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Pakistan
1181 Words - 5 Pages.... This time
however, she has a pliant president in the form of an old friend. On November
13, 1993, Farooq Leghari was elected the country president. Yet even with this
unique opportunity for agreement within the ruling circle reforms have not taken
place (The Europa World Year Book 2460).
Despite the PPP's success in the 1993 election they still faced
uncertainty. They lack not only a parliamentary majority but unity within their
own ranks. One of the biggest problems was a bitter family feud between Benazir
Bhutto and her mother, Begum and brother, Murtaza. Murtaza had returned from
exile to claim a seat in the Sind provincial assembly, but was immediately
arr ....
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Israel
508 Words - 2 Pages.... self-sufficient nation and do not need to import much.
Probably the most renowned person in the country is the Prime Minister. He
is similar to a President. The current Prime Minister is Benjamin Netanyahu.
One of his biggest problems right now is to try and negotiate a peach agreement
with the arabs. Two of the biggest Ethnic groups, the Arabs and the Jews, have
been fighting every since the Jews came to the land in the early 20th century.
The Jews want Peace and the Arabs wanna kick the Jews out. One of the Biggest
debates is over the Mosque in Jerusalem. The Mosque is located right by the
Whaling Wall, which is the remnants of an ancient Jewish Temple. They are bo ....
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Barbados
863 Words - 4 Pages.... that rise up to about
1,000 feet and then falling towards the sea.
The climate of the region consists of tropical temperatures influenced by
the Northeast trade winds. The average annual temperature is approximately 77
degrees Fahrenheit. The daily temperatures rarely get above 90 degrees
Fahrenheit. The dry season is cool, while the wet season is slightly warmer.
The main rains come during the months of July, August, September, October, and
November. The annual average rainfall is 40 inches in the coastal areas and 90
inches in the central areas.
The net migration into Barbados is 4.82 per 1000. The annual growth rate
is 0.4%, which is one of the lowest in ....
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The Pyramids Of Egypt
1356 Words - 5 Pages.... with their ruler's godlike strength and
to give the ruler eternal life.
The Sphinx is a figure having the body of a lion and the head of a
man. The three pyramids of Giza are the work of 4,000 stonemasons and as
many as 100,000 laborers working under conditions of forced servitude and
given rations consisting in large part of onions and garlic. The pyramid
of Pharaoh Zoser that Imhotep erected at Sakkara was the world's first
large stone structure, a tomb copied in stonework from earlier brickwork
piles (Peck). In its most common form, a pyramid is a massive stone or
brick structure with a square base and four sloping triangular sides that
meet in a point at the to ....
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Distinctly Canadian
2428 Words - 9 Pages.... "village" or "community."
In Canada we have many images, practices, and items that make us one of
the best, younger countries in the world. In such a short time for a country to
exist, we have many images that make us very culturally rich in everyway.
Probably the most important images, practices, and items come for our friend,
the American Indians (or Native Americans). They were a definite asset to
Canada's cultural growth.
The American Indians came into Canada in a series of migrations that
occurred during the last stages of the Pleistocene Ice Age, Mongoloid peoples
from Asia entered North America, probably crossing the Bering Strait. Gradually
they spread over the co ....
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Ohio
1116 Words - 5 Pages.... important in how successful it was. For example, Cleveland was
400 to 600 miles closer to growing western markets than were industrial
rivals in the east. This allowed Cleveland to be successful because
transportation costs were a major part of the cost of doing business.
Clevelands location also helped it, as well as all of Ohio, ô
achieve a dominant position in the early growth of the oil refining
business.ö Cleveland had many rail lines that brought crude oil from
western Pennsylvania and Ohio, then these rail lines distributed the
finished product to other states. Finally, Clevelands location made it a
major place for the development of the iron and st ....
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Israel
337 Words - 2 Pages.... chemical products, electronic equipment, fertilizer, paper, plastic, processed food, scientific and optical instruments and textiles and clothing. Tel aviv and Haifa are 's major manufactoring centers. Agriculture accounts for about 4% of 's net domestic profit and employs about 5% of it's workers(Bernard Reich, The World Book Encyclopedia). It use to employ a much larger percentage of the workers. Most of the work is now done by machines. Agriculture exports provide income to pay for any necessary food import! s. Mining is not very important in . The Dead Sea, the world's saltiest body of water, is 's leading mineral source. Compounds drawn from the sea yield bromin ....
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Aztec Jungle Agriculture
2111 Words - 8 Pages.... in the mud at the city's edge, a tiny death with
coarse wings pierced into each man like a short lance
and the man was besieged by the bread or the knife,
the cattle-dealer: the child of sea-harbors, or the dark
captain of the plough,
or the rag picker of snarled streets:
everybody lost heart, anxiously waiting for death, the
short death of every day:
and the grinding bad luck of every day was
like a black cup that they drank, with their hands
shaking.(Bly 71)
In the early 1400's the Colhua-Mexica, Mexica, and Tenochca tribes migrated into the Valley of Mexico which is present day Mexico City(World Book 1004). The valley was about 7,000 feet above sea l ....
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