members trapped inside of the operations room. Most of us just came out of training and had very little experience. Precious time was passing by and we couldn’t waste another second. I spoke first‚ then someone else‚ and by then we were all figuring out how to get out alive. We decided to work as a team and that no one gets left behind. Fortunately‚ we found oxygen masks but there wasn’t enough for everyone. As quickly as possible we set them up to be used. One of the crew members suggested that we should
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One example of how the ancient Romans proved themselves to be the greatest nation of their time was through their architecture. No better examples of these great triumphs than the arch and the material concrete it was built from. Not only were they triumphs of beauty but of engineering and their uses and meaning to the Roman culture of the time. Concrete comes from the Latin "concretus"‚ which means to grow together. Around 600 BC the Greeks were using an early form of concrete but did not
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Do you know your own characteristics? Tomi has many characteristics. Some of the characteristics that Tomi has is that he is very determined to build the boat. Also‚ he is very strong.The last situation is that he still acts positive after bad situations and when Keet tries to stop him. Tomi is very determined on building the boat back to it’s original state before the war. One thing keet did to stop him was taking away the boat parts that Tomi and friends took out of the boat. But that didn’t
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for the Europeans of the Elizabethan Era. The Chamberlain Company built the theater. William Shakespeare and James Burbage were members of this company‚ and the profits they made from acting helped to build the Globe Theater. Burbage died in 1597‚ but his sons continued the fight to build the theater‚ and in 1599‚ the Globe Theater was completed. The sons reused the wood from the old Globe‚ but this was not enough to complete the building. Many people were invited to invest in the theater
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whom all reported to him. Life in the Inca Empire was different from many other empires in many ways. The founder‚ named Pachacuti‚ led a smaller empire. Pachacuti’s’ name means “he who transfers the earth” in Quechua. He had a goal‚ which was to build a bigger empire. He conquered struggling lands nearby whom he made into the first people of the Inca Empire. He made ways to get from one way to another with roads and trading routes‚ which were a huge success as the empire grew. Their roads were a
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The Aztecs and the Aztec Empire Throughout history‚ there have been many different societies and cultures. One of the most technologically advanced and civilized for its times would be the Aztecs. The Aztecs had built an empire with a strong central capital‚ Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was a large city constructed on a man-made island in the middle of a lake. It was the largest city of the time‚ with many advancements such as the highly specialized Aztec calendar‚ and many remarkable forms of medicines
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Introduction How do the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids? It is not easy to answer these questions‚ especially if there is not that much information left. The Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to develop a written language‚ evidence of this amazing literary work is still engraved stone walls‚ obelisk and tombs in every ancient city of Egypt. However; no literature of any kind in those places that describe the mathematics used to construct all those extraordinary monuments. The
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is going to happen in the future. Foreshadowing can create suspense as the reader is waiting for an event to happen. For example‚ Include and write about protagonist (good) and antagonist (bad) In conclusion‚ the three short stories successfully builds suspense in the direction of the audience through the use of literary techniques of setting and foreshadowing. Each short story has a protagonist that the audience feels sympathy and compassion towards and an antagonist that the audience wants revenge
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job‚ and many parts of the house were constructed previously and then brought on site to be put up. The Levitt family also put verticle integration to use‚ by making their own concrete‚ their own lumber‚ etc. Through all of this‚ they were able to build affordable houses both quickly and cheaply. Once completed‚ these homes were available for sale to Vets and their
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During the 1960’s the Berlin wall was built to try to stop the number of emigrants crossing the border. It completely cut Berlin in half‚ the east were communists and the west were democrats. They built the wall within days‚ which ever side you happened to be on that night is the side you stayed on. There was no getting back across for any reason. They immediately had guards‚ guard dogs‚ and traps all along the wall to kill anyone near it. The people tried to fight against it‚ it did not benefit
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