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» Geography Essays and Papers
Fordham University
<view this essay>.... schools that I could not only excel in, but could also enjoy.
While at the two-year school, I decided that I would like to be educated in New York City. Always intrigued by the diversity and opportunities in New York, I was also attracted by New York’s reputation for excellent theatre. As an aspiring theatre producer, I decided New York would be an ideal setting for me. During my first round of searching, I thought I would be happiest at NYU; however, after repeated visits, I grew concerned about the size of the school and whether or not I could adjust to living in the city. Then I came across . After extensively researching the school to determine if it wou .....
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Mt. St. Helens
<view this essay>.... (1313 feet). The volcano is south-western
Washington and is part of the Cascade Range.
Mt. St Helens had been dormant since 1859 and has let off its first
blast since then today. The volcano killed all life in an area of 180 sq. cm(70
sq. miles) including at least 60 people! The ash and dust spread much farther
than this, of course. Today it is continuing to emit to emit dust and ash at
intervals. Today a monument has been erected called the National Volcano
Monument, in memory of this tragedy.
How A Volcano is Formed
A volcano is formed in this way:
1)Magma starts off below the crust.
2)Magma collects in chamber.
3)Pressure .....
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Modern Japan Since 1945
<view this essay>.... government accept without thinking about it. So on 1947 Japan democratic constitution went into effect. In 1950 the Japan manufacture return to prewar level. Instead of taking a lot of time Japan created machinery to help the worker manufacture. In 1952 the Allies had no longer occupied Japan territory In 1965 to 1980 the manufacture rate has went up 6.7 percent a year. In 1990 Japan signed the Structural Impediments Initiative. The Structural Impediments Initiative helps the Japan foreign trade goes a lot easier. In mid 1990 Japan was rank third for domestic product and weren’t far away to get second place. Japan was exporting passenger car, petroleum, iron .....
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Saint Paul's Cathedral
<view this essay>.... were six gates, the main one on Ludgate Hill, the second at Paul's
Alley, the third at Canon's Alley, the fourth leading from Cheapside to
Paul's cross (known as Little Gate), the fifth St. Augustine's Gate at the
end of Watling Street, and the sixth from the river leading to the south
transept. The cathedral consisted of a nave of twelve bays, transepts and
a short apsidal choir, which were all built in the round-arched. The
cathedral was completed in 1240. The length of the church was 596 feet.
It was the largest church in England. The spire was 489 feet and was
completed in 1315. It was struck by lightening in 1447 and was not
repaired until 1462. .....
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Ghana
<view this essay>.... At the beginning
of the Nineteenth Century the countries involved in slave trading began
abolishing it as illegal and immoral. The British abolished it in 1807,
the Danish is 1804 and the Dutch in 1814.
In 1821, British forts were transferred from private ownership to
government control. The Gold Coast became a British colony and the new
government was known as the British Colony of Sierra Leone.
In 1850, there was movement to establish a constitution. In 1851, an
assembly convened to establish a legislative body of 84 members, as a
result of mass rioting. In 1853, a Supreme Court was established to
maintain justice and to ensure that the ci .....
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The Population Growth Rate In India
<view this essay>.... in regard to the problem.
One important factor which is responsible for viewing the future with
more optimism than may previously have been the case has been the increase in
the size of the middle class, a tendency which has been promoted by the current
tendency to ease restrictions on entrepreneurship and private investment. It is
a well-known fact that as persons become more prosperous and better educated
they begin to undertake measures designed to eliminate the size of their
families. (The obvious exception would be families like the Kennedys who
adhere to religious strictures against artificial birth control, but the major
Indian religions have trad .....
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Lassen Peak
<view this essay>.... I chose was
"" located in California,USA.I chose this volcano because it's
located in California, and California is one of my favourite places in the
world.
Now I'am going to tell you a little bit about Lassen Peak.This volcano is
located in Northern California.The volcano consists of a chain of vents aligned
roughly north to south, extending at least 8km north.Volcanism began at Lassen
Peak between 600,000 and 350,000 years ago. The people that studied this
volcano only use the last 35,000 years to predict the volcanoes next eruption.
The most recent eruption at Lassen Peak was in 1914-1917 A.D. The eruption
began on May,30,1914 when a small eru .....
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Flint, Michigan
<view this essay>.... two sides of an issue. The question
consisted of the decline of General Motors in Flint. Is it a catastrophe or
does it provide an opportunity for the community. Members of the panel included
Bill Donahue (pro-opportunity), Larry Thompson (pro-opportunity), Dorothy
Reynolds (catastrophe supporter) and Ruben Burks (catastrophe supporter).
In the beginning, there were many advantages of having GM as the
dominate employer in Flint. The quantity of GM jobs in Flint provided for an
economic boom town in the 1960's and 1970's. Money from General Motors trickled
down from the workers to every part of the economy of Genesse county. The
population was on the .....
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