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    and difficult. As sea travel between the coasts involved a trip about 13‚000 miles around the tip of South America. (If a canal could be dug across a narrow section of Central America‚ the coast-to-coast journey would be cut in half) The US had been thinking about such a project since the early 19th century: In the 1880s‚ a French company tried- but failed- to build a canal across Panama. No one more enthusiastic than President Theodore Roosevelt came around and led the nation from 1901 to 1909

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    R. This all links back to the culture of innovation and shows how much the culture of innovation fueled Britain and allowed for the I.R. to happen. The transport system in Britain during the I.R was at least at the start mainly based on canals. These canals were used to transport raw materials to factories. This greatly decreased the cost of the product as there was no more long journeys across then‚ treacherous roads. Due to the cheapness of the raw materials the cost of the product was greatly

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    parts of the ears?Very Good!The outer ear is separated from the middle ear by a thin membrane called eardrum. The middle ear is separated by the inner ear also by a membrane.The outer ear has a canal. This canal is lined with wax and tiny hairs. These keep dust from entering further into your ears. The canal leads to the middle ear. These are three tiny bones in the inner ear there is a coiled tube called cochlea which contains fluids. The cochlea is attached to nerve cells. D. Generalization_____1

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    syconoid sponges in which the invaginated [turned inside out] canals are even further invaginated and folded to form small flagellated chambers. Further increase in surface areas makes these sponges highly efficient in moving and filtering water. Leuconoids are referred to as the largest‚ most complex and most numerous sponges because they have eliminated the spongocoel so that all the water entering the sponge is moved through small canals all lined with flagella‚ which is the most hydro-logically

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    Egypt decided to take control of the canal. They then proceeded to charge tolls‚ as they need to raise money for the construction of the Aswan dam. ⇒ Unfortunately‚ this canal was vital for the shipment of oil‚ from the Middle East‚ to Britain. ⇒ Then‚ to make matters worse‚ the country of Israel enters the fray‚ takes over the canal from Egypt‚ and threatens to block the British ships. ⇒ At this point‚ Britain and France bomb the area surrounding the canal. ⇒ While the United States urges Britain

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    Microtia

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    Microtia Introduction Microtia is a congenital deformity in which the pinna is very small and underdeveloped. This abnormality can be unilateral‚ affecting only one ear‚ or bilateral‚ affecting both ears. Unilateral microtia is most common‚ in which the right ear is affected more frequently than the left ear. A genetic disturbance results in microtia of the pinna. Many cases of microtia are categorized as idiopathic or of an unknown etiology. Occurring in 1 to 5‚000-20‚000 births‚ this deformity

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    improved communications. The peasants lost out because the land was converted from self-sufficient farms to large‚ private landholdings to grow cash crops for export. Ismail continued the modernization of Egypt‚ including the completion of the Suez Canal‚ but also drew the country deeply into debt. To prevent Egypt from going bankrupt‚ Britain and France intervened politically. Foreign financial control provoked a violent nationalistic reaction in Egypt that led to British occupation of the country

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    The Auditory Sense or Organ of Hearing The Ear is divided into 3parts: External or outer ear Auricle (pinna) Made of elastic cartilage. Covered by skin placed on the opposite side of the head. External auditory canal Also called the “ear canal” auditory meatus: either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane. Tympanic membrane The tympanic membrane is a vital feature of the human ear‚ and is more commonly known as the eardrum. The tympanic membrane’s

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    wanted to cut a canal through ___________. The Americans worked on the Canal between ______ and ______. They took a different approach deciding to build a series of ________ and _____ instead of trying to dig a _____-level route. They had wrenched the area from __________ and then forced the Panamanians to grant them a ________ lease on an area called the Canal Zone. The Americans faced many problems in building the Canal‚ not least the landslides in the ___________ Cut. The Canal project was overseen

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    Venice Italy

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    beautiful places on earth. Venice has many attractions to bring the masses to her doors. Doge’s Palace‚ Gondola’s‚ Rialto Bridge‚ Canal Grande‚ carnival time‚ fresh markets‚ art museums and so many more places and things to see. Venice sits in an archipelago (a group of small islands) and all islands combined‚ there are 118 little beauties. They are all connected by canals‚ and boats are used for transportation. Venice is one of the only places left in the world that has survived the 21st century

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