Round the World in Eighty days The writer of the book I've read is Jules Verne. ... The action takes place in London, Savile Row from the start where Phileas Fogg had a house but when the story goes on, the setting takes place in a lot of different countries, for example; India, the USA basically every country in the world since he's travelling around the world. ... He reads with his friends that a person can now go round the world in eighty days. His friends say that it can't be possible and they don't believe it but Phileas makes a bet with his friends that he ...

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Funeral Customs Around the World Depending on your customs, country of origin, and the era in which you live, funeral customs can vary greatly. ... In some cultures, these sacrifices were meant to be used by the deceased in the future world. ... This was traditionally done for seven days, although it is usually done for three days. ... They shared out soul pies in other parts of the Greek world. ... It was a time for celebrating at the mouth of the tombs with picnics around Easter and Christmas. ...

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Technology has taken over the modern world in good and bad ways. ... A huge difference between the 80's and now is inflation. ... Acts of terrorism seem to control the world today. In the 80's, however, terrorism wasn't really around. The biggest crisis of those days was the nuclear power plant explosion at Chernobyl in April of 1986. ...

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This includes Finland (world's highest scores), Norway, Poland, the Netherlands, Australia and Japan " (Gray). From Chicago to Houston to Washington DC districts around the country are beginning to experiment with longer school days as a way to raise academic achievement. ... Chicago, who was known in the education community as having one of the shortest days at 5 hours 45 minutes, have now extended their days to 7½ hours a day. ... More than 80% of Chicago Public school students qualify for free meals based on low family income. ... She likes to use her body to express herself and s...

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I guess it all started back in late 1977, when I was around seven years old. I remember seeing a TRS-80 computer at Radio Shack. ... Just imagine sitting down at your desk and talking to someone half-way around the world. ... I had the world at my fingertips. ... Within a matter of days, we solved our financial problems and placed the orders. ...

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Pag.8 The 80's .. ... Those were some pretty confused days for an artist to be in. ... The 80's Unfortunately , the 80's didn't start as well as they were expected. With the tragic death of former Beatle John Lennon and a few other riots all around the world , the world back then was not really a very happy place. ... Around the same time, England was on the verge of something that will soon be revolutionizing the world of music: Music Television or MTV. ...

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Egyptian doctors were the most famous in the ancient world. ... Sometimes a statue of the god would be paraded around the temple walls carried in a closed shrine on a golden boat. ... In Egypt there are more than 80 pyramids, which experts believe, are the tombs built by pharaohs, as the final resting place for their body. ... By counting the number of days until the Dog Star again rose at dawn, they worked out a calendar of 365 days. They learned they needed to correct the calendar every so often by adding extra days, as we add a day in leap years. ...

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This goes in context with this CS3 course in how before world war 1, man thought so much was to come. ... They would rebel against what was happening in the world by creating music based on industrial noises. ... Time goes on into the 70's where soul and funk dominated dance-floors in nightclubs all over the world. ... Especially with technology and personal computer power, it's easier to make music these days, and also unlocks more creativity. ... To conclude, I hope you now have a wider idea of how music today has been shaped by a movement that started over 80 years ago called el...

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By the outbreak of the First World War, Japan had an army of over 300,000 men, the fourth largest navy in the world, and a booming economy that could produce many of the armaments it needed. ... The First World War changed the political situation in East Asia. ... This was a great loss for the Japanese because America supplied 80% of Japan's oil. ... Six days later, Japanese naval and land forces began assaults on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. ... Within a few days, Germany and Italy had also now declared war on the United States. ...

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Personally, I think that dating died with the 80's, or even before that. ... This world needs dating back. It needs the "thrill of the chase", the busy days when you have up to three dates, and don't know what to do. ... Besides, what sounds better, "Yeah, we"re dating." or "Dude, I don't know what going on between us, we just kinda hang around each other"?...

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It takes place during World War I on the French Front. ... Little by little men are being killed around them. ... After that battle the men count goes from 80 to 32. ... Paul is given 17 days of leave from the Army to go home and visit his family. ...

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They usually stay right around these areas, and aren't on land all that often. ... After about 40 - 45 days, the egg(s) will hatch and chicks will come out. ... They will fly around over the water, dive, and catch the fish under water. ... Boobies can dive from about 80 feet up to water level. ... Retrieved April 15, 2003, from the World Wide Web: http://www.horizon.fr/galapagos/foubleuan.html ...

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According to the American Civil Liberties Union 80% of large US companies are using random drug tests in the workplace and as employment screens these days -- and indulging in poppy seeds is one way to trigger a false positive for morphine or heroin use. ... Olympic Committee's drug hotline recommends that athletes abstain from foods containing poppy seeds for two days prior to competition. There are around ninety species of poppy and one of them, Papaver somniferum, is commonly used for both drug manufacture and as a food. ... Drug testing in corporate America is a growth industry, an...

