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    The Vietnam Syndrome: America’s Gut Feeling The reason the Vietnam Syndrome infected so much of the American population so deeply is due to the film industry. Filmmakers were able to tackle their issues with the war by making films that expressed or demonstrated the flaws that they saw in the way the United States participated in the war‚ such as a toxic division of support and a flawed military culture that produced insanity. The most popular and critically acclaimed Vietnam movies were anti-war

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    Chocolate

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    Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages‚ including the Mayans and Aztecs. The seed of cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavour. The cacao bean begins life inside a fruit‚ called a pod‚ on a tree in the tropics‚ primarily in remote areas of West Africa‚ Southeast Asia and Central and South America. These delicate‚ flower-covered trees need much tending and‚ when farmed using sustainable methods‚ grow in harmony in tropical forests beneath other cash crops

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    grown tusks and head armor also so when they do get in a confrontation the Igali will have a much better chance of winning. Linking Concepts -Bioaccumulation- the Igali is part of the third tropic level. When the Igali Consumes the bear it only gets 1% of the initial nutrients from the first tropic level‚ The first

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    Coconut Myths

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    The coconut plant is found vastly across the tropic area and in time‚ it has proven its title as the “Tree of Life”. It is known for its great versatility as seen in the many domestic‚ commercial‚ and industrial uses of its different parts. The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics for decoration‚ as well as for its many culinary and non-culinary uses. Its versatility is even noted in its naming. In Sanskrit it is kalpa vriksha which means "the tree which provides all the necessities of life"

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    Brinjal or eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important solanaceous crop of sub-tropics and tropics. The name brinjal is popular in Indian subcontinents and is derived from Arabic and Sanskrit whereas the name eggplant has been derived from the shape of the fruit of some varieties‚ which are white and resemble in shape to chicken eggs. It is also called aubergine (French word) in Europe. India is native of Brinjal (Thompson and Kelly‚ 1957). The brinjal is of much importance in the warm areas

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    enrichment * Agriculture: the growing of crops on permanent plots of land by using the plow‚ irrigation‚ and fertilizer. Ch. 10 * Bergmann’s Rule: Cold-climate-adapted populations tend to have larger bodies than populations adapted to the tropics * Allen’s Rule: Cold-climate-adapted populations tend to have shorter arms and legs relative to height than

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    Poem and Song #1: Never Give Up “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is a well-known piece written during the Harlem Renaissance. In this poem‚ Hughes uses a mother-figure as a narrator. She is speaking to her son and telling him about her life. She has had a rough life but has persevered to this point and plans on continuing that. She tells her son to never give up and to keep going even when it’s hard. The overall tone of this poem is one of hope and perseverance. When Hughes’ narrator says

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    India Size and Location

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    progress during the last five decades. It has moved forward displaying remarkable progress in the field of agriculture‚ industry‚ technology and overall economic development. India has also contributed significantly to the making of world history. The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30’N) divides the country into almost two equal parts. To the southeast and southwest of the mainland‚ lie the Andaman and Nicobar islands and the Lakshadweep islands in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea respectively. Find out the extent

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    Deforestation

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    is the rate at which deforestation is occurring. Currently‚ 12 million hectares of forests are cleared annually - an area 1‚3 times the size of KwaZulu/Natal! Almost all of this deforestation occurs in the moist forests and open woodlands of the tropics. At this rate all moist tropical forest could be lost by the year 2050‚ except for isolated areas in Amazonia‚ the Zaire basin‚ as well as a few protected areas within reserves and parks. Some countries such as Ivory Coast‚ Nigeria‚ Costa Rica‚ and

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    Introduction Double consciousness speaks of the dual identity of members of the African Diaspora who experience an internal struggle between their black heritage and the mark of the European that has been imposed upon them‚ whether by blood‚ through the rape of their ancestral mothers or by their forced immersion into an environment dominated by the European master. W. E. B. Du Bois is very explicit in presenting this conflict in his book‚ The Soul’s of Black Folk: After the Egyptian and Indian

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