Then suddenly the forest seemed to open and strange structures appeared they were tall, extremely elegant, and seemingly impenetrable. ... After reaching the island of Hydros, Obelix asked the centurion to remain at bay with the boat and he consented. ... Returning to the boat, he boarded with someone a solemn attitude for he had killed his own brother. ... The centurion docked the boat, and went through the procedures that were customary to make sure the boat wouldn't drift away. The crowd welcomed him home with opened arms but the tired warriors dragged his bow and quiver behind him and...

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No consideration was paid by Buyer Bob to Keep Seller Abe's offer open, so an option is not applicable here. ... In this case, while Don was driving the boat, which he had no experience, and changing speed rapidly, making the boat go from "side to side" attempting to "cause Victor t...

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Tesla opened a lab in 1891. ... Tesla wanted an ordinary way to show his remote control, so he built a little remote controlled boat. ... It amazed him that the boat worked so well. ... The boat also had flashing lights on it. ... Tesla did not limit himself to only boats. ...

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So when he opened up again - the Germans, when they fire, they fire fast, they don't fire like we did, because they change the barrels of their machine guns in seconds. ... He went so far as to assemble a fleet of barges along the French coast, planning to use them as assault boats. ... This was that the built-up seaports, like Dieppe, were too well fortified to be attacked successfully, and that the great assault should aim for open beaches. ... The men in the first boat sections observed the results of many actions they had heard practically nothing about. ... The men in the landing boa...

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Saying a silent prayer, he opened his door and went to his room to try to snap his cat out of it. ... He finally got to his door and opened it, poised to start yelling at Lucifer for his actions this morning. ... There he slit my throat and stabbed me several times before disemboweling me and throwing me in an abandoned boat to rot. " Nick didn't know what to think at this point. ... " Lucifer opened his massive new mouth clumsily and out came a sound that just made Nick's day even more baffling. ... All you need to do is catch a train from here to New Orleans, find the abandoned d...

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Frodo wakes in the house of Elrond in Rivendell. Gandalf is beside him and he tells the Hobbit that his friends are all safe. The wizard knows about most of their journey because the Hobbit has been talking in his sleep. Gandalf was delayed and could not guide them because he was held captive. Frodo thanks him for the help of Strider. ...

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To become fully aware individuals, our identity must be open to all forms of alteration, even if this deviates from our social conditioning. ... The novel begins with Charlie Marlow, along with a few of his friends, sailing aboard the Nellie, a pleasure boat, at the mouth of the Thames outside London. On the boat, Marlow begins to tell of his experiences in the Congo. ... Finally, Marlow arrives at the Central Station where he is forced to stay for several months repairing his boat. ...

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Throughout the course of human history, there have always been the oppressed, deprived, and subjugated minorities that suffer under the constraints of the majority. The ideologies based upon the Eurocentric and Protestant groups proceed to be key figures of oppression and racism. The mannerisms in which minorities are dealt with and looked upon show the true forms of intention and persecution these groups feel because they do not and can not assimilate to the majority party. It is a keepsake that revolves upon the premise and ideas that the majority will always be in power and that it is a...

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Heart of Darkness opens on a boat called "Nellie." ... Before he can meet Kurtz, however, Marlow must remain at the second station for several months to repair his boat. ... As the white men on the steamboat grab their guns and return fire, Kurtz' black helmsman continues to try to steer the boat through shallow, treacherous water. ... With Kurtz on the boat, Marlow finally got his chance to speak face to face with the infamous man. ... As the boat steams down the river, much faster than it had moved up river, a pall of death and quiet falls on the crewmen. ...

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The mountainsides and less arable lands were the property of the barangay or public property, which meant that they were open to everyone who wanted to till them. ... They obtained timber from the virgin forests (lumbering) and made small fast sailing boats called barangays and virreys and large vessels called tapaques, caracaos, and lapis. (Figure to the right- boat found in Butuan, Mindanao.) ...

