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...civilizations. North of the 45-degree parallel, winds blow mostly from the Arctic northwest across the interior Asian plateau and release what little...

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... The Wall 20 Freedom of Expression 21 Horseshoe Bay 21 The Window 22 End of Summer 23 Spring 23-25 Arctic Spring 25 Strange motherhood 26 Robin 27 Compassionate Child 27 Tender-hearted 28 Sunless Sky 28 Angels in the Snow 29 Window washer in Istanbul 30...

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...g 19 The Wall 20 Freedom of Expression 21 Horseshoe Bay 21 The Window 22 End of Summer 23 Spring 23-25 Arctic Spring 25 Strange motherhood 26 Robin 27 Compassionate Child 27 Tender-hearted 28 Sunless Sky 28 Angels in the Snow 29 Window washer in Istanbul 30...

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...The astronomical beliefs of prehistoric man were doubt similar to those entertained by the Eskimo of the Arctic regions and the untutored tribes of Argentine' Republic, South Africa and Australia, tribes who, living only for the day, concern themselves but little with to- morrow and yesterday and care nothing about the universe....

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... might suppose. Soon her insular hubris of indomitability began to thaw like Arctic permafrost. Then he went on. "There won't be any difficulty in ex... ... the open windows of her car, she was half tempted to drive all the way into arctic Canada instead of returning to the odious smells of her paintﾁNche... ... owls she patterned out ﾁN not regular barn owls, and not saw-whet owls, but Arctic owls living alone in cold snowy deserts. An hour into this some c...

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...ca VIII. Soviet Union, East and South Asia IX. Southeast Asia X. Oceania XI. Arctic Region XII. Antarctic Region XIII. Standard Time Zones of the Worl... ...tes with France, US Climate: varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north Terrain: mostly plains with mountains in west and lowland... ...ar ending 31 December 1986, $2.6 billion; 16.1% of central government budget Arctic Ocean 500km GODTHAB (NUUK) Oaqorto Sec regional map II Ammaisalik ... ...f exploitation Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 3 nm Climate: arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters Terrain: flat to graduall... ...dary disputes: none; maritime dis- pute with USSR; territorial claim in Ant- arctica (Queen Maud Land) Climate: temperate along coast, modified by Gul... ...rtile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north Land use: 3% arable land; 0% permanent crops; NEGL... ...ns with Afghanistan Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north Terrain: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and... ... include Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Kwazulu, Lebowa, Transkei, and Venda 2000km Arctic Ocean Baltic Sea Barents Sea >ji; Mu 'oitok The United State* Gove... ... other nation; Bessarabia question with Romania Climate: mostly temperate to arctic conti- nental; winters vary from cool along Black Sea to frigid in...

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...pecies: just like the Polar bear is doing today: mating with grizzlies in the Arctic to escape from dying out completely as a species. This genetic ... ...s downwind of them that do not pollute the air. China has been polluting the Arctic and the forests of Canada with its industrial air pollution for ...

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...er West the druggist stumbling along in the kind of heavy overshoes called arctics. “Snow will bring the people into town on Saturday,” said the drugg...

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... above average in intelligence but a belligerently independent nonconformist, found himself on a hush-hush government project at a secret base in the Arctic. The very qualities that made him a menace in civilized society were valuable traits in a man who must successfully act the part of a merchant trader of the Beaker people during the Bronze Age. For once they were trans...

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... above average in intelligence but a belligerently independent nonconformist, found himself on a hush-hush government project at a secret base in the Arctic. The very qualities that made him a menace in civilized society were valuable traits in a man who must successfully act the part of a merchant trader of the Beaker people during the Bronze Age.<P/>For once they were tr...

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...r all U.S. armed f orces from California to Africa’s east coast, f rom Arctic to Antarctica) 10 Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i 11 Schofeld Barracks (U.... ...le in a nuclear submarine, is using sonar images to study changes to the Arctic Ocean that may afect all circum-Pacifc nations. The International P...

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...ce of “macroscopic fuctuations” on geographic coordinates (by materials of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions). Biophysics, 2003, v. 48(5), 1123–1131. 6...

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...or scrutiny. He was a striking per sonage, and a most picturesque one, in his Arctic dress of wool and fur. Standing six foot two or three, with prop... ...ed: “And biff! down you come. Oh, great medicine men! You go Fort Yukon, I go Arctic City, — twenty five sleep, — big string, all the time, — I catch ... ...our; good by.’ You look and catch plenty soda. All the time you Fort Yukon, me Arctic City. Hi yu medicine man!” Ruth smiled so ingenuously at the fai... ... for the word, the spirit for the letter. When the world rang with the tale of Arctic gold, and the lure of the North gripped the heartstrings of men,... ...in. Skirting the shores of the bay, where the Mackenzie disem bogues into the Arctic Ocean, they entered the mouth of the Little Peel River. Then beg... ... joined the Yukon where that mighty highway of the North countermarches on the Arctic Circle. But they had lost in the race with winter, and one day t... ...other notions concerning the course of the river, believing it to flow into the Arctic. “Then the Yukon empties into Bering Sea?” he asked. “I do not k... ... unknown upper reaches of the Koyukuk, the strange stream which ended here its arctic travels and merged its waters with the muddy Yukon flood. Somewhe... ... for the better part of a year. After that he poled up the Koyokuk to deserted Arctic City, and later came drifting back, from camp to Bˆ atard 145 c...

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...m and to some point of the polar regions, as it seemed to me, like a flock of arctic snow birds. But sometimes Squaw Walden had her revenge, and a hire...

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...ncy in 2000 (NP) (Sierra Club Voter Guide: Presidential Election). In “Is Arctic Oil the Answer?” Peter Behr writes that the biggest issue pertaining... ...ronment between these two candidates is what we should do in Alaska on the Arctic National Refuge Plain (19). George W. Bush has stated he would allow... ...for the Futrue 8 Joseph M. Schifano Besto of Four the United States, “The Arctic Plain will be spared from the greedy hands of oil compa- nies. We ne... ...n- vironmental worries can be put to sleep. 9 Works Cited Behr, Peter. “Is Arctic Oil the Answer?” Washington Post National Weekly Edi- tion. 23 Octob...

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... Kensington – English 4 Snow Storm Baby THE YEAR WAS 1992; a cold December arctic wind had brought a chance of snow to the area. It was the weekend an...

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...rst, we are so fallen and passive that we may say shortly we have none. An arctic torpor seizes upon men. Although built of nerves, and set adrift in ...

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...its life. The north pole is a significant element in the environment of an arctic explorer, whether he suc- ceeds in reaching it or not, because it de...