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7 Scorpions : Rebellion

By: Mike Saxton

...served – Mike Saxton No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including... ..., or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint of Strategic Book... ...Durham CT 06422 www.StrategicBookGroup.com ISBN: 978-1-60911-286-8 Printed in the United States of America Book Design: Rolando F. Santos This book i... ...ster of the North American continent. The remnants of the government and military had fallen. There were no more world communications. There was no... ...ng chaos of the Flash Storm, he had mobilized his Seekers to fnish of key military installations, usurp the use of the Satellites orbiting the plane... ...cial forces or something?” Josh looked at him intensely. “No. I never had military training. I applied to the air force a while back, but they would... ...ight be some things that got lef behind, I don’t know.” “There’re laundry facilities in here,” Crisco stated. Lexi smirked, “So Crisco, does that mea... ... their mouths. “How did your leader capture a Seeker? How do you have the facilities to make these discoveries? Are you scientists or something?” Ta... ...ent, then looked up and said, “That doesn’t answer my question about your facilities.” John spoke up. “We have access to some advanced facilities. T...

...In a world torn apart by a ruthless dictator, humanity is enslaved and on the verge of extinction. The governments have fallen. The cities lie in ruin. The only hope is a man who has been in exile for over a year....

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1936 is the stuff of romantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot... ...The Armenians were also raided by Kurdish tribesmen on a regular basis. An Ottoman military tribunal, convened between 1919-21, even convicted for ... ...nt instruments, burnt alive or drowned forcibly. The massacres were carried out by military officers with dictatorial powers, aided by criminals es... ...e alive, Bolivar was a much hated dictator and - at the beginning of his career - a military failure. His aide and friend, Gen. Daniel O'Leary, a... ...ra was born. she sold the patent to Warner Brothers Corset Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for $1,500. They made $15 million over the next 30 ... ...ks. The freedmen lobbied hard and long for separate black churches and educational facilities. Nor was lynching confined to blacks. For instance, a... ...943 dollars). The building itself cost c. $50 million, or $83 million with outside facilities. The Pentagon stands on 29 acres (=c. 120,000 sq.m.)....

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence... ...shington, D.C. 20340-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State IN... ...27 Requesters outside the US Government may .... ' purchase this publication in photocopy or micro- form from: National Technical Information Service ... ...gh mid-1987; major political events have been updated through 26 March 1987; military age figures are projected for 1987-91. Notes, Definitions, and ... ...e PDPA claims 160,000 members (1986) Other political or pressure groups: the military and other branches of internal security are being rebuilt by the... ... operational battalions, Ministry for State Security (WAD), People's Militia Military manpower: males 15-49, about 3,483,000; 1,868,000 fit for milita... ...11 Airfield: government-owned airport east of Oranjestad Telecommunications: facilities, which include extensive interisland radio-relay links, are ge... ...water sources being rapidly depleted (requires develop- ment of desalination facilities); dust storms; desertification Special notes: close proximity ... ...communications: excellent domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities; 4.22 million telephones (42.8 per 100 pop!.); 6 AM, 39 FM, 32...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disp...

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And Gulliver Returns Book I : Touchdown

By: Bob Oconnor

... “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “... ... Return to Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search ... ................................................................... 12 A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS .............................................. ...an state, Mississippi, with an average per capita income of $18,000 or rich Connecticut with an average income of $36,000. Of course countries such ... ...are a couple of problems however. In a democratic world would the people of Connecticut vote for reducing their incomes by 90%. Another factor is tha... ...r their society. Sometimes they will, sometimes they won’t. Just look at the military draft. It is a totalitarian solution to what the national leade... ... able to put that money into higher education and more extensive recreation facilities?” —“I think everybody would agree with you on reducing the... ... had the economic and political goals of controlling more oil and obtaining military bases in the Mid-East. Ahmadinejad ran for president of Iran as ... ...seen in terms of compelling state interests. (12) The U.S. has found that a military uniform can not include a religious article of clothing such as...

