"Pork barrel" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 49 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    M6 Assault Rifle Essay

    • 857 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Rifle The M16 Assault rifle came into service in 1962 to replace the M1 Garand and other types of single automatic rifle. The M16 has a direct gas impingement system‚ meaning‚ after the firing pin hits the the primer and the bullet is sent down the barrel‚ propellent gas builds up behind the bullet and then is siphoned into the gas tube and sent back to the bolt carrier. After the bullet is shot the bolt moves back and and compresses the buffer spring as small as it can and then picks up the next bullet

    Premium Cannon

    • 857 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Gatling Gun didn’t see much action during the Civil War except for a battle and gun ship wars. The Gatling Gun was designed in 1861 and patented November 4th‚ 1862 (The Gatling Gun). Jams often occurred in this model because the barrels and chamber didn’t always a line properly (Gatling Gun). The Union army didn’t adopt this version because of the many problems it had even though it proved successful in the field tests (Foner). Gatling made an improvement version in 1862 which solve

    Premium American Civil War Confederate States of America United States

    • 799 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    vegetable dish with some traditional Chinese greens • Dong Po Pork‚ an extremely fatty chunk of pork in a syrupy sauce • the West Lake Vinegar Fish‚ fish with a vinegar sauce • Longjing Tea Prawns‚ baby prawns with salt‚ sprinkled with rather flavourless longjing tea leaves • Beggar’s Chicken‚ wrapped in fresh lotus leaves and baked on fire. The chicken meat is soft and tender and falls easily off the bones Steamed Rice and Pork Wrapped by Lotus Leaves • Lotus Root Pudding Afternoon •

    Premium Green tea

    • 487 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Talking about energy resources‚ let’s see the production and consumption of each energy available in this country. The data used below are from BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013. 1) Oil Production and consumption of oil (Thousand barrels daily) 2500 2000

    Premium Petroleum Iraq

    • 1819 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Rising Gas Prices

    • 1150 Words
    • 5 Pages

    the pumps because frequent consumers would not curtail their consumption. Contrary to what some think‚ gasoline isn’t the only product refined from crude oil. In his article “Gas Prices Rising”‚ Matt Rosenberg wrote that‚ “Only about 51.4% of an oil barrel is used to make gasoline; the rest of the oil is used to make other products such as jet fuel‚ asphalt‚ road oil‚ heating oil and liquefied refinery gas” (Para 3‚ Rosenberg). This makes oil a high demand commodity around the world and because most

    Premium Petroleum

    • 1150 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract 1. Exchange: Dubai Mercantile Exchange 2. Trading Unit: 1‚000 U.S. barrels (42‚000 gallons) 3. Contract Value: The contract value shall be the Final Settlement Price multiplied by one thousand (1‚000) multiplied by the number of Contracts to be delivered 4. Price Quotation: U.S. dollars and cents per barrel  5. Trading Symbol: OQD 6. Trading Hours : Electronic trading is open from 16:00 CST/CDT Sundays and from 17:00 CST/CDT Monday to Thursday and closes at 16:15

    Premium Futures contract

    • 843 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    M1 Garand Arms

    • 1578 Words
    • 7 Pages

    GARAND)   In describing the manual of arms‚ the term‚ “at the balance”‚ refers to a point on the rifle just forward of the trigger housing. Whenever a position is described as “diagonally across the body”‚ the rifle barrel is up. The butt is in front of the right hip‚ and the rifle barrel crosses a point opposite the junction of neck and left shoulder. The rifle is grasped at the balance with the left hand.  Hold palm of hand toward the body with wrist straight.  The cadence for rifle movement is quick

    Premium Left-handedness Left-wing politics Right-wing politics

    • 1578 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Guns of today

    • 700 Words
    • 3 Pages

    these here haven’t been called “Weapons”‚ and the reason is- guns‚ if used properly‚ are not any harm to anyone who follows and knows the rules of shooter safety. The first type of gun is the Rifle. This is the term used for a gun that has a rifled barrel (hence the name “rifle”) and only fires a single projectile per shot. It may have a clip that holds more than one cartridge‚ maybe for a follow-up shot if you miss a deer‚ or for easy and fun target shooting. There are many types of rifles‚ which

    Premium Firearm Rifle

    • 700 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Veggie Or vegan? CHAT TO YOUR SERVER FOR YOUR DEDICATED MENU C PROSE CO & IBBLES N APEROL SPRITZ £6.40 Aperol‚ soda & Prosecco Pork scratchings £2.95 With spiced fennel salt & orchard dipping sauce BELLINI £6.70 Prosecco & peach purée Tuna polpette £3.75 Crispy balls of yellowfin tuna with scented harissa ROSSINI £6.70 Prosecco & berry purée ARTISAN ITALIAN BREADS £3.85 Homemade rosemary focaccia‚ sourdough‚ music bread & grissini with olive oil‚ balsamic

    Premium Italian cuisine Fruit

    • 997 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    TEACHING NOTE: A VOTRE SANTÉ 1 The A Votre Santé (AVS) case is multi-faceted in that it requires students to incorporate operational measures into product costing results‚ and also to understand cost accounting from a variety of perspectives‚ such as: Product versus period costs Variable versus fixed costs Activity based costing Relevant costs and opportunity costs Additionally‚ the case questions require both quantitative and qualitative analyses of the business issues faced by AVS

    Premium Costs Variable cost Fixed cost

    • 1166 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50