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    going to be removed . The slow disappearance of the Indians‚ specifically the five “civilized” tribes east of the Mississippi River: Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Creek‚ Chickasaw and Seminoles began well before the actual ratification of the Indian Removal Act. Before this Act was actually realized‚ the process of removing the Native Americans had already begun as European Americans advanced to the west.  Native Americans were once a peaceful people for the most part‚ now forced to fight a losing battle.  President

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    Social and Behavior Patterns of Meerkats The animal that I selected to observe is the meerkat. This research paper will explain the behavior patterns and social structures of the meerkat. After touring the entire zoo‚ I selected the meerkats because they were more active than any other species and their location was closer to view than any other animal. The weather was cloudy and warm and it was about 1500 hours when I arrived at the site to observe them. Meerkats have long bodies and faces

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    aircraft and surface vessels allegedly disappeared mysteriously. Popular culture has attributed these disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings. Documented evidence indicates that a significant percentage of the incidents were inaccurately reported or embellished by later authors‚ and numerous official agencies have stated that the number and nature of disappearances in the region is similar to that in any other area of ocean. The Triangle area The area of the Triangle

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    The Red River War of 1874 During the summer of 1874‚ the U. S. Army launched a campaign to remove the Comanche‚ Kiowa‚ Southern Cheyenne‚ and Arapaho Indian tribes from the Southern Plains and enforce their relocation to reservations in Indian Territory. The actions of 1874 were unlike any prior attempts by the Army to pacify this area of the western frontier. The Red River War led to the end of an entire way of life for the Southern Plains tribes and brought about a new chapter in Texas history

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    missing person said to give rise to Missing White Woman Syndrome are sex‚ her race‚ (relative) prettiness‚ and age. These features are said to provoke positive discrimination in the reporting as news of the disappearance of a young white woman‚ and so to increase public interest in her disappearance. Missing people claims that cases which generate greatest publicity are those where missing persons are white‚ middle-class‚ female and from stable two-parent families‚ and where is no indication that such

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    the Dragon Tattoo is abounding. While it isn’t the central focus of the novel‚ it is certainly a main point Larsson wants us to walk away with. The mystery of the novel involves Harriet Vanger’s disappearance but it is quickly discovered by Blomkvist‚ a reporter‚ and Salander that Harriet’s disappearance involves violence and it doesn’t stop with her. Gottfried‚ her father‚ and Martin Vanger‚ her brother‚ are serial killers‚ who enjoy torturing and sexually assaulting women together. Gottfried also

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    Single Motherhood and Teen Pregnancy In researching material on single mothers and teen mothers‚ the factual problems with single mother households‚ and the stereotypical problems‚ I found a few interesting issues in the resources I collected which are worth mention. The first is the general statistics of sexual activity and early pregnancy. The second deals with the conflicting views of the effects of single mother families on the children. The third deals with the financial issues of prevalent

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    Repressed Free Thinking In Between 1960 and 1980 most of Europe and Russia wasn’t a good place to be. There were tensions and fears brought on by the Cold War. People were not allowed to freely think and express their opinions from behind the Iron Curtain. There was also an extreme lack of Human Civil Rights under Joseph Stalin’s rule and several years after. Furthermore it’s clear why the Soviet Union wasn’t a good place to live if you were a free thinking human being. A notable event during

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    generally treated differently from their modern western counterparts. Western countries have a different opinion on children compared to non-western countries. Western countries believe that children should have access to a good education and must be forced to take part in it to the age of 18 so that they have a higher chance of getting a better job in their adulthood. Unlike in western countries when you do not need to take part in education and can go straight into work once you have reached a certain

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    This era was caused by the disappearance of the Federalists‚ which allowed the Republicans to govern in a nonpartisan way. To pay off the war debts from the War of 1812‚ both parties worsened in a bipartisan way. Politicians such as Henry Clay expanded central government power by creating

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