...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...low- ing the drag was the North Adams " band," and then came the fresh men in a blaze of fireworks. The parade marched up Main street to the Greylock ... ...r all, a pictorial scene is painted. Perhaps the greatest of these is the "Military Guard," which is not only re- markable for clearness of expres- si... ...ank Capital, --•... 150,000 Surplus and Net Profits, ij.ocxj Usual banking facilities ex- tended. Safety deposit boxes for rent. Students accounts re-... ...uildinfts, which were dedicated September 25th, tgcfi, this Bchnot now hai facilities and eqaipment for teaching and research in the various branches ... ...tional Bank Capital, ^50,000 Surplus and Net Profits, 15,000 Usual banking facilities ex- tended. Safety deposit boxes for rent. Students accounts re-... ...1134 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn. Papers Read Before Classical Socie- tyon Military andMedical Topics Two papers were presented at tlie ClaBsical soci... ...osh- ua Reynolds, Rosseau and others. One of Messonier'o excellent Frenoh^ military scenes is repre- sented in the collection. WILLIAMS REOORD, MONDA...

...ongest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

... Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ...and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking... ...reedom for everyone. One of his first moves was to organize the Mongol military into units of ten, one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand. H... ...his Khan was this tradition his grandfather had established in the Mongol military: He never asked his men to die for him and never willingly sacrif... ...enturies before America‘s ―pony express.‖ Besides embracing the Mongol military tradition and stressing the importance of a safe Silk Road, Kubla... ...tor—a beautiful machine—is housed in the Mark Twain Memorial in Hartford, Connecticut. Twain later observed that he‘d learned two things from the... ...ions, which allowed the student body to expand without expanding physical facilities. In 1982, he returned to teaching full-time for another decad...

...first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books....

...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name ev...

...From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of cra...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...t Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ...and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking... ... freedom for everyone. One of his first moves was to organize the Mongol military into units of ten, one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand. H... ...his Khan was this tradition his grandfather had established in the Mongol military: He never asked his men to die for him and never willingly sacrif... ... centuries before America‘s ―pony express.‖ Besides embracing the Mongol military tradition and stressing the importance of a safe Silk Road, Kubla... ...tor—a beautiful machine—is housed in the Mark Twain Memorial in Hartford, Connecticut. Twain later observed that he‘d learned two things from the e... ...ions, which allowed the student body to expand without expanding physical facilities. In 1982, he returned to teaching full-time for another decade....

...irst Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books. This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves ...

...Way back in the fifteenth century a man named Johann Gutenberg invented the ?printing press. More than 400 years passed before Ottmar Mergenthaler found a way in the late 1880s to mechanize that historic invention. Then, less than a ...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

... Seymour H. Fine With Foreword by Philip Kotler Originally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS TH... ...SS 14 Social Issues and Causes 14 SOME CONCEPTS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES 15 INCREASE IN CONCERN WITH IDEAS 17 From Inner to Other-Directedness 17 Vol... ...ED TYPOLOGY OF PRODUCTS 23 The Typology 24 Implications 27 EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS IN SOCIAL MARKETING 28 Marketing as Exchange and Exchange as Mark... ...hat idea benefits society as a whole-for example, by easing the strain on hospital facilities as the number of serious injuries is decreased, by less... ...grams March of dimes Marriage Mass transportation Mental health Metric system Military recruiting Minimum wage Motorcycle helmet use Museums ... ... that no suburb is an island, that everyone's fate is connected and that a distant military or political development has the potential for painfully... ...motive. These include physical fitness, use of seat belts, boy and girl scouting, military recruiting and the value of education. The furtherance o... ...chools -including them in regular classes -in contrast to educating them in special facilities. Public Law 504, against discrimination and specifica... ...ts in excess of $1 million. Most of the institutions (84%) in the study were main facilities; only 31 out of 197 were branch offices. They served ...

...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? Th...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ... ... Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gul... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL ................................................................. ...business, to the politicians, and to other elites like the unions and the military. ―Then there is the question of how much should one society... ... than 140. Service industries have increased—restaurants, hotels, medical facilities, spas and gyms, pre-schools, other educational institutions, etc... ...entages of people in the various occupations. For example in the U.S. the military is a high percentage of the public sector employment. Then some c... ...they far exceed in expenditures of the Constitutional mandates to provide military and naval forces and to fight piracy. ―The best countries t... ... by giving tax breaks, and by providing adequate and inexpensive day care facilities. Australia offers a $2000 bonus, Singapore offers $10,000 for t... ...e paid mental hospitals, in other hospitals, in state paid drug treatment facilities or if the person will not have to receive state welfare payment...

