Through different paintings, Thomas Cole's Hunter's Return (1845), Asher B. ... The so-called Hudson River School appeared in the mid 1820s. ... The Hudson River artists were men, who believed in the glory of nature, which they thought was an evidence of God's power. ... The Hunter's Return represents wild woods surrounding a glade where a family seems to be living in symbiotically with the prevailing forces of nature. ... Mountains, woods, waterfalls and other wonders of nature, as depicted in The Hunter's Return, can symbolize the marvels of the frontier. ...

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Many rivers run through the Zulu tribe of South Africa. Both the black and the white Mfobzi River runs through it. The four other major rivers that run through it are the Tugela River, Phongoln River, Bavane River and the Kcomeeu River. ... This river runs through the Maasai tribe and into the Victoria Lake, calm areas of the river have hippos and crocodiles. ... The Maasai arts were different from the Zulu; they would carve wood to make jewelry. ...

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He saw a six year old boy wearing cowboy boots, and a cowboy hat, and led him into the woods. Once in the woods, Ridgway stabbed him in the ribs with a knife. ... The boy was found in the woods, alive, and rushed to the hospital. ... From August 12th through August 14th, the bodies of four more young women were found in the Green River. ... Over the next few years they only discovered a couple bodies. ...

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(Bryson, Pg 4) The Appalachian Trail is more than 2100 miles and it goes through 14 states. ... The first part of their trip was over at the end of April and they were taking a break. ... They drove to Maine to hike through the Hundred Mile Wilderness. ... They had to cross rivers/ streams and climb over 400 feet of almost perpendicular rock. ... I learned about American forests, organizations and people through the book. ...

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In most developing areas, wood is the primary source of fuel. ... It should also be noted that when wood is unavailable, animal dung is burned for fuel. ... The primary use of this wood is for industrial purposes, i.e. the construction of goods and capital goods. ... Not just for the wood, but as they maintain life on earth. ... Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin - his control Stops with the shore...

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Laws of the River There are many people who influence our lives and what we believe. ... Huck struggles with the concept of right and wrong through out the story because of his friendship with Jim and what he learns on the river. ... Huck is slowly casting away of the laws of society for those of the river. ... Darkness sets in and he "never went near the house, but stuck through the woods and made for the swamp" (138). ... The pivotal point in Huck and Jim's relationship unfolds as Huck struggles over whether or not to write a letter to Ms. ...

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We are at the Wood River camp. ... The American Flag was raised over St. ... June 4, 1804 There was a flash flood on the river near Great falls around sunset when we were crossing through a water route, Clark had gone out into the water but ended up in trouble and looked as if he was in danger of drowning. ... We all started building a fort and setting up salt works over on the beach. ... Clark calculated we have traveled 4,132 miles in 554 days, from Wood River to the mouth of the Columbia. ...

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It was here that fighting was centered through out the duration of the battle. The patriots used the woods and gullies surrounding the area to their advantage and fired at the British with uncoordinated effort. ... It was at this point that German reinforcements came from the river road and hurled themselves at the patriot troops. ... The British suffered over 400 casualties in less than an hour and began to fall back. At this point Benedict Arnold, without orders, took command and pursued the British to their camp on the Hudson River. ...

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Jefferson believed there was such a passage from the Mississippi River to the Pacific. ... He felt that the United States needed to strengthen through commerce. ... It opened the Mississippi River for trade, removed a foreign power (France) from the continent, provided vast amounts of fertile land for farming, supplied resources like oil, gold, and silver, doubled the size of the U.S., and offered land opportunities for the millions of immigrants coming into our country over the next century. ... There were many more preparations that Lewis made over the next few months. ... He needed som...

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Now that the league was back in full force, and I had enough troops to take over the world (hypothetically speaking), I became power hungry. ... However, being the quick thinker I am, I sent all the wagons through the pass first, and my men on foot second. I instructed all the soldiers that would not make it through the pass before the attack struck us, to lay down and cover themselves with their shields so that the wagons would roll over them, and the spears would not penetrate them. ... Once on the other side the Getae couldn't believe what they had witnessed and fled into the woods...

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It's Greek for "The Land between the Rivers". This is referring to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which start in mountains of today's Turkey and flow through modern day Iraq into the Persian Gulf. ... These factors combined to make this land ideal for nomadic tribes to settle in over other lands which overtime caused the population of Mesopotamia to increase dramatically. ... Mesopotamians began to trade their surplus grain for resources they could use to defend themselves better such as stone, wood, and metal. ... Mesopotamia wouldn't have been the foundation of ci...

