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Papers on Miscellaneous Topics
How To Use Commas
Number of words: 218 | Number of pages: 1.... Wrong- But, she did get it done on time.
Right- But, to be fair, she did get it done on time.
* Between a month and year in a date: NOT November, 1990, The comma stops two
sets of numerals from running into one another. WRIGHT November 20, 1990.
* Some style guides call for omitting the comma after very short dependent
clauses at the beginning of a sentence: NOT “On Saturday, the office is closed.”
WRIGHT “On Saturday the office is closed.” But do use a comma after long
dependent causes: “Because the entire epic is concerned with justifying the ways
of God to man, Milton must present free will in a .....
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The Atomic Bomb Anad Nuclear Bombs
Number of words: 668 | Number of pages: 3.... by each reaction hit other atoms and create more fission reactions until all the fissile material is exhausted or scattered.
This process of fission releases enormous energy in the form of extreme heat and a massive shock wave; this is the intense explosion. In addition to its nearly unimaginable destructive force, consisting of pressure waves, flash burns, and high winds, a nuclear explosion also produces deadly radiation in the form of gamma rays and neutrons. The radiation destroys living matter and contaminates soil and water.
Atomic bombs were the first nuclear weapons to be developed, tested, and used. In the late 1930s physi .....
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Game Theory (Strategic Thinking In Everyday Life)
Number of words: 380 | Number of pages: 2.... in a way
which provides them with the greatest benefits.. Interdependence is the idea
that what one player does will directly affect the other and vice -versa. By
players I am talking about any two interdependant variables, whether they be
people, countries, animals etc. Game theorist take apart a situation involving
two players and systematically analyze their objectives and their potential
outcomes. In doing so they are able to create models which replicate the basic
motives each player has and diagram the outcomes.. Game theory is something that
to some extent all of us have experience in. Dealing with spouse, co-workers,
bus .....
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Greek And Roman Architecture
Number of words: 2068 | Number of pages: 8.... also made what became the very common
round, domed temple. The main temple of a Roman city was the capitolium. The
Pantheon, the famous temple in Rome, was a sample for some of the modern day
cathedrals and churches.
The Classical Period Temples became much larger and more elaborate.
Parthenon, one of the most famous structures ever, was created during that
period. The Greeks held many religious festivals in honour of their gods. The
purpose of festivals was to please the gods and convince them to grant the
people's wishes. Such as making the crops grow or bringing victory in war. In
addition to religious events athletic com .....
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Swahili
Number of words: 285 | Number of pages: 2.... and sailed back up to south-west on the reverse monsoon
winds, between June and October, already in pre-Islamic times.
The coast, the land of Zenj to the Arabs, was inhabited by peoples of
undetermined origin-perhaps by Bushmanoid groups, by Bantu speakers, perhaps by
Cushitic-speakers, perhaps even by people of Indonesian ancestry(who had settled
in Madagascar as early as the first millennium A.D. and conceivably could have
settled further north as well). Initially Arab immigration was scarce,
settlement was sparse and it was limited to the islands. But it did occur,
marriage with the women of the coast took place and the fir .....
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BUILDING A RADIO EMPIRE-CHANCE
Number of words: 4866 | Number of pages: 18.... However, the future of radio didn¡¦t really begin until 1890 when Branly transmitted the first radio waves in France. In 1901 the American Marconi Company, the forerunner of RCA, sent radio signals across the Atlantic. And five years later, ¡§a program of voice and music was broadcast in the United States.¡¨
In 1907 DeForest began a regular radio broadcast featuring music. In 1909 the first talk-radio format, covering women¡¦s suffrage, was broadcast. And in 1912, the United States Congress passed a law to regulate radio stations. In 1917 the first radio station, KDKA, was built; and in 1920 the first schedule .....
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Some Tips On Car Restoration
Number of words: 1635 | Number of pages: 6.... the distributor, under-dash wiring, and engine internals. This can be very helpful in those frustrating times when there are parts strewn from wall to wall in no particular order. Mine was an integral part of the process on my 1969 Chevy project.
Most people who are new to the project car scene tend to begin the project with cosmetics such as paint, interior vinyl and carpeting, and chromed accessories. This will not pay off in the end. The place to start is with the engine and suspension. In doing this at the beginning, you will minimize the chance of damaging expensive cosmetics and having to redo your work unnecessarily .....
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Money Laundering--The Process
Number of words: 362 | Number of pages: 2.... postal orders, etc.
The second step, layering, is the first attempt to conceal or disguise the source of the ownership of the funds by creating complex layers of financial transactions designed to disguise the audit trail and provide anonymity. The purpose of layering is to disassociate the illegal moneys from the source of the crime by purposely creating a complex web of financial transactions aimed at concealing any audit trail as well as the source and ownership of the funds.
The third step, integration, is the stage at which the money is integrated into the legitimate economic and financial system and is assimilated with .....
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Architecture Set In Motion
Number of words: 1569 | Number of pages: 6.... cupids, garlands, and birds. Salon de la Princesse is the last major style before neoclassicism, but the free form of the style is a predominate feature in modern organic architecture, and redevelops in the late nineteenth century through the style of Art Nouveau, which is used by Victor Horta, in the Tassel House.
2.Hoare et al.: Stourhead, Wiltshire, England, redesign begun 1750s
The “English” garden is one of the greatest gifts that English designers have contributed to the world of architecture, and the gardens that surround the Stourhead estate in Wiltshire England are massed with many forms of natural origin, and as conta .....
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Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right?
Number of words: 874 | Number of pages: 4.... death penalty. Orwell writes "It is curious; but till that
moment I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man.
When I saw the prisoner step aside to avoid the puddle, I saw the mystery, the
unspeakable wrongness, of cutting a life short when it is in full tide. This
man was not dying, he was alive just as we are alive." In this quote Orwell
brings out the emotion of knowing that what is being executed may seem like a
monster, but the fact remains that the prisoner is still a human being. Orwell
also brings out the point that when we were a society that conducted hangings,
the executioner would put a ba .....
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