... Major Jesse A. Marcel, of the 509th Bomb Group Intelligence office." Upon later interview, Jesse Marcel recalled that the debris, composed mainly of thin pieces of metal, were so well built that a 16-pound sledgehammer would not even dent the metal. The pieces of metal were reported ... Woods Hole first conceived project MOGUL in attempts to spy on the Soviet's nuclear detonations and the acoustical signatures of ballistic missiles as they traveled into the atmosphere by using long range detection of sound waves. Project Mogul was such a highly classified operation, that it carried a na...

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... is all it does. Examples are delivery robots rolling down halls delivering mail or supplies. The hands and arms of early robots were pneumatically powered (air pressure) or hydraulically powered (fluid pressure). Flexible tubes carried the pressurized substances to the joints. Now, electric motors located at the joint give ... be made, and can recall other programs when a new material appears on the line. In arc welding, metal sheets are pressed together. Then a thin tungsten wire at the tip of and electrode is brought close to the surface. Current is passed through the electrode, creati...

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... of acres of coca under cultivation. Trafficking Cocaine shipments from South America transported through Mexico or Central America are generally moved overland or by air to staging sites in northern Mexico. The cocaine is then broken down into smaller loads for smuggling across the U.S.Mexico border. The primary cocaine importation points in the United States are in Arizona, southern California, southern ... , Detroit, and Chicago. The flow of South American heroin began to increase dramatically in 1993, when Colombia-based drug organisations, already in control of the worldwide cocaine...

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... pattern that would continue throughout his life, even during his marriage. His health problems persisted, as well. He had stomach trouble, was far too thin, and failed physicals for both the army and the navy. But again, his father's connections prevailed, and a friendly doctor gave JFK a clean ... Boston newspapers, he played up his family's charitable work, their staunch Catholicism, and JFK's status as a war hero. A fortune was poured into streetcar advertising for the young candidate, and local politicians were mobilized to lend their support. JFK's opponents accused him of being a ...

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... was a success and the Manhattan Project was established. The ultimate goal of this project was to successfully separate Uranium-235 from Uranium-238 and turn this into a usable weapon. In 1942, General Leslie Groves was chosen to lead the project, and he immediately purchased a site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Groves ... a gunpowder explosion. The Hiroshima model was long and narrow in shape and was known as a gun-barrel type. At first its was called "Thin Man" but during the manufacturing process the plans were modified. The length of the bomb was shortened and was now called "Little Boy"...

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... century saw the continental expansion of the United States and a transportation revolution that resulted from it, as well as industrialization, astonishing population growth and urbanization. The artistic community was called into action, producing whole schools of painting, which glorified the development of the nation. Starting with the Hudson River School founded by Thomas Cole, the nation obtained a visual representation of Manifest ... particularly interesting to note that it was also entitled Manifest Destiny. The central character, an allegory of progress, is described as a "beaut...

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... WRA) to govern these detention camps. T. War Production Board Established (1942) Established to direct war production and the procurement of materials in World War II. The board converted domestic factories into military factories. The Coca- Cola Company began packaging gunpowder, Silk clothing factories began making parachutes, and automobile factories began making tanks and airplanes. U. Manhattan Project Established (1942) The Manhattan ... in 1943. I. The first non-leaking ballpoint pen was invented in 1935 by the Hungarian brothers Lazlo and Georg Biro J. Kathering J. Blodgett, an A...

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... and profitable. The cumulative effect of these industry advances had a trickle down benefit to all regional carriers as well. Regional carriers with smaller jets were carving their niche into smaller regional markets where, larger airlines were less able to compete. Concerns that existed twenty years ago with regional airlines are all but erased now. The fleet of ... fare. That combined through fare provides considerable savings to the customer. Conclusion Since deregulation in 1978, the U.S. regional airline industry has consolidated its important role in the national air transportation...

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... crop in Ireland had been destroyed. The following winter became unbearable for the already starving nation. The westerly winds, which usually brought warmer air, failed, letting cold conditions from Scandinavia and Russia overtake the island of Ireland. The effects of malnutrition from starvation combined with the unusually cold ... a seven-year period. The practice of medicine at the onset of the blight was extremely inadequate. Ireland had only 39 infirmaries; this translated into one clinic for every 366,000 people. When looking at these numbers, one can easily understand why so many...

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