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    B. Dawe -Enter without so much as knocking A.D. Hope - Australia Enter without so much as knocking by B.Dawe and Australia by A.D. Hope can be considered as very similar poems – they both tell about people’s nature‚ spiritual emptiness and lack of true values in the modern world of consumerism. The first poem refers to the whole population‚ criticizes the attitude‚ morality and lifestyle of the common person whereas in the poem of A.D. Hope the descriptions of empty land‚ which lacks the cultural

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    Dealing with the Dawes Act‚ was important towards the Native Americans and life itself. The Dawes Act was a succeeding policy by breaking up reservations by granting land allotments to individual Native Americans. The President broke up reservation land that was held in common by the members of the tribe. Native Americans registering a tribal “roll” were granted allotments to be parceled out to individuals. The Dawes Act was purportedly to protect Indian property rights. To begin with‚ the purpose

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    sacrifices for adapting the Dawes Act in 1887. It allowed Native Americans to merge with Americans through U.S. citizenship. It also opened land for settlers to move West‚ but at the same time allotted Native Americans a selective amount of land. Native Americans were required to register with an English name on the Dawes Poll to be considered in the land distribution. The Act is perceived by some that it benefited the American people more than the Native Americans. The Dawes Act was intended to be

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    Our parent’s morals and ethics whether right or wrong‚ will become ours because of belonging to the family unit. Life Cycle by Bruce Dawe‚ explores the life of a child brought into a Victorian family. The baby’s life is destined to revolve around football due to the family being football supporters and him being ‘laid in beribboned cots‚ having already begun a lifetime’s barracking’

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    Overview of Peter Lalor Lalor married Alicia Dunne on 10 July 1855 in Geelong. Their daughter‚ Anne‚ was born in Prahran in 1856; their son Joseph was born at Sandridge (now called Port Melbourne) on the 18 of may 1857. Anne Lalor married Thomas Lempriere in 1882‚ but died three years later of lung phthisis. Joseph Lalor became a medical doctor‚ marrying Agnes McCormick of Dublin‚ Ireland and leaving young. Lalor was a good speaker and a natural leader. He urged the miners to use violence

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    HURRICANE KATRINA Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina started out as any other hurricane‚ as the result of warm moisture and air from the oceans surface that built into storm clouds and pushed around by strong forceful winds until it became a powerful storm. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane‚ causing some deaths and flooding there before

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    Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. One of the five deadliest hurricanes‚ in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. 1‚836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods. Property damage was estimated at $81 billion. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida‚ causing

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    Proposal /Disaster Research Proposal Page 1 * My disaster paper will focus mainly on the direct and indirect effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans were made by the community and the state‚ which also affected New Orleans and surrounding areas. My initial research on this topic of Hurricane Katrina was that‚ although there was a slew of different aids and reliefs sent to New Orleans and other surrounding areas‚ there were periods where there wasn’t enough or too much time was taken so

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    the nearby lakes from Hurricane Katrina. The failure of the levees caused the water to rapidly breach the area and become contaminated with the city ’s sewage‚ chemicals‚ medical wastes and human remains which the city then pumped into the nearby lakes greatly destroying much of their ecosystem. During and following Katrina‚ water carrying all types of contaminants was pumped in to any available destination‚ as long as it didn’t submerge the city. Aside from Katrina wreaking havoc‚ one of the biggest

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    Hurricane Katrina‚ to move to Houston. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that was very devastating. It ruined on sight everything it passed through. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane[->0] of the 2005 Atlan[->1]- tic oil platforms[->2] and caused the closure of nine refine- ries. The forestry industry in Mississippi was also affected‚ as million acres of forest lands were destroyed. The total loss to the forestry industry from Katrina is calculated

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