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Intro/Facts Ashland Oil, Inc. with revenues exceeding $7 Billion in 1987 was the sixtieth largest company in the country and the nation's largest independent oil refiner. The company employed over 42,000 people worldwide and had refining capacity of 346,000 barrels of oil per day. Key oil supplies came from the Middle East and Nigeria, where Ashland Oil Inc. (AOI) had a long-term production contract. To reduce its dependence on the volatile refining industry, AOI had diversified into other energy-related activities such as petroleum product transportation and marketing; chemicals; coal...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Furious, he seized a gun and shot her, and then sailed out to the harbor in Rebecca's boat and sank it, with the body stowed safely inside. ... Meanwhile, however, the noose of justice tightens around Maxim: first, it is found that holes have been drilled in the bottom of Rebecca's boat; luckily the coroner delivers a report of suicide, rather than murder. ...

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The Hobbit begins simply: "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." The hobbit in this particular hole is named Bilbo Baggins, and his "hole" is actually a very comfortable residence known as Bag End. The narrator tells us that hobbits are a little people, half the size of a man, and they have...

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Table of Contents • Chapter 1: Operating Environment • Chapter 2: Import-Export Process • Chapter 3: Internal and International Transportation and Logistics Infrastructure • Summary • Bibliography Chapter 1: Operating Environment Physica...

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Detailed Summary: This is just the story basically Ab ;0) The film opens in Brooklyn, New York 1935, where Irish immigrants Malachy and Angela McCourt and their four children are celebrating the birth of their fifth child, and first girl, Margaret-Mary. ... With the money he buys a one-way ticket on a boat to America and the dream of a new life. ...

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A fishing boat went into the area controlled by the Japanese and rammed a Japanese Coast Guard Vessel, nearly sinking the boat. ... They do not want these islands for any militaristic reason, and they don't want these islands to open up new ports for their growing merchant fleet. ...

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The Native Americans and Africans Slaves are two prominent groups seen in the Colonial Era with great influence, difficult challenges, and cultures that shaped the colonies into how we see them today. Both, the African Americans and Native Americans were challenged by the hardships of the whites thr...

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Likewise the Soviet Supreme Commander did not let the success achieved by U-boat S-13 and his commander Marinesko published in Red Banner Fleet's daily bulletin, out of shame on such a big loss of civilians in Gustloff incident. ... It's only their meaning that's open to interpretation". ...

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For Ernest Hemingway, writing was a ritual which confronted human inadequacy. Rituals, according to Hemingway, are physical, male activities involving artistry, sport, or spirituality. The greatest ritual of all was the confrontation between man and animal. The purpose of human and animal confron...

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It was just another typical Friday night; school was the usual amount of boring and stress all thrown together. I was with my closest friends on our way to Disneyland, our usual Friday night adventure when there wasn't a very important football game to attend. We jammed out to our favorite music as ...

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The novel opens on the deck of a large sailing vessel called the Nellie. ... The river is dark brown and just barely flowing, the forest becomes so thick right before they reach the inner station that the men aboard the steamer could not even see the savages that would soon ambush their boat. ... As the crew onboard the Nellie wait for the turn of the tide, there are other boats floating on top of the river with their lights gleaming out over the still water. ...

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1) While the Federalist and Republican parties were feuding and struggling for control of the growing country of America in 1800, the balance of power was beginning to tip. The two leading candidates for control were Federalist John Adams, who was at the time of the election of 1800 the president...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great siz...

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Under the drug policies of the Reagan Administration, the Justice Department gave the government the right to seize assets (such as cars, boats, bank accounts, stock portfolios, anything suspected to be derived for drug profits) then present notice; the authority to seize substitute assets; and end the law which prevented evidence obtained illegally by the police from being used in court. ...

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Pollution is today, probably, the greatest problem that faces mankind. There is a saying that it is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. And human beings are, collectively speaking, fouling their nest at an increasing rate. It is an alarming picture. We are polluting the air which we need to breathe, the earth from which we derive all our food, and the waters from which we derive the water we need to live, to drink, and for other purposes. ...

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