produce a product line of 22 boats‚ ranging from the $14.000 three-passenger Rush to the $500.000 42 foot Commodore Yacht. “We build boats”‚ says VP Tim Kuck‚ “but we’re really in the ‘fun’ business. Our competition includes not only 300 other boat‚ canoe‚ and yacht manufacturers in our $17 billion industry‚ but home theatres‚ the Internet‚ and all kinds of alternative family entertainment.” Fortunately for Regal‚ with the strong economy and the repeal of the boat luxury tax on its side‚ it has been
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Important Forest Trees And Their Uses ( Originally Published 1922 ) Of our native trees‚ the white pine is one of the best and most valuable. It is a tall straight tree that grows to a height of 100 to 150 feet. It produces wood that is light in weight and easy to work because it is so soft. At ‚one time there were extensive pine forests in the northeastern states. Many of the trees were very large‚ and occasionally one may still see pine stumps that are 5 to 6 feet in diameter. White pine made fine
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Is ’The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ a Racist Novel? While many people only beginning this book will say that it is a racist novel‚ if you open your eyes to the undertones of the story you will see that it really is not. Twain may have chosen racial diction‚ but we need to remember the time period the story takes place in. It takes place in the 1800s‚ when slavery was still going on. Certain words that we consider racist were much more commonly used then. Twain uses these words to get
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The Fierce People by Napoleon Chagnon As mentioned in the introduction before “The Fierce People” by Napoleon Chagnon‚ each human group has its own culture‚ meaning that they have their own language‚ beliefs‚ values‚ norms behaviors‚ and even material objects that characterize a group‚ then passed on from one generation to the next. Napoleon Chagnon’s passage on coming in contact with the Yanomamo Indians of Northern Venezuela‚ (known as the “fierce people‚” because they still actively conduct
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Melissa Martinez Topic: Bora Bora General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the class about fun things to do in Bora Bora. Thesis Statement: Fun things to do and attractions to visit in Bora Bora. Organizational Patterns: Spatial Pattern Introduction I. Attention Getter A. I’m pretty sure everyone wants to visit somewhwere they can call paradise‚ I know I do and the place I would love to visit one day is Bora Bora. II. Central Idea: I’m going to share with you fun things you
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Thrasher. Pap Finn took huckleberry to a cabin in the woods and locked him in there‚ so Mrs.Watson couldn’t get custody of huckleberry. While pap was away one-day huckleberry sawed a hole in the wall and staged his own death and rode down the river on a canoe he found all the way to Jackson island. Where he found Miss.Watson’s slave Jim. Jim has escaped the night huckleberry was thought to be dead since Miss.Watson was going to sell him down the
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the Ghosts" and then to retell it to another subject who had not read it. The second subject then told the story to another subject‚ and so on‚ until ten subjects had heard it. The story involves two young Indian hunters who meet a group of men in a canoe‚ who‚ in turn‚ invite the hunters to join them in battle upriver. One young Indian accepts and the other declines. During battle‚ the young Indian is wounded and realizes that the men of the war party are ghosts. He returns home‚ recounts his tale
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intelligent person‚ and have a good sense of humor. 3. Which of the following is a fragment? A. The truth can be unpleasant. B. The rams locked horns‚ and the tourists watched them from far away. C. The dancer floated across the stage. D. The canoe with the blue stripes. 4. Which sentence contains repetitious words that should be left out? A. The bright star is visible. B. The bright star is visible to the eye. C. The star was visible centuries ago. D. The star will soon disappear
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The Asmat tribe is one of the most recognized primitive tribes in the world. The word “Asmat” itself is a synonym to cannibals‚ which is what this tribe is mainly known for. This tribe was brought to the attention of the world in 1961 when Michael Rockefeller (picture shown to the right)‚ the son of New York governor at the time‚ Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller‚ disappeared in Asmat territory while he was on an exhibition to collect art and information. Michael Rockefeller was never found or heard of
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The Maory History of New Zealand The original inhabitants of New Zealand were Polynesians who arrived by canoe in a series of migrations. Among these were the Moriori‚ or moa hunters‚ early ancestors of the Maory‚ who arrived in a later migration. Historians estimate the first Polynesians arrived over 1000 years ago‚ possibly as early as 800 AD. Whether the islands were discovered by accident or design is uncertain‚ but the original peoples found a plentiful food supply and larger‚ more varied islands
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