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    Natives speak Spanish and become part of their society as well as to work. After the Natives become part of that society‚ a Presidio was set up. The purpose of the Presidio was to guard and protect the Mission and the people in it. Military forces opened land right after the Presidio was set up in order for the Natives to do labor. Finally after everything is set up‚ the Spaniards can make their own Pueblo. The Pueblo meant that native laborers were always supervised and the Presidio kept outsider away

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    Strange encounters

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    of the way had clearly lit streets‚ until I got to the junction of Buttercup Lane and Meadow Street. I had a choice of taking a short cut through my local park‚ or walking around it‚ which would add a further mile to my journey. It was getting late‚ so I decided to take the short cut. The park was always dark with little or no illumination‚ except for the light given from the moon and the stars. But that night was unusually different‚ the sky swirled with grey and charcoal clouds‚ and the wind blew

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    A Strange Dream

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    to find my sister and my brother and I should kill whoever that murderer is!"‚ I said to myself bravely. Looking in any direction‚ I found a double light. I knew it was my sister and my brother and I also knew that they were going to be killed next. So I ran over to them. But I was too late‚ they were both killed and dead. I fell down‚ lying and crying unconsciously. The scene faded out. When I woke up‚ I have tears in my eyes‚ and I fell asleep. From that dream that I have‚ I now realized how

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    Japan-the Strange Country

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    Japan - the Strange Country Japan is a small country located in east Asia. The population is around 130‚000‚000 (one hundred and thirty million) people. The total world population is 6‚800‚000‚000 (six point eight billion)‚ which means that roughly 2 in every 100 people are Japanese. Japan ’s land area measures 378‚000 (three hundred and seventy-eight thousand) square kilometers. If the earth ’s land area is 149‚000‚000 (one hundred and forty-nine million) square kilometers and the total area

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    A Strange Encounter

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    man reached with his other hand towards his waist. At this point he was obviously insinuating towards his possession of a weapon. Unreasonably‚ he demanded to speak to one of our administrators. I informed him that none of them were present‚ but if he so wished I could contact them via telephone and have him speak directly to them. This was outrageous to the man‚ and for some reason engendered even further aggravation from him. Our only pharmacist on duty that night had been eavesdropping from the

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    Brittany Reese History 1111-03 Strange New Land Chapters 1-4 The purpose of this book The book starts off by explaining about how a fence‚ New York City that was built to protect the Colonial settlement against the French and Indian raiders. Dutch Village of New Amsterdam was an expanding town in Manhattan Island that guarded homes‚ gardens‚ and churchyards. A graveyard‚ north from this town‚ stood‚ that was assigned to African Americans that’s labeled‚ “Negros Burial Ground.” In 1990

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    “Morrowbie inside the Caste” In Rudyard Kipling’s story “The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes” there are many aspects of the India’s traditions and customs. But one custom that is strongly present though out the story is the role of the Indian caste system. Within each character you are taken into the five levels of the caste system. The caste system has been present in Indian culture for as far back as their history can be traced. The five levels that are present with in the characters in the

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    Strange Day

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    Hey‚ i’m dora Giuliana Rancic (née DePandi;[1][2] born August 17‚ 1974) is an Italian-American television personality and journalist. She is currently a co-anchor on E! News‚ the flagship entertainment news program of E!‚ and co-hosts "Fashion Police" on E!. Since she was made anchor in 2005‚ viewership for "E! News" has risen over 50% across the board. In addition to her news anchoring duties‚ Rancic often co-hosts red carpetevents for award shows‚ such as the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards

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    Strange Fits of Passion

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    Lauren Brackett ENL3 Ryan Wander 29 October 2014 Essay # 1: “Strange fits of passion have I known” Nature‚ a theme considered unique to the Romantic Movement‚ was employed by William Wordsworth in his poem “Strange fits of passion have I known” to paint the journey of a love struck adventurer. “Nature” propels the expedition for love onward‚ yet also reveals the subject of the poem’s beauty in a gentle way. The natural landscape acts as both a leader‚ guiding the speaker

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    Strange New Lands demonstrates the birth of slavery and the struggles the Africans had to overcome before the United States became a nation and before the revolutionary war. It also talks about the slave trade‚ and the middle passage. Vividly explaining the brutal form of servitude and the consequences that came along with them if the requirements were not met. The author‚ Peter H. Wood mainly focuses on how Africans survived this period in time and ultimately shape the precedent of the American

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