rent apartments. Clothing National Dress The kimono Types of ...
- 2816: Area 51
- ... This area has long been rich in UFO lore. Whatever you can imagine- -captured aliens, underground bases, alien-government collusion--it's all been claimed at Groom Lake. One of the more restrained and interesting stories is the claim by a Las Vegan, Bob Lazar, that he worked with extraterrestrial flying saucers at an installation at Papoose Lake, south of Groom Lake, in an area he calls "Site 4." He says ... Mountains, or the base buried under the subway system of New York City? The simple fact is this: people will believe whatever it is that they want to believe. Therein lies the difficulty of refuting stories like the one put forth by Bob Lazar. The government, or the Air Force, or even some mythical federal agency whose members wear only black suits and dark sunglasses can parade before the television cameras ...
- 2817: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... the area. It was again repeated why I was in town and again that shocked look of "Why El Dorado Springs?" I listened while they reminisced about their school years together and related some funny stories. But I was interested in some other types of things so I asked, " If the students here are not taught about the other people of the world, isn't there culture shock when they leave ... the reference to blacks in the town. Inez said, "El Dorado was very much against blacks, in fact, they had an ordinance that none could stay overnight or eat in the restaurants." She related two stories to me concerning this, the second one I had heard earlier that morning from Bill and Susanna, but she gave me more details on it. "Back when my husband and I worked in town, almost ...
- 2818: Rome
- ... capitolinus, the public baths, the coliseum and the circus maximus and the dome of the pantheon. And then once he saw the forum built by Trajan he started to complain about all of the wonderful stories he was told about Rome and those stories were not giving Rome enough credit. Julius Caesar Julius Caius Caesar lived from a questionable 102? Before Christ44 before Christ , Julius Caesar was a roman statesman and a general. Julius caeser was born into ...
- 2819: Jamaica
- ... up primarily of limestone. Farther to the west in the cockpit country the limestone has eroded over many years to form large depressions, narrow valleys, underground caverns and rivers. Most of the surface rivers are short, swift flowing and descend quickly to the coast and consist of a series of rapids and waterfalls. The island is ringed by plains separated by mountain and sea. The country is divided into three counties ... and constant attacks by pirates did not make the situation any better. On may 10th, 1655, a large English expeditionary fleet landed at Kingston Harbour. It consisted of 38 ships and 8000 men. After a short skirmish the British had successfully snatched Jamaica from Spanish hands. The spaniards fled from Jamaica leaving the enslaved Africans there with arms to wage guerilla warfare on the British until the Spanish could return with ...
- 2820: Escape Through Science Fiction Novels and Movies
- ... t have to walk or even drive. He flies wherever he wants to go. When people watch star wars they temporarily become involved in a world where work has been made extremely simple. For a short period of time the audience forgets what the real world is like and has thus escaped. Luke also seems to be having more fun than most of us as well. In star wars the characters ... such a great escape mechanism. The characters in science fiction have lifestyles that meet the three conditions of a true escape. When people read or watch science fiction they can forget about reality for a short period of time and experience the life of the characters. As they experience the life of the characters they experience the feeling of escape.
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