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We are still woven together in a complex tapestry, like a river and it's tributaries. ... It shows 8 faces representing generations of the Salish, and how they are all still bound together over centuries. ... The rivers hold a sacred lifeline for the people of that region. ... The mouths are open in a round shape to convey communication, through the singing or telling of stories. ... The smoothness of the wood, and the harsh incised lines of the trigons, contrasted with each other and caught my eye. ...

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Lewis is the only one of the men that is savvy in the ways of the woods. ... He shoots Bobby's attacker through the back with an arrow. ... Nevertheless, the turmoil is far from over. ... Drew slumps over in the front of the canoe; he appears to have loss consciousness; consequently, Ed, Drew, and the canoe spill out into the river. ... Man versus river. ...

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Huck is forced to live with his father in a shack in the woods. ... While Huck is hiding in the woods during the day, he finds a camp out and thinks it's a bunch of robbers. ... The duke and dauphin plan to steel Peter Wilk's gold and all his money and just take off with it, when Huck over hears their plans. ... Through Tom's crazy tactics the night they planned to escape with Jim a bunch of town's men came with their guns. ... Jim is put back in captivity while Tom's aunt goes crazy over Tom's gunshot wound. ...

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Because of this the British took over settlements owned by these nations. ... By 1947 wells are full and every time it rains the creosote is washed over into Naylor's Run. ... In 1991 National Wood goes out of business. ... In 1997 DER puts blacktop cap over entire area. ... As can be seen from the latter, the stream has gone through a lot. ...

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The scientific researches, conducted over centuries, show that the pollution of the atmosphere reached its top. ... Some pesticides better known as neurotoxins were one group of artificially made chemicals used over a long period of time in agriculture. ... Farmers were prospering through those crops treated with cheaply made chemicals such as DDT. ...

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Huck has an innate ability to mold his own perception of reality, and the perceptions of the people around him through lies and deceit. ... They must obediently follow the flow of the river of reality, as they have no control over the stimuli around them. Jim, Huck's black companion on the Mississippi River, is of this category. ... He states in his Why I Went to the Woods that he went into the woods to avoid the over complicated manner of life in society, "to front only the essential facts of life.... While others allow themselves to be washed over with stimuli, Thoreau actively esc...

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The road curved this way and that way through deep, narrow ravines and high mountain ledges. ... I found a spot down next to a tributary of the Nass River on the west side of the road. ... My tent was pitched, and off to the river I went with my "Popeil Pocket Fisherman." ... Fear mixes with apprehension and sets in to take over any rational thoughts, and I"m not sure why this is happening. ... The woods start to awaken with the normal sounds of the night as I ponder the sound I just heard. ...

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Metaphorically, the speaker could be walking through the unknown. ... It is interesting that Stafford gives the road a name, the Wilson River road. ... The poem appears to be harsh and abrupt, yet Stafford choses a doe over a buck. ... The use of "belly" over "stomach" or "abdomen" makes the speaker more sentimental. ... " He is taking in all of his surroundings: the woods, the mountains, the crickets chirping, and the other animals watching. ...

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Farnsworth and Mies had ventured out to a narrow seven-acre site beside the Fox River. ... In addition to this, the internal walls that make up the core are made from rare primavera wood. ... (Vandenberg, 2005:22) Mies had chosen a monochromatic colour pallet with white columns and ceiling, off-white floors and curtains, along with the pale brown wood interior. ... Farnsworth waiting for an inheritance to come through. ... As a result, Mies had taken Edith to court over the outstanding amount of $28,173. ...

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Coming near a clearing in the woods, he sees three huge trolls sitting around a fire and eating mutton. ... The sun peeks over the horizon and the trolls all freeze--for sunlight turns trolls to stone. ... It is Gandalf who leads the dwarves through the passages and deeper into the mountain. ... Through pure luck, Bilbo happens to slip on the ring and Gollum runs right past him. ... Bilbo leaps over him, runs past the goblins unnoticed (than...

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This was a trust fund of over $1.6 billion dollars to be used for the next five years to promote clean up. ... By 1996 the cost had risen to over $30 million. ... The groundwater runs into the Stockton River, which flows into the South Rivanna River. ... In 1977 through 1981 many fish were found dead in the Piney River and the Tye River. ... The Piney River has not been able to support fish for 40 years. ...

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Lanterns would be knocked over, and flames would catch the hay causing fire to break out. ... Chicago had also been going through a drought that made grasses, wood, and everything else in the city extremely dry. ... The trouble was that about two-thirds of all these structures were made entirely of wood. ... Not soon after, the fire broke out across the river, and several people on the side that it was headed panicked, because they knew it was after them. ... In addition, more than 20 churches, all railroad depots, most hotels, and many ships in the Chicago River were eaten by the hungry ...

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