companies and formed a new operating division‚ services: it specialized in managing transportation-related businesses such as duty free operations‚ building displays for exhibitions‚ aircraft servicing business‚ cruise ship lines‚ furniture moving‚ limousine service and the like. In 1978‚ Trautman engineered another major acquisition‚ moving into the private insurer business for residential mortgages. All these acquisitions were meant to make Greyhound more resistant to economic downturns. In 1981‚ John
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Helens‚ in Washington States‚ violently erupted. At 8:32 A.M. a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck about one mile below the mountain‚ causing the largest landslide in history. The snow and ice moved at speeds of more than 175 miles per hour and removed over 1300 feet from the summit‚ sweeping away almost the entire North side of the mountain. The landslide raised temperatures about 60 degrees higher than usual. There was a lot of ash that came out of the volcano when it erupted as well. The ash caused
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I believe Hillary Clinton will win the 2016 presidential election‚ as she will win by a landslide against her opponent Donald Trump. She has the capacity of having the leadership to make all Americans come together. According to the polls‚ Hillary Clinton has much more chances to win the election compared to Donald Trump. She is a United States senator and secretary of state as she gets the advantage of her qualifications for the presidency. Clinton will win the election‚ as she demonstrates her
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or underwater landslides. The word is Japanese and means "harbor wave‚" because of the devastating effects these waves have had on low-lying Japanese coastal communities. A tsunami is a series of waves that can travel at speeds averaging 450 (and up to 600) miles per hour in the open ocean. As the waves approach the coast‚ their speed decreases and their amplitude increases. Tsunamis are most often generated by earthquake-induced movement of the ocean floor. Landslides‚ volcanic eruptions
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Disasters quiz 1. What and when is black Friday? • Black Friday is 2. What type of flu killed almost three thousand people in Britain in 1970? • 3. What was the Greycliffe disaster? • The Greycliffe disaster occurred in Sydney Harbour 1927 when the harbour ferry Greycliffe and the Union steamship company mail streamer collided. 4. At which Scottish football ground did 66 people die when a barrier collapsed in 1971? • It occurred in the Liverpool game against Celtic
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Sea Walls are an example of Happisburgh’s coastal defences. They reflect the energy of the waves back into the sea and work best at high tide. But as the wave backwashes; it erodes the base of the wall. This area weakens and could eventually collapse A sea wall will be necessary at a large beach‚ as the sea wall will come into actions during high tides and storm surges Cost= £2000-£5000 per metre Timber Groynes are mainly used to act against long-shore drift. They do this by interrupting the sediment’s
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Typhoon A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E. This region is referred to as the northwest Pacific basin.[1] For organizational purposes‚ the northern Pacific Ocean is divided into three regions: the eastern (North America to 140°W)‚ central (140°W to 180°)‚ and western (180° to 100°E). Identical phenomena in the eastern north Pacific are called hurricanes‚ with tropical cyclones moving into the western
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our assessment making it a medium priority threat. We based this rating on the fact that the region averages about 20 tornadoes or water spouts per year according to the National Weather Service. The other environmental threats we analyzed were landslides‚ and hurricanes. Each of
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GROWING POPULATION Overpopulation is everyone’s problem At one point‚ the prevailing wisdom was that nations needed robust birthrates to protect their economic welfare‚ and that if only we could produce food more efficiently‚ feeding the Earth’s burgeoning population wouldn’t be a problem. Now‚ with 1 billion of the world’s people chronically hungry and the population expected to increase by 50% before the end of the century‚ we know better. Or we ought to. A recent five-part series by Times
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was destroyed by fire the original roof being terracotta was replaced with marble when rebuilt by the Romans. To date‚ the future of the temples in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento is uncertain due to landslides which increase their perilous condition. The landscape is highly prone to landslides and rock falls. The rock slopes are moving back and the slope edge‚ draw near to the foundation of the Temple of Hera causing instability. The temple stands on the southern limb of a gently sloping incline
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