... emergencies; fire prevention, Including code enforcement, building and other inspections; criminal and cause-and-origin investigation and public fire safety education. In addition, the Fire Department is responsible for the separate but related functions of responding to calls regarding building collapses, hazardous material incidents, vehicular accidents, water main breaks, utility emergencies, and other non-fire emergencies."" (FDNY ... , etc. that make it possible for the Fire Department to provide its services. Total Land Area NYC 321.8 Sq.Miles 205,951.7 Acres Bronx 44 Sq. Miles 28,...

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... gold. Gold had been a desired find throughout the exploration of America. The California Gold Rush of 1849 again created much excitement about the search for gold. The Pacific Railroads were founded when the Civil War was in progress. Until the war was over, the transcontinental railroad was a giant enterprise ... stalled by much bickering between a reluctant Congress and the Army, who had clamored for it (Cooke 254). If it had been left to the government, it would have taken another twenty years to complete the transcontinental railroad. However, ... to settle it," (Cooke 229). The yea...

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... Guzman confiscated unused arable land, some being the property of United Fruit, some from private landowners, all of it for the purpose of his redistribution plan. "Over 15 per cent of the 650,000 acres owned by UFCO were marked for expropriation with compensation to be paid in line with the company's 1950 tax declaration." In response to the land ... found to contain no influence of an outside communist agenda. Ironically, years after the counter-revolution "Castillo Armas new regime proved embarrassingly inept," creating a situation that would last for close to forty years. "By attain...

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... joints. John Roberts and Joel Rosenman wanted to create a male version of I Love Lucy. Michael Lang and Artie Kornfield had two ideas, one was for a "cultural exposition/rock extravaganza", and the second was a recording studio in the woods one hundred miles from Manhattan in a town called Woodstock. Lang ... if they participated in Woodstock. The cops left immediately; a few stayed under aliases and demanded their pay go up. Woodstock organizers blame police for the traffic because they refused to help at the festival. Most of the police wanted Woodstock to be a disaster. Babbs, the lea...

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... joints. John Roberts and Joel Rosenman wanted to create a male version of I Love Lucy. Michael Lang and Artie Kornfield had two ideas, one was for a "cultural exposition/rock extravaganza", and the second was a recording studio in the woods one hundred miles from Manhattan in a town called Woodstock. Lang ... if they participated in Woodstock. The cops left immediately; a few stayed under aliases and demanded their pay go up. Woodstock organizers blame police for the traffic because they refused to help at the festival. Most of the police wanted Woodstock to be a disaster. Babbs, the lea...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... . McKinley won by a landslide. Then, on September 14, 1901, William McKinley died of bullet wounds inflicted by an assassin; Theodore Roosevelt suddenly became the nation's 26th president. For the sake of national stability, Roosevelt continued McKinley's conservative policies until early 1902, when he began a campaign to regulate corporate interests and protect the interest of the average citizen. ... Presidency in 1904, and continued doing the same thing. He passed laws to ensure the safety of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace. He placed millions of acres of land under f...

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... . McKinley won by a landslide. Then, on September 14, 1901, William McKinley died of bullet wounds inflicted by an assassin; Theodore Roosevelt suddenly became the nation's 26th president. For the sake of national stability, Roosevelt continued McKinley's conservative policies until early 1902, when he began a campaign to regulate corporate interests and protect the interest of the average citizen. ... Presidency in 1904, and continued doing the same thing. He passed laws to ensure the safety of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace. He placed millions of acres of land under f...

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• Grade Level: High School