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Japan
Number of Words: 354 / Number of Pages: 2
... of Shinto and/or Buddhism
and the other 15% are made up of others such as Shinko Shakyo (new
religions) and Christianity.
People in Japan have the ethnic backgrounds of 99% Japanese. The
other 1-% includes Koreans, Chinese, and Ainu.
The food and drink that is eaten here is mostly rice. The drink is
sake, which is a strong alcoholic beverage. Sake is the drink that is used
when the people in Japan and the people who are Japanese perform a
spiritual drinking ritual.
The life expectancy rate is 79 years. The infant mortality rate is
4.8 per 1,000 births.
The Agricultural products in Japan consis ...
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Hiking The Appalachian Trail
Number of Words: 1040 / Number of Pages: 4
... requires excellent footwear, and a light
pack. Figure in fatigue and you need a comfortable tent to sleep in at
night.
Good boots are "solid" on the bottom, so that you cant feel rocks
or stones through the soles. If you can press in the bottom of the sole
with your thumb, the soles are probably too soft to give your foot proper
protection. The top of the boot should be stiff to hold the ankle in place
and provide it with good support. While it's possible to treat non-
waterproof fabric boots with liquid silicone, it generally doesn't
waterproof the boot enough to be useful. Stick with leath ...
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Hong Kong
Number of Words: 1768 / Number of Pages: 7
... Kong has a subtropical climate
because of the southwestern monsoon, a moist, warm, equatorial wind that
brings a rainy season between May and August. The mean annual temperature
is 22.2° C (72° F), with a range from 15° C (59° F) in February to 27.8° C
(82° F) in July. Typhoons occasionally cause great destruction.
People and Principal Cities
The population of Hong Kong is about 97 percent Chinese, with some
Filipinos, British, Indians, Portuguese, and Americans. The population of
Hong Kong (1990 estimate) was 5,575,900. The overall population density was
5351 people per sq km (13,874 per s ...
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Gabon: An Example For All Of Africa
Number of Words: 1132 / Number of Pages: 5
... other African countries, 92.4
per 1,000 live births. (The World Fact Book 1995)
As in most African countries, there are many Bantu tribes make up the
ethnicity of the country. There are four major tribal groups. The Fang, Eshira,
Bapounou, and the Bateke. (The World Fact Book)
The largest of these tribes is the Fang. They live mainly in the
northern area of Gabon. Many years ago they were considered the fiercest
warriors of the area. Now, they dominate many of the countries governmental
positions. (World Book Encyclopedia page )
One of the earlier tribes that is since gone was the Omyene. ...
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The Australian Outback
Number of Words: 560 / Number of Pages: 3
... get done and there is no
rush. Some would say that reminds them of an old southern style person.
They make visitors feel welcome and treat them as if you were one of them.
One of the biggest differences between most Americans and people form the
Outback is they tend to not judge people. They accept people for what
they are and don't stereotype.
The main source of income for Australians is sheep herding. Large
herds of sheep are so close to the Alice which causes a very bad odor. The
odor of sheep is much worse than a paper mill or sewage company. At times,
the odor can cause people to become ...
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Old Madison Square Garden: Fond Recollections Of A True Landmark
Number of Words: 1887 / Number of Pages: 7
... and different
cultures (Jackson 72). Nowhere else in the world do you get what's in New York.
How all the different lifestyles can live together in harmony, for the most part,
and make New York the greatest city in the world. When the wrecking ball took
down Old Madison Square Garden in 1925, people from not just the city, but from
all over New York came to pay their last respects to a place that had more
meaning than sport (Jackson 68). It represented the hopes and drems of thousands
as well as the stability of the community. As people hace come and gone for 35
years the Garden was always there. As ...
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Japan
Number of Words: 2110 / Number of Pages: 8
... and speech differing patterns of historic and economical
development. The four largest islands are Hokkaido(2), Honshu, Shikoku,
and Kyushu. Honshu, the largest island, is usually divided into five
regions; Tohoku (3), Kanto (4),Chubu (5), Kinki(6), and Chugoku (7).
According to Cultural Atlas of Japan, Hokkaido is Japan's northern
frontier.(1,p.23 ). Dominated by the daisetsu mountain range and national
park, Hokkaido is an island of forests, rivers, sheer cliffs and rolling
pastures. It's located at roughly the same latitude as New England or
southern France. Hokkaido is bo ...
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Israel - The Presidential Brief
Number of Words: 3404 / Number of Pages: 13
... to
destroying the people and country of Israel. The leader in this battle against
Israel is Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement. Hamas uses many tactics to
achieve its goals of terrorism. These tactics include intensive
educational/propaganda programs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip areas. Suicide
bombings, riots, rock throwing, car bombings, stonings, and many other
destructive terrorist activities are also used periodically to gain news
attention to their radical fundamentalist beliefs. Since its formation in
1988 Hamas has vowed to do anything possible to halt the peace process w ...
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Jamaica: "Jammin," Life In Jamaica
Number of Words: 1650 / Number of Pages: 6
... of life better than anybody could remember.
Manley started building up his country from their most valuable and
most wasted resource: bauxite. The Jamaicans were basically getting
scammed by the mining companies. Manley started to raise funds by raising
the tax on Bauxite to 10 times its former amount, with the huge amounts of
money he gained, he put to use building schools, hospitals, and put an end
to the kid gangs that once owned the streets. most of all, he tried to
help the poor by improving the quality of life and trying to fix up the
slums. In the end, he helped them a little bit, but u ...
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The Civil Rights Museum
Number of Words: 548 / Number of Pages: 2
... my ancestors in civil rights movements. For example; it tells us the
many voices of struggle, Nat Turner, Dred Scott, Fredrick Douglass, etc…
who fought against bondage by stealing from their owners, escape arson,
even homicide.
The civil rights museum is a useful place, because I need to know
where I've been to know where I'm going. There are still thousands of
African-Americans who do not know of such a place, and that poses a big
problem.
I personally think that finding information for the museum was a
little difficult. No one in my English class but a non-African American
knew how to bring ...
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