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    Martin Bormann was an outstanding Nazi serving as a Private Secretary to Adolf Hitler who had managed to gain considerable power within the Nazi Party. Nobody knew him outside of the Party elite since he had worked in the shadows of Hitler. Bormann became the Head of the Party Chancellery by 1940. He was imprisoned for murder in 1920s and didn’t posses any prominent skills but despite this fact‚ he had managed to rise through the German ranks and gain an enormous power in Hitler’s administration

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    is able to recognize Fontaine’s intelligence and that he is insistent on making an escape. The title of the film is a forewarning to the viewer and that “A Man Escaped”‚ and that warning causes the viewer to question if the title alludes to Fontaine‚ or another prisoner. The drama is built upon that upfront information and it is heightened the further into the duration the viewer gets‚ up until the final escape sequence. The scene for analysis takes place at approximately Twenty minutes into

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    Giovanni Da Verrazano

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    attacking ships belonging to the Spanish and the Portuguese. He was also an Italian navigator‚ in 1524‚ explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear‚ North Carolina to Maine while trying to find a Northwest Passage to Asia. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge‚ a suspension bridge that goes through New York Harbor‚ connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island‚ was something that’s named after him. Giovanni Da Verrazano was born in 1485 Val di Greve‚ south of Florence‚ Italy‚ Republic of Florence

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    "The Escape" by Somerset Maugham I have always believed that if a woman made up her mind to marry a man nothing could save him. I have only once known a man who in such circumstances managed to save himself. His name was Roger Charing. He was no longer young when he fell in love with Ruth Barlow and he had had enough experience to make him careful; but Ruth Barlow had a gift that makes most men defenceless. This was the gift of pathos. Mrs. Barlow was twice a widow. She had splendid dark eyes and

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    The Tacoma Narrows bridge of 1940 was a disastrous‚ yet amazing‚ flawed‚ yet stunning structure. The Tacoma narrows bridge travels across the Puget Sound river‚ connecting Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula. It was located in Washington State‚ before tragedy struck. The bridge‚ the 3rd longest suspension bridge in the world at the time‚ was designed by a man named Leon Moiseff‚ helped by Elmer Maxwell Hayden‚ Clark Eldridge‚ Frederick Bert Farquharson‚ Lacey V. Murrow‚ and around 225 workers with

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    this support‚ Indian Railways have also emerged as the major strength of the Indian economy. Distance covered by Indian Railways Indian Railways covers total 63‚140 route kilometers as on 31.3.2002‚ including broad gauge (total 45‚099 kilometers)‚ narrow gauge (total 3‚265 kilometers) and meter gauge (total 14‚776 kilometers). It is considered as the main part of the India�s transportation system. Some major statistics related to Indian Railways: • Wagons (units) - 2‚16‚717 • number of locomotives

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    MOVIE SUMMARY: In 2013‚ human cities come under attack by the Kaijus: colossal beasts who come through an interdimensional portal on the Pacific Ocean floor. To combat them‚ the Pacific Rim nations build the Jaegers: equally colossal humanoid war machines. Each Jaeger is piloted by two people whose brains are linked to share the overwhelming mental load of operating the machine. The Jaegers are initially effective‚ but many are destroyed as the Kaijus grow more powerful and their attacks more

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    Smart Phones Narrow Digital Divide Taylor Forester Grantham University Abstract This essay discusses how Smart Phones are narrowing the digital divide between African Americans‚ Latinos and white non Hispanics. The paper discusses what can be done on a desktop PC or laptop that can ’t be done on a smart phone‚ why smart phone ownership in third world countries will help close the digital divide‚ attributes associated with smart phone ownership compared to house hold

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    this support‚ Indian Railways have also emerged as the major strength of the Indian economy. Distance covered by Indian Railways Indian Railways covers total 63‚140 route kilometers as on 31.3.2002‚ including broad gauge (total 45‚099 kilometers)‚ narrow gauge (total 3‚265 kilometers) and meter gauge (total 14‚776 kilometers). It is considered as the main part of the India�s transportation system. Some major statistics related to Indian Railways: • Wagons (units) - 2‚16‚717 • number of locomotives

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    Boys playing cards‚ Darwin. Sharpe was struck by the youth of the soldiers and their amazing resourcefulness in changing situations. Her delightful gouache‚ Night on HMAS Jervis Bay‚ finds Sharpe peering out of her makeshift tent on deck seeking an escape route to the bathroom. Sharpe’s handling of paint is assured in the many works she did of the East Timorese people‚ particularly the children. The intensity of their emotion reflects her compassion for and interest in what she observed during her

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