Who was responsible for the loss of life with the sinking of the Titanic? By Rebecca Gutteridge Year 9 RMS Titanic‚ so called the ‘unsinkable ship’‚ became the largest maritime disaster in history when she hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage through the North Atlantic. Much indecision surrounds
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Omar Said Tragedy of Disappointment At the height of his presidency‚ Woodrow Wilson had many successes that made a huge impact on the country as well as the world. However‚ he also had very bad points as well. One of those bad points was the Treaty of Versailles. In many ways‚ the Treaty of Versailles mirrored his presidency. His ruthlessness for self- determination in his policies coming into Paris did not allow him to get what he really wanted in the treaty. In the end‚ Wilson was
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because of its ability to hold high electric charges. The electronics industry is by far the biggest consumer of Coltan. The cost and technology involved in sourcing Coltan are low‚ particularly when it is mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Africa. There are other places on the world where tantalum can be found. Russia for instance is rich in the resource but has not exploited their deposits. Australia produces about 60% of the world’s tantalum‚ but the world’s largest reserves
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An American Tragedy: How a Good Company Died The Rust Belt is back. So say bullish observers as U.S. exports surge‚ long-moribund industries glow with newfound profits‚ and unemployment dips to lows not seen in a decade. But in the smokestack citadels‚ there’s disquiet. Too many machine-tool and auto parts factories are silent; too many U.S. industries still can’t hold their own. What went wrong since the heyday of the 1960s? That’s the issue Max Holland‚ a contributing editor of The Nation‚
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problem statement-3 The Bhopal Gas Tragedy of December 3‚ 1984 is one of the most hazardous industrial accidents in history. The exposure of around 500‚000 people to 42 tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate gas was a nightmare come true for all resulting in deaths in numbers that could never have been imagined from industrial accidents. All this and the after-effects could have been prevented if proper precautionary measures had been taken beforehand. Despite of an accident on such a large scale
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class‚ people were considered third world and how the industrial revolution would grasp the new colonies in Africa. They really do not have much‚ as viewed from other people coming in. The two main countries in Africa that the books talk about are The Congo and Nigeria‚ where old styles of living were still persistent at the time. Tactics being used on these cultures would be easy‚ because they have yet to become as advanced as the rest of the world. King Leopold used tactics in such a way as a little
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Farming is rough in the Democratic Republic of Congo but there are some strategies that lighten the weight of the ecological problem. The idea of promoting local agricultural co-ops can assist in spreading of knowledge or methods of preserving soil‚ supplying food to families or for trade‚ and reducing the need for deforestation to name a few. By spreading information new methods of keeping the soil rich in nutrients are bound to pop up. Passage B states‚" Learning methods that will preserve and
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Elisabeth Stuart Phelps captures the essence of time when “ young ladies had not begun to have ‘opinions’ upon the doctrine of evolution‚ and before feminine friendships and estrangements were founded on the distinctions between protoplasm and bioplasm” (Phelps 8). She writes a kunstlerroman novel of young woman who has the ability to go far with her artistic talent and looses her inspiration after being married. Another author who tackles similar issues is Louisa May Alcott and her novel “Little
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The Congo River encloses the Congo to represent a barrier between light‚ the outside‚ and dark‚ the inside of Africa. In Joseph Conrad’s novel‚ Heart of Darkness‚ the Congo River symbolizes movement and a journey into one’s inner spirit. The main character Marlow is on a journey to Africa to meet Kurtz‚ a man of great abilities. Marlow joins The Company‚ a trading company in the Congo‚ in order to be able to travel. Marlow’s journey takes course on the Congo River whose current is flowing strong
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[pic] TERM PAPER ON BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY : IS THE GOVERNMENT SLEEPING Submitted to :- Submitted by :- Lect.Vishwas chakranarayan Harpreet singh Roll no. A18 Section :- S1001 INDEX 1.Preface 2.Acknowledgement 3.Contents 4.Introduction
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