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    Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Episode Three: Into the Tropics This episode was actually rather interesting. In general‚ it basically discussed how guns‚ germs‚ and steel have affected and influenced the shaping of African societies as it is today. Diamond’s main quest is to answer the question: why did the world become so unequal? In the mid-1600s the Europeans first arrive at the southernmost tip of South Africa. The southernmost tip of Africa and Europe are almost identical in latitude‚ with

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    Investigatory Project Chapter 1: Introduction Background of the Study Filipinos suffer from facial problems greatly due to Philippines’ tropic weather. The air‚ which is humid‚ carrying vapor from surrounding bodies of water‚ is one of the major causes of skin problems like allergies‚ bungang-araw‚ itchiness‚ also said to be causing freckles and pimples‚ and the list goes on. Test results suggest that every 5 out of 11 teenagers acquire freckles. Statistics also shows that 85% of teenagers have

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    tremendously more fiercely and destructive. Cyclones are originated during the months January up to March‚ when the sun is already returning from the southern tropic in direction to the northern tropic; While the sun is positioned for a short time vertically in the sky above the equator‚ thus only passes it briefly‚ it spends more time in the area of the tropics‚ as the sun gets there‚ turns around and slowly returns. The consequence is that the air and water temperatures strongly increase. According to statistics

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    Love and Revenge in Anna in the Tropics The Queens Community College Theatre‚ on Friday March 16th‚ 2018‚ staged a performance of Anna in the Tropics‚ a two-act play by Nilo Cruz‚ winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2003. This play is based on a true story‚ which took place in Tampa‚ Florida in 1929. Two characters‚ Santiago and his spouse Ofelia‚ owned a cigar factory. As shown in the story‚ one of the traditions of the Cuban cigar factories is that the workers hire a lector or a reader

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    Anna in the Tropics‚ a play that had won a Pulitzer Prize for 2003 had made one of its many performances at the wonderfully built and great resemblance thrust stage. The show was quite spectacular when you look at all the things it had to offer. From the moment you walk into the theatre you notice that almost all of the seats are taken and that this play is very well known and can offer an explosive performance. You knew that by seeing where everyone sat that the distance from the stage to anyone

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    was written in a political context where the benefits of globalization were overly hyped by boosters and economic elites‚ and among intense xenophobia‚ which saw immigrants as over utilizing ‘American’ resources” (Adamson 169). Equally important‚ Tropic of Orange criticizes corporate globalization‚ where labor workers and environmental protection are seen as an unnecessary added cost‚ given the “global geography” and division of labor (Yamashita 204). Sue Lee‚ the author of “We Are Not the World

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    1. The creator of Sherlock Holmes’ was- (a) Shakespeare (b) Dr. Watson (c) Ian Fleming (d) Arthur Conan Doyle Answer : (d) 2. Which of the following is not written by Munshi Premchand ? (a) Gaban (b) Godan (c) Mansarovar (d) Guide Answer : (c) 3. The Parliament of Afghanistan is- (a) Senate (b) Majlis (c) Shora (d) National Assembly Answer : (c) 4. Amnesty International has its headquarters at- (a) New York (b) London (NDA (c) Washington (d) Berlin Answer :(b)

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    introduction or thesis statement. From the start of this paper‚ the reader has no idea what the argument is about. Secondly‚ Bauer jumps randomly from one paragraph to another with no structure to her thoughts. She provides examples of the movie Tropic Thunder‚ and

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