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    The Battle of Fallen Timbers started on Wednesday‚ August 20‚ 1794. The battle took place on the lower Maumee River Valley which is the present state of Ohio. Major General Anthony Wayne was encamped with a military force of 3‚700 men‚ 2‚000 of whom were part of the regular United States Army. The rest were Kentucky mounted militia. Fighting the Americans were some 2‚000 hostile Indians. The Indians were allies of the British and the British had just recently built Fort Miamis. This fort was deep

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    Since then‚ I’ve learned a lot more outside of the classroom‚ where I’ve had to use reading and writing to learn in the medical field when I started working as a medical transcriptionist. If I thought learning “regular” English was hard‚ learning the jargon connected with the medical field was even more daunting‚ but I always dreamed of working in the medical field and that dream came true when I started working with two physicians. One is a family physician and the other is a gastroenterologist. From

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    Is it possible for one of the ancient civilizations‚ Athens or Sparta to be better than the other? In modern day it is hard for a whole civilization to agree on what makes a perfect society‚ but there are ways to keep citizens happy‚ give them freedom through knowledge‚ or provide safety‚ in the case of Athens‚ and Sparta‚ two conflicting civilizations that frankly followed these approaches‚ it is hard to say which one is a better. They both excelled in their own ways‚ specifically in regards to

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    Rain Forests Vegetation • More than two thirds of the world’s plant species are found in the tropical rainforests: plants that provide shelter and food for rainforest animals as well as taking part in the gas exchanges which provide much of the world’s oxygen supply. • Rainforest plants live in a warm humid environment that allows an enormous variation rare in more temperate climates: some like the orchids have beautiful flowers adapted to attract the profusion of forest insects.

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    you accept that all its premises are true. • A good‚ convincing argument is a sound argument. That is‚ since you accept all the premises are true‚ you must accept the conclusion is true (because the argument is valid). • A bad argument is any other kind of argument. Examples: • “Every animal needs to breathe in order to live. Fish are animals. Fish cannot breathe in the air. Therefore‚ fish cannot live in the air.” Here‚ the claim is that “fish cannot live in the air.” The premises

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    Faulkner: More Than a Strong Author “Absalom‚ Absalom!” was my first experience reading William Faulkner and is surely will not be my last. I know that I will be forever mesmerized and indebted to Faulkner for the way that his writing has intrigued and informed me. The only time I have ever been so confounded by the way an artist could imagine‚ conceptualize and execute such and articulate and stimulating piece of work was when I first got a chance to delve into the sonnets of William Shakespeare

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    With the conception of globalization which is just appear and far-reaching all over the world like that‚ there has not even been the time to think over on the matter; is globalization good or bad for the world? It has been operating more on the terms of – it approach‚ and it dominated. To understand a concept such as that‚ the explanation of globalization is essential. Thus‚ the definition is in order. Globalization is the name for the process of expanding the connectivity and interdependence of

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    Topic: Considering the current trend of forest management practice‚ develop an appropriate strategy to manage the forest resource of Bangladesh in a sustainable way. Submitted by: Acknowledgement In performing my assignment‚ it ’s a successful one I had to take the help and guideline of some respected persons. First

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    Бикбаева Вика АН-112 “A little adventure in the forest”. (after H.G. Wells’ short story tale “The treasure in the forest”). I remember when I was a kid my friends and I quite often went to the forest. There was fresh air‚ we could hear songs of the birds or the rush of water. There we had a clear space among the trees where we fried potatoes and sausages. It was the end of august. It was exactly the fish season. My best friend and I went to our favorite place which was near the road. There were

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    Cyber bullying is more harmful than Traditional bullying An Explanatory Paper For English 10 Gaston‚ Therese Marie Marguerette M. E12 8 October 2014 Mrs. A.M. S. Oblepias Bullying has always been a common and severe problem amongst adolescents throughout the years. With today’s technology‚ traditional bullies have been able to add a new element in bullying‚ the Internet. “Cyber bullying adds an entirely new painful dimension to making fun of each other. A Cyber bully is an individual

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