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    New Mexico has had a very colorful past‚ from history came cultures‚ economy‚ and treasured landmarks. New Mexico is the place to visit to expand your intellectual horizons. The state’s unique geology ranges from the Carlsbad Caverns to White Sand dunes to the high Rocky Mountains located in the state. New Mexico also has world-class science at two national laboratories‚ several observatories‚ Spaceport America‚ and the Very Large Array‚ among others. You can find history in every part of the

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    New Mexico is always thought of as just another desert to people‚ to me it is my favorite place to visit. It is actually a heartwarming place. The beautiful flat lands that spread as far as the eye can view‚ great mountain scenery. I will be giving you three reasons why you should consider visiting three of my favorite spots in New Mexico. Ruidoso‚ Pistachio land‚ and Las Cruces old Mesilla village are the places that anyone would fall in love with. Ruidoso‚ New Mexico feels like a town that is

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    open the door. Silhouetted against the light was a dark-haired woman with a girl clinging to her skirt. I knew who she was. My landlady had told me about the woman I had seen picking up mail at the post office. She’d called her "The Prize." My New Mexico village‚ though determinedly and anciently Hispanic‚ had a minority of Anglo immigrants seeking a simpler life. Within this group‚ this woman was agreed to be the most beautiful and accomplished. Her handsome husband had found her when she was working

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    Kellor Flees Matt Dumon English 10 11/2/12 The Encounter on what we needed to do to survive on our imposing 90 mile hike through the scorching deserts‚ over the treacherous mountains‚ and the long dark forest trails of Philomont‚ New Mexico. He thought us how to keep the bears from getting our food by suspending it in bear bags. The ranger also told us many helpful tips. For example if you hear a humming bird put on your sun glasses because they have been known to dive bomb and get

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    It was a simple beginning to a beautiful day in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. The dry morning air brought a wealth of warmth to my tired skin. "Today is a day of opportunity‚" I thought. I would hopefully be entering the work force after a long battle with unemployment. I was excited because my days were filled with nothing but boredom and my mind was occupied with nothing but despair. Hopefully‚ today would be the day that I left my past behind me. Just three years ago‚ I was an up and coming astrophysicist

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    The best thing i did over the summer was go to New Mexico to visit some of my family and friends. Now i will tell you about some of the fun things that I did over in New Mexico. One of the days that I was there me my family and friend went to this river and we swam there. It was a little hard to swim because there was a really fast current. The best part about it though was jumping of the cliffs that were there the first time I was up on the cliff I was a little scared to jump off of it. Another

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    robbed a store in Monterey Park‚ California. King was caught after he stole two hundred dollars from the store and was later convicted. He was then sentenced to two years of imprisonment. He served one year of his sentence‚ then he was released from prison. The Rodney King Beating occurred in the early hours of the morning in Los Angeles‚ California. He and two of his friends had been at another friend’s house watching a basketball game and drinking the night before. King and his two friends left the

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    four new independent states: India‚ Burma (now Myanmar)‚ Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)‚ and Pakistan (including East Pakistan‚ modern-day Bangladesh). The Indian subcontinent was partitioned into Hindu-dominated but secular India‚ and the Muslim state of Pakistan after attaining independence from Great Britain in August 1947. Unfortunately‚ it was accompanied by the largest mass migration in human history of around ten million people. An estimated one million civilians died in the accompanying riots‚ particularly

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    History Research the 1980s At the start of the 1980s Britain was in a deep recession similar to what is happening at present and there was also mass unemployment. The person in charge of the country at this time was Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who was also Great Britain’s first and only female prime minister. Margaret Thatcher along with Chancellor Geoffrey Howe tried to deal with this recession by raising taxes and slashing government spending‚ benefits and the selling of state owned services

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    hetersexual men. Her study proved the Association wrong and that homosexuality was not a mental disease‚ Other events such as the Stonewall riots occurred in the 1960s and are said to be the beginning events to the gay liberation movement. These riots were caused by police officers raiding gay bars where the members retaliated‚ and then days of protests followed these riots. Other incidents happened frequently through the next few years‚ but physical violence was not the only thing homosexuals

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