History The Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement is usually called CAFTA-DR. It is a free trade agreement that includes the United States and the Central American countries of Costa Rica‚ El Salvador‚ Guatemala‚ Honduras‚ and Nicaragua originally‚ and in 2004‚ the Dominican Republic joined the negotiations. Nearly all Central American exports to the United States were already tariff-free since the Caribbean Basin Initiative was first enacted in 1984. The agreement is a treaty
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Why the Hawaiian Islands were Valuable to American Interest in the Pacific Can eight little islands really defeat an entire empire? Maybe not on their own‚ but even the most insignificant of lands can prove overwhelmingly decisive in the most colossal of conflicts. The Hawaiian Islands were important to the United States (U.S.) for strategic‚ tactical‚ and logistical reasons in planning for a war in the Pacific. Had it not been for this archipelago‚ the Pacific War might have lasted much longer
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The Angel of Death: Dr. Josef Mengele Dr. Josef Mengele: one of the most notorious doctors in history. He is one of the many names that come to mind when discussing the Holocaust. He performed vile‚ bizarre and inhumane experiments on prisoners within Auschwitz that had no genuine impact on the science community‚ other that being a personification of the words “unethical” and “malpractice.” Josef Mengele was born March 16‚ 1911 in Gunzburg‚ Germany. His parents were Karl and Walburga Mengele. He
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Dr. Barry James Marshall is an Australian physician who is significant for discovering Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) as the most common cause of peptic ulcers. Scientists and physicians ridiculed Dr. Marshall for his idea at the time. During the time Dr. Marshall began his work‚ the scientific community agreed that peptic ulcers were the result of various phenomena such as stress‚ spicy food and the stomach overproducing acid. Scientists at the time also believed it was impossible for bacteria
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Formation of Volcanic Islands When people think of volcanoes‚ most would imagine a deadly explosion of liquid hot magma that ruthlessly obliterates anything in plain view. If volcanoes demolish everything in sight then how did life become what it is today? Volcanoes are not just a source of destruction and mayhem‚ long before civilization‚ while the earth was still being developed its apocalyptic surface consisted of nothing but molten rock and volcanic eruptions were a common occurrence; it was
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Vanessa Hernandez 12 Smith St. Port Chester‚ NY 10-15-13 Dr.Combs 1 Tamarack Rd. Dear Dr.Combs‚ Being in high school does not give you the time to wait in line for lunch now in days. There are many students who have tests or labs to finish in class before lunch. This makes students run late. Some students do not have the time to take advantage of using their lunch period in a right manner. Why not bring back the healthy snacks? School vending machines bring many benefits into consideration
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the songs. When people change the song and post it on the internet others will stop to listen to the old one and starts to listen to the new one. However‚ he agreed with Andy Warhol when he used the photomechanical method on his own way. He said‚ “Not content with copying the style or subjects of others‚ he used photomechanical methods to put actual reproduction of works into his creations”. This means that people can look up for certain things and change it to
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Labour Studies‚ Tata Institute of Social Sciences‚ Mumbai. It has not previously formed the basis for the award of any degree‚ diploma‚ or certificate of this Institute or of any other institute or university. I have duly acknowledged all the sources used by me in the preparation of this dissertation. 27/2/2014 Siddharth Shah CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the dissertation
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discrimination‚ the system of Chaturvarna — the categorization of Hindu society into four varnas — and the Hindu caste system. He is also credited with providing a spark for the conversion of hundreds of thousands of untouchables to Theravada Buddhism. Dr. Ambedkar was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian award‚ in 1990. Overcoming numerous social and financial obstacles‚ Ambedkar became one of the first so called "Outcasts" to obtain a college education in India. Eventually
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including Bob Hope Airport‚ John Wayne Airport‚ Long Beach Airport‚ LA/Ontario International Airport‚ and Palm Springs International Airport also serve the region. LAX is also the busiest airport in California and the West Coast of the United States in terms of flight operations‚ passenger traffic and air cargo activity‚ leading it to be referred to as the Gateway to the Pacific Rim. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the third busiest airport in the United States. United Airlines/United Express
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