In 1909‚ workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory began to strike for better working conditions. The workers were harassed by hired toughs and prostitutes hired by the company. When photos got out in the newspaper of the strikers being attacked‚ the movement gained widespread support by many powerful people. This forced Triangle to end the strike and give in to demands for better working conditions‚ 52 hour work week‚ and a fixed wage scale. The bosses still distrusted the workers and often locked
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THE MYSTERIES OF BERMUDA TRIANGLE Thesis Statement: Retracing the illustrious secrecy behind the Bermuda Triangle (sometimes designates as the Devil’s Triangle) - nonetheless isn’t really a mystery after all. Introduction Scores of ships and planes are said to have vanished without any evidence over the decades in a gigantic triangular zone of ocean with illusory points in Bermuda‚ Florida‚ and Puerto Rico. Some people have asserted that these disappearances fall beyond the limit of human errors
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Taken place in New York City on March 25th‚ 2011 was one of the biggest tragedies killing 146 workers. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a sweatshop factory which caught on such a huge fire and which spread so quickly. The workers consisted of women‚ mainly immigrant women and teenaged girls who did not speak English. They were all crammed into rooms with sewing machines and worked for 12 hours each day. The 8th‚ 9th and 10th floor of the building caught on fire. Most of the deaths could’ve been
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Bermuda and San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. That created the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle as people wondered what happened to Flight 19. “The strange events of December 5‚ 1945 have since become fodder for all manner of wild theories and speculation. In the 1960s and 70s‚ pulp magazines and writers such as Vincent Gaddis and Charles Berlitz helped popularize the idea that Flight 19 had been gobbled up by the “Bermuda Triangle‚” a section of the Atlantic supposedly known for its high volume of freak disappearances
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By Parker Davis | January 2‚ 2012 | AA similarity | when two triangles have corresponding angles that are congruent as shown below‚ the triangles are similar | | AAS | if two angles and the non-included side one triangle are congruent to two angles and the non-included angle of another triangle‚ then these two triangles are congruent | | Acute angle | an angle with an angle measure less than 90° | | Acute triangle | a triangle where all three internal angles are acute | | Alt. exterior
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Although they are often overlooked‚ there are a lot of facts surrounding the Bermuda Triangle mysteries. The Coast Guards‚ who have been involved in several accidents in the area‚ are one of the few groups who pays a lot of attention to the facts involved. According to Ara C. Trembly‚ author of The Bermuda Triangle‚ no threat to insurers?‚ the Coast Guard does not pay attention to the ridiculous supernatural explanations that are so often believed. There have been explanations ranging from alien
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first cruise. I brought my friend‚ Mariah‚ along with me for my first experience. We are on our way to Puerto Rico from Florida‚ which means we will be going through the Bermuda Triangle. There have been a lot of rumors about people disappearing or being transported into the future when they go through the Bermuda Triangle. I did not believe the rumors‚ but as we board the ship they are constantly running through my head. Mariah gives me a drink of water and assures me that nothing is going to happen
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Kevin Sierra The Bermuda Triangle is real life sci-fi killer. The influence of humans is one of the ways that has killed plenty in the Bermuda Triangle. The never ending season of terrible weather is another one of the ways the Bermuda Triangle will claim your life. The Bermuda Triangle also has a historical death toll of the life’s it has claimed to prove how dangerous making a course through it can be. The Bermuda Triangle is where human influence can get you killed‚ is where the worlds most
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The Bermuda Triangle is an area of the ocean between Bermuda Island‚ Maiami and Porta Rico in the shape of a triangle. Many different mysterious incidents and disappearances have taken place within the triangle which have claimed over 1000 lives in the past 100 years. There are many theories that try to explain the things that have happend in the bermuda triangle including: - A weapon from Atlantis which destroyed Atlantis itself - Gas bubble pulling everything down into the ocean - Aliens -
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The Bermuda Triangle‚ sometimes called the Devil’s Triangle‚ is reputedly an area in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. The triangle doesn’t exist according to theUS Navy and the name is not recognized by the US Board on Geographic Names.[1] However‚ a number of aircraft and surface vessels are said to have disappeared in the triangle under unknown circumstances. Popular culture has attributed various disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings.[2] Documented
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