“The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine caused the United States to invade Cuba in 1898.” On February 16th‚ 1898‚ the U.S.S Maine was bombed and destroyed‚ killing more than 250 people that were onboard. The press flooded the newspapers with headlines reading‚ ‘DESTRUCTION OF THE WAR SHIP MAINE WAS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY’ (words coming from Assistant Secretary Roosevelt) and ‘NAVAL OFFICERS THINK THE MAINE WAS DESTROYED BY A SPANISH MINE’ (New York Journal). Most of the information was coming from eyewitnesses
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1. The length of a rectangle is 4 feet less than twice the width of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 85 feet‚ find the width and the length. X L W x 2W-3 2. A total of $9000 is deposited into two simple interest accounts. In one account the annual simple interest rate is 5%‚ and in the second account the annual simple interest rate is 7%. The amount of interest earned for 1 year was $485. How much was invested in each account?
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Cobalt Wedding Bands Review Cobalt wedding bands are crafted having a super strong metal that mixes an incredibly higher level of sturdiness using the vibrant reflective appearance of white gold or platinum. Using the many pros cobalt engagement rings have to give you‚ cobalt rings might even at some point exceed tungsten and titanium wedding rings. To discover if this sounds like the best metal for the wedding ring‚ and also to begin to see the benefits and drawbacks of cobalt plus how cobalt
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A worn path is a short story that features the main character Phoenix Jackson. Her character alludes to a mythical bird that consumed itself in fire after five hundred years and rose renewed from it’s ashes. Phoenix is a very old woman who has a dying grandson that is terminally ill. Her objective is to travel through the woods and retrieve medicine for her ill son. She begins the long journey to town on “A bright frozen day in the early morning”(Welty 462). in december. The story seems to indicate
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Ashley Covington Mrs. Ellenwood May 10‚ y English 1020 “A Worn Path” The short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty provides a very meaningful theme. The theme is shown through the main character‚ who’s name is Phoenix Jackson. She will go through any obstacle in the way‚ to pursue the goal that she has set for herself to complete in a day. Phoenix may be an older woman‚ but she does not allow her age or the fact of being a colored woman make any difference to the goal she has set herself to
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boy who was abandoned by his mother on a camping trip in Maine. Jack wakes up to find himself alone and miles away from his home town in Boston. Jack knows he must find her or the DSS will take him away from her. The only thing he has to comfort himself is the small plastic elephant that he stole from a souvenir shop. With no money‚ food‚ or any type of communication Jack is forced to do things he never thought he would. Soon‚ all of Maine was searching for him. This left him with the question of
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benzene‚ cadmium‚ arsenic‚ nickel‚ chromium‚ 2-naphthyl-amine‚ vinyl chloride‚ 4-aminobiphenyl and beryllium. The reported yields of each of these nine agents in mainstream smoke varies widely. The range of yields reported for a given compound is influenced by the type of cigarette tested and when the analysis was conducted. In micrograms/cigarette‚ the ranges that have been reported for each of the nine compounds are: benzene (0.05–104)‚ cadmium (0–6.67)‚ arsenic (0–1.4)‚ nickel (0–0.51)‚ chromium (0
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6. The width of a rectangle is 9 inches. The length is 1 inch shorter than the diagonal. Find the length of the diagonal. 8. A sum of $2.45 is composed of nickels and quarters‚ there being twice as many as nickels as quarters. How many quarters are there? 10. How many ounces of pure nickel must be added to 150 ounces of alloy 70 per cent pure to make an alloy which is 85 per cent pure? 12. How much water must be added to 200 gallons of mixture
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1. Atlantis is a small‚ isolated island in the South Atlantic. The inhabitants grow potatoes and catch fresh fish. The accompanying table shows the maximum annual output combinations of potatoes and fish that can be produced. Obviously‚ given their limited resources and available technology‚ as they use more of their resources for potato production‚ there are fewer resources available for catching fish. Maximum annual output options Quantity
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major milestone for this country in recognizing that Domestic Violence abuse of woman was not only a problem but also a crisis. The second piece of legislation to be discussed was enacted by the State of Maine intended to shield animals from harm‚ abuse‚ or death in Domestic Violence cases. Maine was the first state in the U.S. to enact such a law. It was Senate Bill 353. Often time’s abusers will use victim’s pets as a way to torture them psychologically and exert even greater control over them
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