The Official English Question page: 88-90 James Crawford‚ in his article “The Official English Question‚” evaluates whether it is proper to declare English as America’s official language. Historically‚ there has not been much success in trying to declare English as the official language. In 1923‚ there was a bill designating the national language to be “American‚” designed to offend the British Empire but the bill was never passed. In 1780‚ John Adams faced opposition when he tried to set
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Plains Indians The American Plains Indians are among the best known of all Native Americans. There Indians played a significant role in shaping the history of the West. Some of the more noteworthy Plains Indians were Big Foot‚ Black Kettle‚ Red Cloud‚ Sitting Bull‚ and Spotted Tail. Big Foot Big Foot (? 1825-1890) was also known as Spotted Elk. Born in the Great Plains he eventually became a Minneconjou Teton Sioux chief. He was part of a tribal delegation that traveled to Washington‚ D.C.‚
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THE GREAT PLAINS The Great Plains Native Americans were indigenous people who live in the center of North America. They covered states from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River and cover some provinces in Canada to Texas. The Great Plains Native Americans were separated into two groups called the Plain Indians and Prairie Indians. The Great Plains Native Americans were rich with culture‚ wore traditional clothing‚ and made their own tools. Some of the Great Plains Native Americans
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Serengeti Plain The Serengeti Plain is a huge national park that spans over 12‚000 miles. It is located in Tanzania and southwestern Kenya. The landscape of the Serengeti is varied ranging from savannah to hilly woodlands to grass plains. The climate is generally hot and dry but when the rainfall is steady‚ vegetation shoots up everywhere. The varied landscape and hot and dry climate come together to form the natural habitat of Around 70 large animal species and over 700 bird species. The geography
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(1999 FRQ) “Plains Indians” In the last half of the nineteenth century‚ the lives of the Plains Indians were more dramatically affected then ever before. Both the technological breakthroughs and government policies had a significant impact on the Plains Indians. Technology played a major part not only with the advancements with railroads but with the now exchangeable parts in guns‚ which showed useful in the battle of Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee. The government gave the railroad millions
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educational material in many different languages and have translation services and telephones to help those who uses sign languages and for the patients with limited English to communicate and give better care and treatment. In the hospitals‚ rehabilitation and other short term and long term care facilities manager and charge nurses also try to make an assignments on the floor nurses according to patients need‚ for an example‚ if a patient is from a particular culture or ethnic group‚ a nurse who will be
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“Plain Talk” Lessons From a Business Maverick. The book “Plain Talk” Lessons from a Business Maverick written by Ken Iverson‚ was a truly inspiring‚ and refreshing look into how a small company like Nucore a very small company of 500 people at the time could take on behemoth companies like United States Steel Corp. and Bethlehem Steel and ton for ton out produced them in a proportional manufacturing race of steel. The Goliath’s of the industry sitting fat and happy stuffing there corporate
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Should English be declared the official language of the United States? IV. Rough Draft. In the 1700’s by recognizing the historical fact‚ the United States has been an overwhelmingly English speaking nation since it was created and that its constitution and foundational documents are in English. Americans value and respect diversity‚ they want to preserve English as their common language and therefore immigrants have the responsibility to learn English. Theodore Roosevelt once said “We have one
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Coastal Plains Coastal plains are a geologic feature found around the world and on both the eastern and western coasts of India. Coastal plains are characterized by an area of flat low lying land that is situated adjacent to a water body often a sea or ocean. It is also of note that coastal plains are separated from the interior of the larger land mass by other unique features. Coastal plains have limited vegetation; however grasses and trees are not uncommon. The coastal plains of India are relatively
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Make a Decision—It’s Time We are coming to a season where it is time to start making some serious decisions in our lives. There are two options that we have; live for God or live for the world. Which choice will you make? It’s time for people to decide which team they really want to be on and stop jumping from one to the other or even mixing the two. There is no place for lukewarm Christians‚ either be hot or cold‚ the choice is yours. 15 “I know all the things you do‚ that you are neither hot
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