...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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What Your Bank Doesn't Want You to Know : About Where to Invest Your Money

By: Lillian R. Villanova

...s book is meant solely as a broad guideline. It is meant to assist the Layperson in understanding the law as it pertains to buying Tax Lien Certifica... ...ins general definitions, guidelines and simple forms. It will assist the reader in understanding the general principles involved, and in drafting s... ...nts. It is not meant to provide business, legal, accounting or tax advice. When in doubt, the reader is cautioned to seek the advice of the appropr... ...sting debts between the parties. Duplex A house which has separate but complete facilities to accommodate two families as either adjacent units or ... ...aguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit, Teller, Washington, Weld, Yuma Connecticut: Tax Lien Certificate State 8 Counties Fairfield, Hart... ...or Trainer, and as a Sexual Harassment Training Facilitator for its Civilian and Military Personnel. She currently splits her time between Denver, ...

...ther institutional investors enjoy high yield returns on their money, many times using the capital provided by the small investor, such as you and I. In exchange for the use of that capital, they pay interest rates that ar...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...ts reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – writ... ... A Medium or a Message? http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ... ...ndent, and the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101. Between 1999-2002, he served as the Ec... ...ities and riches of e-publishing. Government use of e-books (e.g., by the military) may have the same beneficial effect. As standards converge (A... ...luenced by: • Professionalism (as evident in Web site design, e-commerce facilities, user- friendliness, navigability, links to other relevant Web p... ..." (physical address, phone/fax numbers, non-Web e-mail address, photos of facilities and staff, audio recording, ownership by a not for profit organ... ...e of the states have picked up the slack. Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland,... ...tors to sites already exists. Some of these applications have back-office facilities (accounting, follow-up, collections, even tele-marketing). They... ... It is quite curios that recursive learning, originally created for the military- industrial complex (for the purposes of rocket navigation) was fo...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania Stat... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ve will be best for the country; and it is that he will come here, put his military commission in my hands, take his seat, go into caucus with our fri... ...ugh to occupy all his time without devoting any to temper. He is rising in military skill and usefulness. His recent ap- pointment to the command of ... ...eneral Order No. 53; not that it is wrong in prin- ciple, but because the military, being of necessity exclusive judges as to who shall be arrested, ... ... lines of their roads, which when com- pleted will so largely multiply the facilities for reaching our dis- tant possessions. This policy has receive... ...are di- rected to furnish reasonable transportation and other reason- able facilities to himself and personal staff not inconsistent with the public s... ...effectually preventing foreign slave trad- ers from acquiring domicile and facilities for their criminal oc- cupation in our country. It is possible t...

...Excerpt: In June last a division was substantially lost at or near Winchester, Va. At the time, it was under General Milroy as immediate commander in the field, General Schenck as department commander at Baltimore, and General Halleck...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... some words uttered at the hotel in regard to what has been said about the military support which the General Government may expect from the commonwea... ...ossibility that a ne- cessity may arise in this country for the use of the military arm. While I am exceedingly gratified to see the manifestation upo... ...m exceedingly gratified to see the manifestation upon your streets of your military force here, and exceedingly grati- fied at your promise to use tha... ...oficiency in industrial arts, it is desirable that they should have proper facilities toward taking part in the exhibition. With this view I recommend... ...at authority be given to charter a suitable merchant vessel, in order that facilities similar to those afforded by the government exhibition of 1851 m... ... of the government is firm and stable. Appre- hension of public danger and facilities for treasonable prac- tices have diminished with the passions wh...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reev... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocquevi... ...th such results in the development of strength, in population, wealth, and military and commer- cial power, as no age had ever witnessed. De Tocquevil... ...political economy, but he had the example of Lafayette in establishing the military foundation of these lib- erties, and of W ashington, Jefferson, Ma... ...er in New England than elsewhere, and consequently that they offer greater facilities to the observations of a stranger. The institutions of New Engla... ...o guard the State against violent shocks and unforeseen dangers. The whole military power of the State is at the disposal of the Governor. He is the c... ...idge. The geographical position of the country contributed to increase the facilities which the American legislators derived from the manners and cust... ...he intelligence of the people above a certain level. What- ever may be the facilities of acquiring information, whatever may be the profusion of easy ...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of...

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The Last of the Mohicans, A Narrative of 1757

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ich lies between the head waters of the Hudson and the adjacent lakes. The facilities which nature had there offered to the march of the combatants we... ...e contested. Forts were erected at the different points that commanded the facilities of the route, and were taken and retaken, razed and rebuilt, as ... ...on of a country that neither was destined to retain. The imbecility of her military leaders abroad, and the fatal want of energy in her councils at ho... ...chief who had been selected from a crowd of trained warriors, for his rare military endowments, disgracefully routed by a hand- ful of French and Indi... ...ombatants wheeled into column, and left the encampment with a show of high military bearing, that served to drown the slumbering apprehensions of many... ...tor in the art of psalmody.” “Anan!” “I teach singing to the youths of the Connecticut levy.” “Y ou might be better employed. The young hounds go laug...

