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    The movie’s theme is the futility and insanity of war and a story portraying a British and a Japanese Colonel who are two different leaders from different cultures with different leadership styles. Both the men are similar in a lot of ways and they love their commanding stature and have immense pride and dedication to it. I feel that the Japanese colonel (Saito) was a leader who believed in commanding and making people work indifferently. His rules did not differentiate between the working style

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    The Sacramento River Originating in the Klamath Mountains‚ the Sacramento River is the largest river in California‚ draining over 70‚000 kilometers. Located within Northern and Central California‚ the Sacramento River flows south for about 412 kilometers until it reaches the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The Sacramento River runs through 19 Californian counties‚ being bounded by Sierra Nevada and Coast Rangers‚ area known as the Sacramento Valley. For about 12‚000

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    The Athabasca River runs 1231 kilometers (765 miles) long and drops 1600 metres (5200 feet) in elevation. The Athabasca is the largest undammed river‚ and is the second largest river in Alberta‚ Canada. Starting an unnamed lake at the foot of the Athabasca Glacier‚ which is in the Columbia Icefield‚ the Athabasca River empties into the Peace-Athabasca Delta and Lake Athabasca. It then flows north as Rivière des Rochers‚ joining the Peace River to form Slave river‚ which empties into Great Slave Lake

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    On the Mississippi River in New Orleans‚ there is a place where ships drop out of the water. These ships catch a current and go at least thirty feet‚ and then the ships will continue to descend to the east or south. This movement of the ships shows that there is a relationship between the rivers and the terrain that is around them‚ which can be seen with any river‚ not just the Mississippi. For the New Orleans River‚ the adjacent terrain is Cajun Country. There is a triangle formed in southern Louisiana

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    Trip on the Ganges River Dear Paul‚ About 2 weeks ago I went on an exciting trip along the Ganges River. In this letter I’ll tell you all about it. It turns out that the Ganges has its beginning in an ice cave 10‚300 feet above sea level in the snow-covered Himalayan Mountains of northern India. From there‚ the river flows towards the southeast and goes through East Pakistan‚ for about 1‚557 miles. Ganges River then empties into the Bay of Bengal. Several tributary rivers‚ including the Jumna

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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel that centers on a journey down the Mississippi River. An integral part of the story‚ the river takes Huck and Jim to different towns to experience many adventures. The river is also an important part of American history and has an interesting role today. With a length of 6‚270 km‚ the Mississippi River is the second- longest river in the United States (Mississippi River‚ 2005). Its source is Lake Itasca in Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota and it empties

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    Ohio River Pollution Have you ever eaten fish out of the Ohio River? Think twice about frying up your next catch. The Ohio River is believed to be one of the most polluted rivers in the United States. Industrial pollutants as well‚ as agricultural pollutants‚ had a big effect on The people in surrounding communities‚ the wildlife habitat‚ and the river water quality. The Ohio River community needs to be more informed and aware of the toxins in the Ohio River in order stop this devastating problem

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    The Atchafalaya River is a 137 mile long distributary of the Mississippi River and Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States. It flows south‚ just west of the Mississippi River and is the fifth largest river in North America‚ by discharge. (From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia) The Atchafalaya River is navigable and provides a significant industrial shipping channel for the state of Louisiana‚ as well as the cultural heart of the Cajun Country. Fun fact it’s been closed

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    communicate his fascination with the Mississippi river to his readers. He does this through the use of rhetorical and literary devices. Ethos and logos work together in the first and second paragraphs to make the reader know that Barry does not have a surface level fascination with rivers but one so deep that it has driven him to research everything about rivers to try and gain a scientific understanding of them. Barry begins the passage by talking about all rivers in general. In the first paragraph he builds

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    Rivers Flowing through "On the Rainy River" and the "Red Convertible" Rivers constantly flow‚ never stopping to take a break. Rivers symbolize no beginning or end. They are rather continuousness and ever gushing‚ sometimes elegantly and other times rigidly. Rivers are powerful and almighty‚ carrying with it anything that crosses its path and stopping only to none. Rivers define boundaries‚ and create obstacles for people when they encounter one another. In "On the Rainy River" by Tim O’Brien

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