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    political unrest grew‚ the support from a war in North Vietnam grew and in 1963 John.F.Kennedy was assassinated. President Johnson felt that‚ to keep in with the US foreign policy of containment‚ he would have to send a vast amount of young troops into Vietnam to help fight the rising influence of the Viet Cong. For over 10 years‚ the Us pledged thousands of soldiers and billions in financial aid until public opinion and guerrilla tactics forced the US to withdraw from Vietnam. Many reasons had an impact

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    “And they took us from our family‚ took us away‚ they took us away‚ snatched from our mother’s breasts‚ said this was for the best.” Good Morning/Good Afternoon. Tribalism plays a fundamental role in our society‚ from children having fun in the playground to colleagues in a professional office. While tribalism does have its unifying aspects‚ in our society acts as a barrier and provides people with more reasons to stay divided. | . It can fuel hatred‚ hegemony and xenophobia. Tribalism is vicious

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    Catching Fire

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    Catching Fire Suzanne Collins is a mutually celebrated writer of many books‚ including The Hunger Games trilogy. Catching Fire is just one of these astounding books. Catching Fire‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ belongs in the science fiction genre because of the advancements and invention of different technologies. For example‚ mockingjays‚ a common animal in the story‚ are the product of female mockingbirds and male jabberjays. These jabberjays were genetically engineered by the Capitol‚ a ruthless

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    Fire Insurance

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    FIRE INSURANCE WHAT IS FIRE INSURANCE? Fire insurance is a contract under which the insurer in return for a consideration (premium) agrees to indemnify the insured for the financial loss which the latter may suffer due to destruction of or damage to property or goods‚ caused by fire‚ during a specified period. The contract specifies the maximum amount‚ agreed to by the parties at the time of the contract‚ which the insured can claim in case of loss. This amount is not‚ however‚ the measure

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    Fire Insurance

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    Fire Insurance | | | | Fire insurance is a contract under which the insurer in return for a consideration (premium) agrees to indemnify the insured for the financial loss which the latter may suffer due to destruction of or damage to property or goods‚ caused by fire‚ during a specified period. The contract specifies the maximum amount‚ agreed to by the parties at the time of the contract‚ which the insured can claim in case of loss. This amount is not‚ however‚ the measure of the loss. The

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    Man on fire

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    Man on fire "Man on fire" is a great and touching movie‚ which tells a story of a bodyguard names "John Creasy". Creasy was hired to protect a young daughter of a wealthy Mexico City couple "Pita" from getting kidnapped. Creasy has a lot in common with Jesus. He has scars in his hands; he sometimes looks heavenwards why God has forsaken him. He has God’s word on his mind and heart. And his initials‚ "J.C". Creasy is a wounded American who meditates on bullets as much as he does the bible. However;

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    Wings of Fire

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    WINGS OF FIRE (Dr. Abdul kalam and Arun Tiwari) With an idea of A noble Mission ‚ a strong vision to build a strong nation “Wings of fire” is a book full of inspiration and Indianess ‚it is an autobiography of the former president of India Dr. A. P.J. Abdul Kalam (1999) written by combined effort of Dr. Kalam and Arun Tiwari. Born on October 15‚ 1931‚ at Rameshwaram‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India ‚ Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam specialized in aeronautical engineering from Madras Institute

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    FIRE SAFETY

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    FIRE What is fire? For a fire to occur‚ three elements need to be present; 1. Heat 2. Fuel 3. Oxygen The three elements are normally described as the triangle of fire and if the three elements come together‚ a potential fire will occur. Oxygen is generally always present; the other two elements vary depending on the environment. In a working environment fuel is present in four types of groups: Solid fuel Liquid fuel Electrical Gaseous Paper Alcohol gel Computers Propane Cardboard Oils Televisions

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    Kindle Fire

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    Kindle Fire: A little over 3 months: Amazon has sold nearly 5M Kindle Fires and had capture ½ of the non-Apple tablet market share. Worldwide sales of e-book since the introduction of the Kindle product line had grown from less than 1% of all books sold to 15% in 2012 Amazon has to refine its strategy fir Kindle Fire because of IPad 3 New entrants such as Samsung‚ Motorola‚ and Google were beginning to wnter the tablet market Amazon’s long-time competitor in the E Ink-based readers‚ Barnes& Noble

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    The Fire Escape

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    of the characters had the will to escape from their imaginary worlds‚ and that escape was represented by many symbols during the play‚ one of them were the fire escape. The fire escape which represents the one way excursion which Tom needed in order to find a temporary safe haven from the nagging of his mother‚ Amanda‚ and the responsibilities he had towards his crippled sister‚ Laura. Tom was suffocating both emotionally and spiritually and it was the fire escape that represented the bridge between

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