... that surround us – there are three elements: earth, air and water – are being increasingly polluted by the activities of man, by industrial activities for the most part. And pollution knows no frontiers. One country that pollutes, will export its pollution to others ... of course, arrived yet and new reserves are found from time to time to enable us to go on in the same old ways. But the problems are increasing. Some day we shall have to invent some means of transport which isn't dependent ... oil, and they have no chance of survival unless people can get to them early and clean thei...

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... cave on the side of a mountain, when a secret door emerged, "At that very moment he heard a sharp crack behind him. There on the grey stone in the grass was an enormous thrush, nearly coal black, its pale yellow breast freckled with darks spots. Crack! It had caught a snail and was knocking in on the stone ... am afraid to try new things, but when I"m doing them I feel less uncomfortable and more willing to finish the job as he was. Gandalf - A wise old wizard, who always seems to know more than he reveals, Gandalf is a "God" whom a vast command of magic and tends to show up at just the ...

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... up the commandments of the farm in order to guard basic rights. 1.: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. 2.: Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings is a friend. 3.: No animal shall wear clothes. 4.: No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5.: No animal shall drink alcohol. 6.: No animal shall kill ... impossible. Another reason for developing Newspeak is, to make old books, or books which were written before the era of the Party, unreadable. With Newspeak, Doublethink would be even easier. Its vocabulary is so constructed as to give exact and often very subtle expression to every meaning...

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... Alexander the Great, a patient and often devious man; had never struck without careful planning. The youthful, headstrong Alexander liked to settle problems by immediate action. Making decisions with great speed, he took extraordinary risks; his success ... invasion, the longest military campaign ever undertaken, was a reckless undertaking. It required a large army to move an enormous distance from its supply bases, through and unfamiliar country, against a power incalculably rich in money and men. Furthermore, ... of the Persian Empire to aide in his conquest. The Persian Empire_s subj...

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... of Shakespeare's Hamlet has been one that is very extensive as well as enormous. Books upon books have been written about this great play. About an equal amount of books, however, have been written about one character; Hamlet. A critic of Hamlet once said, "a man set out to read all the books about ... knowledge, uses of words, and creativity in punning. Fit to be a witty philosopher, this young man proves not to be a good politician. Not digressing, Hamlet's ingeniousness continues. Hamlet then precedes with further banter: "For yourself, sir, shall grow old as I am - if like a crab you...

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... the North hoped it would. Then came a man, and an invention, which changed the course of history. In 1792, Eli Whitney visited the plantation of Catherine Greene, the wife of Revolutionary War general, Nathaniel Greene, near Savannah Georgia. He watched cotton being cleaned; a very long and time consuming process to do by hand ... feeding, housing and clothing them. When Eli Whitney introduced his invention the cotton market exploded. Cotton began to be grown in enormous quantities because it was good for making clothes, and with the invention of the cotton gin easier to produce. This ex...

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... invited Paul McCartney to see their gig at The Woolton Parish Church Fete. The fifteen-year-old McCartney was introduced to sixteen-year-old Lennon and a unique song writing partnership began. The group switched members very frequently at first, but finally settled on John as rhythm guitar/lead vocal, Paul as ... we see a new era of fresh ideas, not only musically, but philosophically. The album contains their first song not about love, Lennon's "Nowhere Man" describing the stress involved in finishing songs. At this period, the Beatles were still pressured constantly for more songs, mor...

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... person needs living space, farmland, timber, and water. Because each person requires so much to live, the collective impact is enormous (Peters and Reed 16). This vast decline in the nation's natural habitat not only hurts mother earth but the human ... deep center channel and let the river run back into its old shall river bed (Challand 68). This plan did not fix everything though, because many species had already been lost along with the land. The work is still not done today, ... marine life. The mangroves are an important part of the function of the Everglades (Golia 34-39). The Ev...

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... war automobiles, "Detroit made them larger, more powerful, and more colorful. At the center of this redesign was a man from General Motors" - Harley Earl. The Styling Redesign Much of this mid-century styling redesign can be attributed to ... initial vision and the positive reception to Earl's Cadillac that began the automotive culture movement. After the 1948 Cadillac's enormous success, Earl increased the fin size and other designers and divisions of General Motors followed suit: the Oldsmobile in ... of fantasy bullets and bombs, breasts, portholes and jets, spears and wings. "Assembl...

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