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Colombia
<view this essay>.... the government of New Granada. A bitter and long struggle between the insurgents and the royalists led by Simon Bolivar followed. Simón Bolívar's Venezuelan troops won the battle of Boyacá in on Aug. 7, 1819 which gave the rebels victory over the royalist. The Republic of Gran was established with Cucuta as its capital. Simon Bolivar became the first president of the new republic of Gran which included present day Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador in 1822. Francisco de Paula Santander was elected Vice-President. The United States recognized the republic of the Gran in 1822 and other nations followed suit. The Gran existed only briefly, Venezuela sec .....
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Vienna Vs. Virginia
<view this essay>.... Now the mote has been filled in and the city is five times larger. It’s design is centric meaning all from the center. Streets either go straight to the middle or are a circle around the center. While on the other hand VA was established in the 1500’s as a colony. Filled with great plantations and fields for growing tobacco or food goods. Many cities in VA lack a randomness, since they were made with horses in mind, and now cars. Here the streets are wide and either made of pavement or asphalt. Vienna’s roads are narrow and many are still cobble stone.
Language is very different even though English was made from mostly German. American’s have over 900,000 .....
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The Lowell Observatory
<view this essay>.... study Mars; this telescope was
also used in the 1920's by V.M. Slipher to discover evidence of receding
galaxies. The Lowell Observatory was mainly founded because of Dr.
Percivals' interest in discovering life on mars.
Lowell observatory was the first observatory in Arizona. It is a
great family attraction with its location being in the popular Tourist City
of Flagstaff; the observatory looks over the city. You are guided through a
tour and experiments, and also are allowed to use the telescopes they have
located on Mars Hill.
There are a total of nine telescopes, eight which are at the
observatory, of these many of them are historic, such as t .....
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The Philippines And The United States
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59.9 Million which is fairly large for the land capacity of the Philippines . At
the Philippines, there are 15 telephones per 1,000 population and 114
televisions per 1,000 population. The Philippines exports manufactured goods,
clothing and lumber while they import petroleum products, machinery, and raw
materials. Also in the Philippines, there are a lot of young people compared to
the United States. 42% of the population is under 15. At the Philippines,
females live to an average of 65.5 years old while the men live to an average of
61.8 years old.
The United States is a hole different place in many ways. The population
of the united states is .....
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Chico And The Growth Issue
<view this essay>.... simple architectural standards is ludicrous and more than that, unconstitutional. As to what business we should have here in Chico, technology firms are the only way to go, they are non polluting, pay good wages, also businesses like that need hardworking people, and the Chico State students need jobs.
Chico is a place where people want to live, but that is changing, as it is harder and harder to locate a business in town. We need to make Chico a place where people want to raise their children, where they want to build their lives.
People have told me, and I agree. Chico is a fun place to live. That is the side we need to put forward. We have a large c .....
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Zambezi Valley
<view this essay>.... have to do
it through a Safari company that will charge you an arm and a leg for a week
long tour, only skimming the surface and not taking you into the darkest of
Africa of which you have read in so many adventure novels. Traveling is a very
stimulating hobby, but Africa is part of me.
Darkness overcame all as Mother Earth turned her back on the center of
our solar system. In the heart of Africa everything is sleeping, or so you are
meant to think. The ruler of that kingdom is patrolling his territory in
absolute silence. His bushy black mane casts a shadow in the pale moonlight.
Eyes like those of an eagle penetrate the darkest shadows of the bush. The so .....
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China
<view this essay>.... hindered the people of
China; a growing need to conform to capitilism is plainly obvious if there will
ever be success in the global market.
The Marxist theory is based on a classless society where the proletariat
or working class is given the opportunity to exist on an equal social level with
the remainder of the people while given a form of leadership of its own for the
first time. The dictatorship of the proletariat in communist China called the "
peoples democratic dictatorship " is considered by the Chinese Communist Party
to be truly democratic, since it is the dictatorship of the vast majority, the ‘
people' over a tiny minority of reacti .....
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Palestine
<view this essay>.... Jewish state. Fighting quickly spread as Arab guerrillas attacked Jewish settlements and communication links to prevent implementation of the UN plan.
Jewish forces prevented seizure of most settlements, but Arab guerrillas, supported by the Transjordanian Arab Legion under the command of British officers, besieged Jerusalem. By April, Haganah, the principal Jewish military group, seized the offensive, scoring victories against the Arab Liberation Army in northern Palestine, Jaffa, and Jerusalem. British military forces withdrew to Haifa; although officially neutral, some commanders assisted one side or the other.
After the British had departed and the sta .....
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