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    of the outcome of the war may differ for different societies and individuals. For this example, the parties that are referred to as the “winning party” and “losing party” will merely be hypothetical in a general context as viewed from an external observer. It might be the case where the “winning party” holds the belief that they won the war because they had a strong army. However, the “losing party” may believe that they did not get attacked, instead, they chose to surrender and let the other…

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    Yom Kippur War

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    2. What was the political objective of Egypt during the Yom Kippur war? • Political objective of Egypt during the ´Yom Kippur` war was that all the territories taken from Egypt in 1967 by the Israelis were returned to Egypt; In 1971, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat raised the possibility of signing an agreement with Israel, provided that all the territories captured by the Israelis were returned. Later, many people would claim Israel missed an opportunity to avoid war, but the truth was that…

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    scientists in china were experimenting Saltpeter a powerful agent potassium nitrate. It was used in medical compounds for years until a man thought about mixing the potassium agent with sulfur and charcoal, it had a result of a mysterious powder. Some observers said that smoke and fire the scientist’s body parts were burnt and the houses that they were working at burnt down too. The powder was used by the reigning Sung Dynasty to defeat the Mongols, whose invasions to China had give a plague…

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    In her Texas Observer review of Sex as a Political Condition: A Border Novel by Carlos Nicolas Flores, Melynda Nuss writes on her opinion of the novel and, to some extent, its author. She begins by describing some of the “hokey, jokey” novel’s events and settings, depicting his oddball selection of dramatis personae as an ostentatious group of silly characters. Nuss writes, Flores “is clearly having fun” writing on endless tawdry details of breasts and consistent stereotypes, and she says, “His…

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    The Nacirema culture is quite primitive when compared to our own. Primitive in the since they lack the modern technologies we enjoy today. The similarities between our two groups are quite numerous. In both cultures share a highly developed market economy. Like the Nacirema, the people in the United States spend most of their time devoted to capitalistic pursuits. When you take away the superstitious motivations for doing the various rituals performed by the Nacirema our cultures seem quite…

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    The rising of the Theatre of the Absurd in Europe is mainly a theatrical expression of existing dilemmas of post-war Europe while American didn’t experience such spiritual crisis directly caused by war. With American’s economy growing into an unprecedented prosperity,it became the superpower thus made marvelous achievements in military, technology, outer space and in other fields. The expansion of the middle class as well as the increasing of the income has reached the peak and it seemed that…

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    now Johnny is innocent and Isannah kissed his burnt hands. Chapter.5 (1) Johnny had no money, so he wanted to sell the cup to Mr.Lyte, but Mr Lyte accused him of stealing it again. (2) Johnny wanted the delivering paper job at “The Boston Observer” so Mr. Lorne and Rab hired him, now Johnny is going to deliver papers on a horse. (3) Johnny rode the timid horse through Boston to deliver papers, while learning for the first time how to ride a horse. (4) Johnny told Cilla to meet him…

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    Body Condition Score

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    studies done to look at how different observers will score cows and if their results are consistent. Ferguson et al (2006) looked at consistency in scores for 57 cows, using 4 observers, they found that in 90% of cases the observers agreed on the condition score of the cow, or they deviated the condition score by only 0.25. Other studies have also shown that highly trained observers agreed on the condition of a cow 83% of the time, however untrained observers were less likely to agree on the…

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    Television and video games have had an increasing growth in marketing, and in homes all around us. It has become an essential in many homes. Like most television and video games, it has provided a way for children and adults to amuse themselves. The area in which I would like to focus on in particular is youth. The video games that hit the store, are zombie related, gun related and usually have some concept of violence as well as television. With television being unsupervised it is easy for a…

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    Timbuktu Research Paper

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    In the present-day nation of Mali, Timbuktu is located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and six miles north of the Niger River. It is significant because it was the commercial, religious, and cultural center of the West African empires of Mali and Songhai in the 14th century. At an early period, Timbuktu played an essential role in the spread of Islam in Africa. Timbuktu’s location made it an important market place for negotiating and trading manuscripts. The north side of Timbuktu…

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