incorporated various devices to permit this motion. Typically the bearing boxes were designed to allow the axle to slide some either way‚ and the wheel cranks and the coupling rods were modified to accommodate this extra range of motion. Spring centering might also be provided to keep the wheels on such axles from hunting side to side. One example was the Italian State Railways class 640 2-6-0. The frontmost axle did not carry a conventional pony truck. Instead this axle along with the front driven axle
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History Homework - Vietnam Why did the USA fail in Vietnam? America failed in the Vietnam War for various reasons; the people of Vietnam liked the communists of North Vietnam. The Americans bombed and killed the Vietnamese. The people of Vietnam hated the Americans in the end. The Americans tried to bomb the Vietnamese into submission and failed. Also when they were in open warfare America was successful‚ but when it turned into a guerrilla war America failed‚ that’s why America used napalm‚ to try
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How to Market in a Downturn by John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 How to Market in a Downturn 12 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint R0904D FINANCIAL CRISIS SPOTLIGHT How to Market in a Downturn The Idea in Brief
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Top Reasons Why Students Fail Chemistry Avoiding Failure in Chemistry By Anne Marie Helmenstine‚ Ph.D.‚ About.com Guide See More About: * chemistry top picks * chemistry homework help * study tips Are you taking a chemistry class? Are you worried you might not pass? Chemistry is a subject many students prefer to avoid‚ even if they have an interest in science‚ because of its reputation for lowering grade point averages. However‚ it isn’t as bad as it seems‚ especially if you avoid
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Why does fashion change? Human beings have been using clothes throughout history; however as we notice today garments that were worn in the past are not the same that are being worn today. In this essay I will develop the question ‘Why does fashion change?’ and if such changes are due to fashion as such or if there is any external influences such as marketing and media. Every change in society‚ including differences between cultures and living styles is reflected in the way people dress and
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Case Study: Why is this Furniture Falling Apart? After a decade of complaints from customers of the General Service Administration (GSA)‚ “the government’s housekeeping agency”‚ speculation began to arise that corruption was involved‚ particularly in regards to a New Jersey furniture manufacturer by the name of Art Metal‚ USA (Wells‚ 2014). The inferior quality of the furniture was so bad that desks collapsed and chairs were known to come in with one leg shorter than the others. Yet‚ complaints
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emerging risks may go unnoticed. The most susceptible are small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) that account for over 90 percent of all businesses. In the current high-stakes economic climate‚ consumer goods and services companies face unprecedented challenges and extreme financial pressure. Increasing competition from companies around the world creates a need for tighter linkage among strategy‚ performance metrics‚ and shareholder value creation. Intensified scrutiny from financial markets means you
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Why did Prohibition fail? During the early 1900’s American citizens were becoming more worried about the effects of alcohol. Men were often spending the majority of their paychecks on alcoholic beverages instead of setting it aside for the family. Not only would men waste all their money at these taverns and such they would return home very polluted (drunk). While they were intoxicated they would often abuse their wives and children. This started to make women angrier and upset. Americans
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Does God exist? For thousands of years we have been trying to prove the existence of God‚ but we have no evidence to prove that there is a God. Through many biblical texts such as Psalm 147; 4-5‚ Matthew 19:26‚ Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5‚ Psalm 90:1-2 and John 3:16; we have interpreted that God is omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ omnipresent‚ benevolent and eternal. Many philosophers have tried to create theodicies to prove the existence of God. Whilst some philosophers have concluded that God does not exist
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Why God Does Not Exist! According to the dictionary God refers to the one Supreme Being‚ the creator and the ruler of the universe. Many people believe in God‚ with blind faith‚ hoping and believing that there is a life after ours expires. Humanity would rather believe that there is a safe haven and to be “forgiven” for the wrong’s that they have done‚ then to question the existence of the supreme being that they put so much faith in. Fortunately‚ there are people such as myself who question
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