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Mark Twain History The Indian civilization has been around for over 5,000 years. ... It was founded in around 500 b.c. ... Industries India is mainly and agricultural industry over 80% of its land is used for farming. ... But sadly when beautiful spring is over the hot humid days kill. ... Over 80% of its" population are Hindu's. ...

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Do you think the 80's stopped Barbie from changing? ... Mean Barbie had to join the working world, and make her some money. ... Barbie has captured the hearts of many children now days. ... As the world changes their technology, well Barbie does too. ... Barbie is now sold in more than 140 countries around the world. ...

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With mobile phones being so immensely popular these days, precautions need to be made to protect unknowing customers of these dangers. ... What many of the country's 80 million cell phone users may not know is that cell phones send electromagnetic waves into users" brains. ... Depending on how close the cell phone antenna is to the head, as much as 60 percent of the microwave radiation penetrates the area around the head, some reaching an inch-and-a-half into the brain. ... Until recently, major magazine publications around the world refused to print stories about cell phone side ...

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Michel was involved in an avalanche in British Columbia when he was skiing and was presumed dead after days of searching. ... The Partition of the Canada Constitution was created in 1982, which made Canada completely independent from other countries around the World. ... On October 18, 1999, Trudeau turned 80. ... World leaders were impressed with his ideas on foreign policy. ...

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Symptoms of Ebola The Ebola virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever, begins it's effect in 4 to 10 days after the infection. ... Most of the patients develop severe hemorrhagic manifestations, usually between days 5 and 7. ... It occurs between days 7 and 16, usually from shock with or without severe blood loss. ... It resulted 80 percent death rate. ... Ebola-Sudan, the second strain identified, was discovered near the place around the same time of the Ebola Zaire. ...

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After several days, the symptoms may progress to severe breathing problems and shock. ... Symptoms can appear within 7 days of coming in contact with the bacterium for all three types of anthrax. For inhalation anthrax, symptoms can appear within a week or can take up to 42 days to appear. ... Even if untreated, 80 percent of people who become infected with cutaneous anthrax do not die. ... Extensive testing on the utility of anthrax as a BW agent was carried out by the British in World War II, the United States in the early Cold War period, and by the Soviet Union into the 1980s. ...

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A great majority of the population around 70% to 80% are engaged in agriculture and allied occupations whereas in developed countries 15% or even less draw their sustenance from agriculture. ... On the other hand, in Zimbabwe, and other region in Africa, rain may not fall for 2 or 3 days. ... Many countries which took loans from IMF and the World Bank are unable to repay back their loans and find themselves caught up in the vicious circle of poverty. ...

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Investigator's start around 80 thousand dollars a year. ... Most days each officer goes to an accident at least twice a day. ... Officer __________ said he has never liked having to ruin peoples day with tickets but it something that has to be done or this world would just be wild. ...

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"# The children that lived during this time of industrial awakening were no longer treated as the future of the world but viewed as cheap labor. ... Diseases of all types spread quickly in the 70-80 degree F, poorly ventilated and unsanitary buildings.# When sick, children lost all wages and were quickly replaced. There were no "sick days" back then and the factories took no responsibility to provide health care.# Loss of hearing and sight were not a main concern of factory owners either. Working around loud machines by candle light for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week reeked havoc on still ...

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After World War II, Roper was sent to Germany by the British government to investigate and verify Adolf Hitler's death. ... The first of the seven chapters is about Hitler and the people around him, otherwise known as his court. ... He describes the change in Hitler in his last days and the deterioration in his health. ... According to him, there were bloodstains on the wall as well as "a strong smell smell of almonds" which suggest cyanide poisoning (Petrova and Watson 80). ... Instead, it mentions a Russian spy who was a messenger in the Bunker and the importance of this man's ...

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They would take turns playing in the violent contests on a field anywhere from one to fifteen miles long in games that could last days at a time. ... While on a missionary trip around the Native American tribes of the northeast, he encountered forty eight different tribes playing lacrosse. ... The major surge in popularity of NCAA lacrosse started in the late 80's, when attendance to games first began to rise. ... The Gaits helped Syracuse win three consecutive national championships and dominate the NCAA in the late 80's. ... After all, Roller Derby and "Wild World of Wheels" truck ...

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In this speech, he describes a dream he had about a world where all the animals live free and are not controlled by their masters, humans. Everyone is moved by his speech, but unfortunately they find their leader, Old Major, dead three days after. ... Squealer is also known to twist words around. ... For the time being, certainly, it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations (Squealer always spoke of it as a "readjustment," never as a "reduction"), but in comparison with the days of Jones, the improvement was enormous."(Orwell, 80). ...

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