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    Freedom riders

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    Freedom Riders‚ who were recruited by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)‚ a U.S. civil rights group‚ departed from Washington‚ D.C.‚ and attempted to integrate facilities at bus terminals along the way into the Deep South. But Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. discouraged their action and didn’t want to get in the bus as he believed it was a dangerous attempt. On their journey‚ they experienced some horrific actions from white people in the south especially from Alabama. The Freedom Riders encountered

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    Rough Riders

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    ROUGH RIDERS Ben Kerfoot 3/7/02 Per. 5 The Rough Riders were the most famous of all the units fighting in Cuba during the Spanish‚ American war. The Spanish‚ American war started by America wanting to expand their influence in the western hemisphere. To do that they would need to gain action politically or militarily in Cuba (a Spanish ruled country). The first battle of the war was The Battle of Manilla. Which

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    Riders to the Sea

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    HUMANICUS issue 8 / 2013 Naturalist Aesthetics in John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World Gabriel Sunday Bamgbose Abstract: Efforts have always been made by literary scholars and critics to read the aesthetics of John Millington Synge‟s drama. However‚ little attention has been paid to the naturalistic dimension of Synge‟s plays. This study‚ therefore‚ investigates the naturalist aesthetics in Synge‟s dramaturgy. This is in an attempt to show that individuals‟

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    Killer Whale

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    Killer Whale Introduction The killer whale (Orcinus orca)‚ also referred to as the orca whale or orca‚ and less commonly as the blackfish‚ is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are found in all oceans‚ from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas. Killer whales as a species have a diverse diet‚ although individual populations often specialize in particular types of prey. Some feed exclusively on fish‚ while others hunt marine mammals such as sea

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    Saving the Whales

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    Saving the Whales When I think about the ocean‚ I think about all the animals that live in it‚ including the whales. Whale hunting has been going on for decades. These huge ships go out into the sea and capture whales; they claim they are capturing them for research. What kind of research exactly? I do not know. One article I read on the issue said that the whales used for the research end up being a meal more times than not. In other words‚ they capture the whales‚ do their “research” and then

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    Freedom Riders

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    the southern authorities.” Freedom riders were civil rights activists who would travel on Greyhound and Trailway buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961. They did this to challenge the non-enforcement of the Supreme Court’s decision in 1946 of the Morgan v. Virginia which made segregation in interstate transportation

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    Riders to the Sea

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    Riders to the Sea From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Sara Allgood as Maurya‚ photo taken by Carl Van Vechten‚ 1938 This article is about the play. For the opera‚ see Riders to the Sea (opera). Riders to the Sea is a play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge. It was first performed on February 25‚ 1904 at the Molesworth Hall‚ Dublin by the Irish National Theater Society. A one-act tragedy‚ the play is set in the Aran Islands‚ and like all of Synge

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    Beluga Whales

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    A. Swimming. 1. In general‚ beluga whales are slow swimmers. They commonly swim about 3 to 9 kph (1.9-5.6 mph). They are‚ however‚ capable of sustaining a maximum speed of 22 kph (13.6 mph) for as long as 15 minutes (Nowak‚ 1991; Ridgway and Harrison‚ 1981). 2. Belugas can swim forward and backward (Nowak‚ 1991). 3. Beluga whales often swim at depths barely covering their bodies (Ridgway and Harrison‚ 1981). B. Diving. 1. Beluga whales typically don’t dive very deep‚ usually to

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    whales and dolphins

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    Mostly whales and dolphins compare so many things‚ but at the same time they have their differences.Whales can weigh up to 150 tons and dolphins between 400-600lbs (200-300kg).There are two kind of whales baleen and toothed whales.But dolphins are like whales because they belong to the tooth whales.Whales and dolphins are interesting because each one has so many things to learn about.’Some similarities that dolphins and whales have in common is that they are mammals‚ they both are very smart‚ and

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    Riders to the Sea

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    Riders to the sea Summary of the play Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge Dustin Buckley‚ Yahoo Contributor Network Jul 12‚ 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo websites. Start Here." * ------------------------------------------------- MORE: * ------------------------------------------------- Millington * ------------------------------------------------- Bundling FlagPost a comment The play begins with Maurya‚ who has fallen into a fitful sleep. She is certain that her son

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