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    Captain Keith Mallory. Captain Jensen assigns him the mission of eliminating the guns on the island of Navarone in order to rescue the twelve hundred British soldiers on the island of Kheros. After Mallory is introduced to his crew‚ they depart for the Navy base of Castelrosso. While discussing their plan of action for Navarone‚ they detain Nicolai‚ the laundry boy for Captain Briggs‚ for spying on their meeting. They eventually release Nicolai and continue on their mission to Navarone. While traveling

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    Why Did The Spanish Armada’s Plan To Overthrow Protestant England In 1588 Fail? It was believed the Spanish Armada were a formidable force and could not be beaten; their weapons and tactics were far superior to any other countries. However‚ the inevitable happened‚ they were beaten and in this enquiry I will talk about the reasons and factors to why the Spanish Armada ended up getting beat trying to overthrow protestant England in 1588. The conflict between England and Spain had been going

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    William Golding Biography

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    For six years he spent his life on a boat. Before he officially went to the Royal Navy‚ he spent 7 months in New York and 6 months where he was helping and assisting Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment. He fell in love with sailing and the sea. During World War II he fought battleships at the sinking of Bismarck. He fended

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    War of 1812

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    Zach Ledogar U.S. History 113 Professor Ajemian 15 April 2011 War of 1812 After the great American Revolutionary War was fought and won by the Americans‚ Great Britain’s forces returned home in much defeat. What was now called the United States of America was on its way to become a strong independent nation separate from Great Britain’s rule. What some people nowadays overlook is the fact that Great Britain would eventually try to take another blow at the American people. This second attempt

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    Parkinsons Law

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    This article is referenced from "Why it is Important that Software Projects Fail"‚ Berglas 2008 Following Parkinson‚ it demonstrates that no amount of software automation will reduce the size of a bureaucracy. http://www.berglas.org/Articles/ImportantThatSoftwareFails/ImportantThatSoftwareFails.html Parkinson’s Law C. Northcote Parkinson C. Northcote Parkinson is Raffles Professor of History at the University of Singapore. This article first appeared in The Economist in November 1955. It

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    Joseph Chin ENG 1A Matthew Duckworth 28 February 2017 The Human Cost of Shipbreaking In The Outlaw Sea‚ author William Langewiesche states‚ “Even the lowliest laborers are proud of what they do at Alang. There is no ship too big to be torn apart this way. More important‚ the economic effects are substantial. Alang and the industries that have sprung from it provide a livelihood‚ however meager‚ for perhaps as many as a million Indians” (205). In Chapter 6‚ Langewiesche examines the lives of the

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    Chapter 48 – Herculean Tug A few weeks later‚ Tom took Amon shopping for some winter clothes – a coat and hat‚ scarves‚ gloves‚ and some work boots – at the army-navy surplus store on Richmond Avenue. Tom insisted on paying for the clothes‚ overcoming the Mariners Harbor resident objections. “I haven’t been around to help you lately. This is the least I can do.” The two young men emerged from the store carrying several bundles of clothing and walked along Richmond Avenue‚ which was decorated with

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    James Cook Research Paper

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    James Cook was a high ranking officer that played a major part in exploration which founded the Hawaiian islands and was one of the best explorers in the world. He went on many great expeditions to the Pacific ocean‚ Antarctic‚ New Zealand‚ Bering Strait‚ Australia‚ North America‚ and a few parts of Canada. Born on October 27‚ 1728 during the Colonial period and Age of Enlightenment(DISCovering Biography). At a young age James Cook did not do much of exploring. His father was a farmer and a small

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    “Unfortunately‚ it has come to this‚ that either Japan must stop her expansion‚ or England must willingly give up some of what she has or hopes to have. Therein lies a cause for war.” Lt Cdr Tota Ishimaru‚ Imperial Japanese Navy 1. The fall of Malaya and Singapore to the hand of the Japanese is a tremendous sign that showed the failure of Operation Matador. In this battle study‚ there are chronology of events that will guide us very closely in knowing and understanding

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    Golding was a part of the Royal Navy in WWII‚ he experienced the “evil” in man with the killing and how it affected them mentally therefore is a microcosm to boys on the island. Jack‚ Roger‚ and Ralph have lost their way of innocence‚ mentally turning them into their own way savages from being on the island so long and trying to survive. Golding uses Jack‚ Roger‚ and Ralph individual personalities on the island as a microcosm. In the first place‚ Jack represents individuals who want leadership and

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