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    anything. All she did was point at the window. So, I walked over to the window and looked outside. And that’s when I saw it. A huge black cloud of dust over a mile high and it was rushing toward our house. I yelled to my husband and son who were upstairs to take cover. Me and my daughter ran to the back of the house and huddled together. The dust…

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    it all. Next, when describing the dust devils, Anaya repeats “they” to show that “They come from nowhere, made by the heat of hell, they carry with them the evil spirit of a devil, they lift sand and papers in their path”(Anaya 55). The repetition of “they’ makes the dust devils seem as it was a living being that purposely are out to ruin people instead of a force of nature. The last parallelism is when Antonio is describing how “it is easy to ward off the dust devil, it is easy to make it…

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    The Killer Dust Amiyah Carpenter It was a warm summer day in Oklahoma I went to go sit on the broken porch because, our family was to poor to pay to get it repaired. My mom went to go get some food for our family of four. We have not eaten in six days. My mom at left the house and walked to the market because we could not afford a carriage. I was watching the dust form a little tornado. From then on dust became bigger and bigger and…

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    There were many factors that led to the Great Depression like the stock market crash, bank runs, the dust bowl, and the new deal. The Great Depression was an economic downturn between 1929-1939. Many people lost their jobs and did not have enough money to keep a roof over their head. Only the rich could manage while the poor suffered. Both the rich and poor were scared, and the rich even hid their money so no one could take it from them. The whole economy was panicking so people just stopped…

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    How Galaxies Are Formed

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    cloud of interstellar dust, stars, and gas (usually hydrogen and helium). A nebula is less dense than a vacuum and mass less than a few kilograms although it is usually the size of the earth or bigger. A galaxy is gravitationally pulled system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust and dark matter. Galaxies range in size in lightyears. Galaxies, they are what holds our solar system and many, many more. We may not be alone because there is tons of galaxies out in this universe. Our…

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    Dust Bowl Research Paper

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    Linda writes an article about the Dust Bowl and how it affected the personal accounts she interviewed. Along with descriptions of the power and force of the dust storms. With this I am going to use her description of the Dust Bowl to show how truly devastating the power of it affected mid-western farmers. I also use this article to talk about the famous writers and photographers during this time period. History.com Staff. "Dust Bowl." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 01 Jan. 2009. Web. 02…

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    Asthma Indoor Air Quality

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    of the problem. First, one source of poor indoor air quality is pests. Dust mites and fragments of cockroaches are part of common household dust. Dust is easily disturbed by even the smallest movement, causing it to float in the air until it is inhaled or lands on another surface. Dust mites live off the dead organic material found in dust and contain an enzyme that, when in contact with humans, causes allergic reactions. Dust mites do not bite humans. Similarly, cockroaches contain a protein…

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    Prescription Wiley-X glasses are available with a patented removable foam facial cavity seal. This seal effectively converts a pair of glasses into goggles in that it seals the eyes from wind, dust, debris, and peripheral light. Unlike goggles, you can quickly convert them back into normal glasses, and they're much more stylish. These glasses are also ANSI Z87.2 safety approved, which means they pass the same toughness requirements as safety glasses. They are incredibly versatile in that you…

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    Living Through The Dust Storm Of 1870 One afternoon in I saw the puff and it was black, “it’s back again I yelled”. I was sitting in my home shelter with my mommy Rachel, daddy Steve, brother Liam, brother Bostynn, sister Brynn sister Aaliyah and myself Jaycee. It was 1870 and we were in a very dirty dusty house because of the storm that just rolled through. It was a dust storm and we survived through it. Right before the storm came through mommy and daddy were supposed to get married. Then…

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    Small Vacuum Cleaner Speech

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    A robotic vacuum has its pros and cons, though successful and slow to work at its own pace, it isn 't exactly the answer to a complete vacuum cleaner in the home when you can 't take it out to the car and clean up, or clean ceilings with it. Similarly when you want a small amount of dust to pick up when in-laws or family are about to call around, the cordless Roomba won 't be able to detect dirt straight away compared to a conventional vacuum cleaner that you will use there and…

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