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The Pioneers Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna a Descriptive Tale

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive ... ...oing stu- dent publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...men, visited the scene of this tale, it is said with a view to examine the facilities for opening a com- munication by water with other points of the ... ...se. The latter had from youth been the only employment of Edward’s father. Military rank under the crown of Great Britain was attained with much longe... ... with a profusion that bespoke the quality of the soil and the comparative facilities of intercourse, Immediately on the bank of the lake and at its f... ...requently covering the earth to a depth of three or four feet. Happily the facilities of the composite order presented them- selves to effect a compro... ... this habitation as the sleigh was passing, The former moved with a stiff, military step, that was a good deal heightened by a limp in one leg; but th... ... I am rich to night, ten times richer than ‘Duke, with all his lands, amid military lots, 149 James Fenimore Cooper and funded debts, and bonds, and ...

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Actions and Reactions

By: Rudyard Kipling

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...e son that was in America?” she asked. “Yes, ma’am. On my uncle’s farm, in Connecticut. He was what they call rood-master there.” “Whereabouts in Conn... ...A A AGE GE GE GE GE 0 NE NIGHT, a very long time ago, I drove to an Indian military cantonment called Mian Mir to see amateur theatricals. At the back... ...re any one caught him; but he fell under the pole, and I heard voices of a military guard in search of some one. The driver and I coaxed him into the ... ...hat I practically broke into the house of a stranger to get him telephonic facilities on a Sunday, are things I overlook. What I objected to was his i...

...out warning, at the very hour his hand was outstretched to crumple the Holz and Gunsberg Combine. The New York doctors called it overwork, and he lay in a darkened room, one ankle crossed above the other, tongue pressed into palate, wondering whether the next brain-surge of prickly fires would drive his soul from all anchorages. At last they gave judgment. With care he mig...

............................................................................................................................................. 113 A DEAL IN COTTON .................................................................................................................................................... 114 THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD ..............................................

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Roderick Hudson

By: Henry James

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Roderick Hudson by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...red cedars. Just beneath them, in a great shining curve, flowed the goodly Connecticut. They flung them- selves on the grass and tossed stones into th... ...sitting patiently on a stone bench, and unprovided, on this occasion, with military consolation, gave him a bright, frank smile, which might have been... ...se of his indebtedness to a Providence that had endowed him with intrinsic facilities, “Oh, de- lightful!” he exclaimed. Roderick stood looking at him...

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Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...these mouthy young- sters that hang around the pool-room need is universal military training. Make men of ‘em.” Mrs. Dyer removed the new schoolbuildi... ...ott came to lay out his instruments. She realized that, with no hospi- tal facilities, yet with no worry about it, her husband— her husband—was going ... ...want to be un- just to him. I believe he took his physical examination for military service. Got varicose veins—not bad, but enough to disqualify him.... ...overn- ment clerk from Gopher Prairie, Minnesota She started dejectedly up Connecticut Avenue. She stopped, her heart stopped. Coming toward her were ...

...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohi...

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The Maine Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

... . . . . . 199 Ktaadn 1 Ktaadn O N THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the rai... ...he railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the ... ...lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. 1 From this place, which is about on... ...t one hundred miles by the river above Bangor, thirty miles from the Houlton military road, and five miles beyond the last log hut, I proposed to make ... ...our or five miles long, and came into the Houlton road again, here called the military road, at Lincoln, forty five miles from Bangor, where there is qu... ...” kept by one Libbey, which looked as if it had its hall for dancing and for military drills. There was no other evidence of man but this huge shingle... ...” says Springer in ’51, “is generally selected, principally for the superior facilities which its numerous limbs afford the climber. To gain the first ... ...rhaps the tent poles. And not long since, similar beds were spread along the Connecticut, the Hudson, and the Delaware, and longer still ago, by the T...

...Excerpt: ON THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobsco...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ... plebiscite, and equal rights for women. It makes no dis- tinction between military and civilian targets. Collateral damage is not in its lexicon. We ... ...tly behind Lewin. Lewin had served four years as an officer in the Israeli military. He may have made an attempt to stop the hijackers in front of him... ...mately 530 miles per hour. 61 All on board, as well as many civil- ian and military personnel in the building, were killed. The Battle for United 93 A... ..., Massachusetts, and Langley Air Force Base in Hampton,Virginia. 100 Other facilities, not on “alert, ” would need time to arm the fighters and organi... ...s and the Com- mand Center in Herndon prompted it to notify some FAA field facilities that American 77 was lost. By 9:21, the Command Center, some FAA... ... Command Center’s national operations manager, Ben Sliney, ordered all FAA facilities to instruct all aircraft to land at the nearest airport.This was...

... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ips and men and goods contraband of war, and all those semi-nautical, semi-military rules and axi- oms which it is necessary that all attorneys-genera... ...ith Southern politics. The South for many years had had the disposition of military matters, and the power of distributing military appliances of all ... ...upulous. But I do not believe that any President previous to Buchanan sent military materials to the South with the self-acknowledged purpose of using... ...doubt whether any large inland territory in the world is blessed with such facilities of water carriage. On arriving at Grand Haven we found that ther... ...two all these things may possibly be learned; but the visitor requires his facilities for locomotion at the first moment of his entrance into the city... ...an acknowledgment of the necessity for change, and must much depend on the facilities for change which shall be afforded. I have described the conditi...

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The Federalist Papers

By: Alexander Hamilton

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Federalist Papers, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...y it, but for the purposes and objects merely personal, such as thirst for military glory, revenge for personal affronts, ambition, or private compact... ...e arbiter of their differences. The circum- stances of the dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylva- nia, respecting the land at Wyoming, admonish us... ... the court decided in favor of Pennsylvania. 29 The Federalist Papers But Connecticut gave strong indications of dissatisfaction with that determinat... ...ch greater distresses than it commonly is in those countries where regular military establishments have long obtained. The disciplined armies always k... ...n. In this country the scene would be altogether reversed. The jealousy of military establishments would postpone them as long as possible. The want o... ...e suc- cess to the popular resistance. The obstacles to usurpation and the facilities of resistance increase with the increased extent of the state, p...

...nment, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently r...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvani... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...County, Ohio. During the minority of my father, the West afforded but poor facilities for the most opulent of the youth to acquire an education, and t... ...si- dence, and the community in which he lived. Mindful of his own lack of facilities for acquiring an education, his greatest desire in maturer years... ...examination for admission, without difficulty, very much to my surprise. A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of stay... ...ongress which met in Decem- ber, 1839, a bill was discussed abolishing the Military Acad- emy. I saw in this an honorable way to obtain a discharge, a... ...that the corps of cadets is divided into four companies for the purpose of military exercises. These companies are officered from the cadets, the supe... ...no slaves; their homes were generally in the hills and poor country; their facilities for educating their children, even up to the point of reading an...

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Essays

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...s ability to cope single-handed with the infinite army of enemies. To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Hero- ism. Its rudest for... ..., there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River and Boston Bay you think paltry places, and the ear loves... ...e is wonderful; it is by abandonment. The great moments of history are the facilities of performance 166 Essays through the strength of ideas, as the... ...table exploit. Yet there stands that fact unrepeated, a high-water mark in military history. Many have at- tempted it since, and not been equal to it.... ...ons whose ties go over and under and through it, a meeting of merchants, a military corps, a college class, a fire- club, a professional association, ...

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Two Years before the Mast, And Twenty-Four Years After: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

By: Richard Henry Dana

... THUNDER STORM CHAPTER XXXV — A DOUBLE REEF TOP SAIL BREEZE—SCURVY—A FRIEND IN . . . . . . . . 183 NEED—PREPARING FOR PORT—THE GULF STREAM CHAPTER ... ...n to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o’clock, in f... ...ery well for a jack tar. But it is impossible to deceive the practised eye in these matters; and while I supposed myself to be looking as salt as Ne... ... appointed by the central government at Mexico, and is the chief civil and military officer. In addition to him, each town has a commandant, who i... ...officer. In addition to him, each town has a commandant, who is the chief military officer, and has charge of the fort, and of all transactions wi... ... corregidores; and everything relating to the general government, to the military, and to foreigners, by the commandants, acting under the gove... ...its climate, which is as near to being perfect as any in the world, and its facilities for navigation, affording the best anchoring grounds in the... ... kept on her course. She proved to be the brig Solon, of Plymouth, from the Connecticut river, and last from New York, bound to the Spanish Main, wit... ... and Sturgis, in 1843, to Mr. Thomas W. Williams, a merchant of New London, Connecticut, who employed her in the whaletrade in the Pacific. She was ...

... the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or three years? voyage, which I had undertaken from a determination to cure, if possible, b...

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