The Attack on Pearl Harbor By: Jess Bowen Thesis Statement The attack on Pearl Harbor was an important event not only in World War II‚ but in American history because the attack was the reason the United States entered the war and through their victory in the war‚ made the world as it is today. Outline I. Introduction/ Thesis II. Background to attack A. Anticipation to war 1. Japan vs. China 2. Tensions
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Legal aspects of terrorism at sea Glen Plant* INTRODUCTION On 7 October 1985‚ four armed men claiming to represent the Palestine Liberation Front took control of the Italian-flag cruise liner Achille Lauro on the high seas about thirty miles off Port Said and held the crew and passengers hostage. They had boarded her in port in Genoa posing as legitimate passengers. They demanded the release of fifty Palestinian prisoners held in Israel and threatened to blow up the ship if intervention were
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EK115008S The Deep Sea (2012) It is odd that a planet with 65% of its surface covered by ocean and 57% by 1000+m of deep-sea is called the ‘Earth’. Some 49% of the globe’s surface is 3-6 km below the ocean waves and the average ocean depth is 3.8 km. The deep sea is dark‚ devoid of plants but home to many animals which have been collected on hooks and lines‚ in nets‚ from the stomachs of other deep-sea beasts‚ viewed and photographed from tethered cameras‚ ROVs and deep-sea submersibles. Yet
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The Village by the Sea is set in a small village called Thul‚ which is 14 kilometres from Bombay. Lila‚ the eldest child among four siblings‚ is thirteen years old‚ yet she already has the maturity of an adult. Her brother Hari‚ twelve‚ is the only person with whom she can share her troubles. Their mother is ill and needs constant care and nursing. Nobody knows exactly what she suffers from but she grows weaker and weaker with each passing day. Their father‚ who has been out of work for months‚ is
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Sea Animals Sea animals are very helpful to people. They are also unique in their own ways. The world would be completely different without sea animals. My experience of sea animals was when I went to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. In the aquarium‚ I saw many fish that can do cool tricks and live in interesting habitats. One thing I learned about stingray fish is that the eat shrimp and other small fishes. Also‚ the aquarium contained many other animals such as monkeys‚ snakes‚
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Sea shells by the sea shore “She sells sea shells by the sea shore” ~ A tongue twister. I was at the beach today. It was a family picnic and my husband‚ his cousins‚ their children‚ their friends‚ their children‚ were all in attendance. Unlike the last one‚ there was less tension in the air‚ but that is another story. The real story is about a seashell. I picked up a seashell by the edge of the waters‚ i.e. ‘by the sea shore’. The picnic was actually a business meeting in disguise but I felt
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“A very old man with enormous wings” is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez tell us a story about an angel that was found by a couple (Pelayo and Elisenda). One day during killing crabs in a rainstorm that lasted for three days; Pelayo and Elisenda discovered a very old man with enormous wings in their courtyard. The old man was filthy‚ apparently senile‚ and speaks incomprehensible language. After asking the neighbor woman that according to the story “knew everything about life and death to
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Sea urchins are members of the phylum Echinodermata‚ which also includes sea stars‚ sea cucumbers‚ brittle stars‚ and crinoids. Like other echinoderms‚ they have five-fold symmetry (called pentamerism) and move by means of hundreds of tiny‚ transparent‚ adhesive "tube feet". The symmetry is not obvious in the living animal‚ but is easily visible in the dried test. Echinodermate means "spiny skin" in Greek. Specifically‚ the term "sea urchin" refers to the "regular echinoids"‚ which are symmetrical
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Sea shells are super duper super duper super duper cool. An essay on essay I shall now enrich your life by sharing with you about essay. At first glance essay may seem unenchanting‚ however its study is a necessity for any one wishing to intellectually advance beyond their childhood. Indispensable to homosapians today‚ it is yet to receive proper recognition for laying the foundations of democracy. Crossing many cultural barriers it still draws remarks such as ’I wouldn’t touch it with a barge
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Attack on Pearl Harbour: * On the morning of December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing‚ more than 2‚400 Americans were dead‚ 21 ships had either been sunk or damaged‚ and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed * U.S. abandoned its policy of isolationism and declared war on Japan the following day -- officially bringing the United States into World War II. * The Japanese were tired of negotiations
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