The entire plot of land was drawn out and divided into lots, blocks, streets, and alleys. The infrastructure was put in at the companies expense, five miles of sewers for sanitation purposes, four miles of water mains, and four miles of gas mains. ... Afterwards over sixteen miles of matching curbs and sidewalks were put in around the entire area. ... The house is built on a concrete foundation and occupies a full block of Montrose at Sull Ross, Yoakum and West Alabama. ... Second story balconies surround most of the entire house and remain consistent with its shape and are supported at eac...

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The Soviet-Union put up barriers blocking trade and tension grew on both sides. ... These nations became known as Soviet Satellites or Soviet block countries. The Soviet- Union blocked efforts to unite Germany. They blocked all rail, water, and highways from going to western Germany. 2,000 East German plants were entirely or partly dismantled and sent to Russia. 1,600 miles of railway line were completely torn out and an additional 7,300 miles of parallel tracks were ripped up. ... While millions sat in front of their televisions and watched people in Berlin dance together on top of the wall a...

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The pyramids are aligned to true north and each one is set back from the preceding monument to provide a clear view of the northern stars to maintain accurate alignment. ... On the average the limestone blocks used in the pyramid weighs 2.5 tons. In addition, granite blocks that were used to line the burial chambers were brought from Aswan, 580 miles to the south. ... Each block was cut to shape after it had been moved to its final position so that it fitted exactly. ... Visitors no longer can pose for a picture atop the giant stone blocks at the base of the pyramids. ...

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Its base covers 13.6 acres (equal to seven midtown Manhattan city blocks), each side being greater than five acres in area. ... The casing stones, 144,000 in all, were so brilliant that they could literally be seen from the mountains of Israel hundreds of miles away. ... A white cement that connected the casing stones and made them watertight is still intact and stronger than the blocks that it joins. ... Consider this: The height of the Pyramid's apex is 5,812.98 inches, and each side is 9,131 inches from corner to corner (in a straight line). ... Each of the Pyramids four walls, when...

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As for the manner and means by which they were built, the conventional theory straightforwardly proposes that the limestone blocks of which the Pyramids are built were quarried from the Mokkatam Hills on the opposite bank of the Nile, and floated across in barges at flood time. "The ancient historian Herodotus was the first to describe how, as each layer of blocks was laid, an earth ramp was raised by gathering earth and stones covered with water, keeping a constant angle so that the ramp would get longer and longer as the work proceeded, on which the block was dragged up (Strong)." So by put...

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Just two years before that several thousands miles from Vietnam, on Korean peninsula bloody Korean War ended with July 27, 1953 cease fire agreement between communist North Korea backed by China and US along with UN. ... During cold war world split into two blocks, each of them maintaining existing order and recruit new members. ... (New York Herald Tribune December 22, 1965) Without Soviet block help, as South Vietnam without American, will be unable to stand long lasting and bloody war. ... (Johnson speech at Johns Hopkins University, April 7, 1965) Society felt it needed, and supported in ...

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Then, check with campus grounds service to make sure it's safe to block off a parking lot for a part of the day. ... It's easy to assign each member a volunteer role in the event. ... A 5K = 3.1 miles - no more no less - therefore don't jip your runners. ... Step 7: Choosing Entertainment This is where all the fun happens and what your guests deserve after running 3.1 miles. ... For example, something like, "If you can survive chemistry then you can run 3.1 miles....

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The Cuba Crisis (1962) The developement of the Cold War until the Cuba Crisis (1945 - 1962) After the unconditional (bedingungslos) capitulation of Germany on may 8th 1945 the Cold War between the two power blocks USA and UdSSR started. ... Hereby two possibilities came into nearer view.The destruction of the russian missile bases by an air attack was found out as too risky so the preferred alternative to build up an 800 miles big quarantine zone was taken. 22.10. ... The soviet prime minister sent a letter to JFK in which he told his read...

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Transportation of the gun to 140 miles to Constantinople was a giant step in the process of attacking Constantinople and so Mehmed had devised a way to transport the massive cannons. With using 60 oxen and 400 men pulling the cannon at a pace of about two and half miles per day, Mehmed was easily able to transport the Cannon the 140 miles from its construction site in Adrianople to the walls of Constantinople. ... By April 1453, Mehmed and his 80,000 troops had arrived at the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and had set themselves up along the entire length of the four mile long walls. ...

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Transportation of the gun to 140 miles to Constantinople was a giant step in the process of attacking Constantinople and so Mehmed had devised a way to transport the massive cannons. With using 60 oxen and 400 men pulling the cannon at a pace of about two and half miles per day, Mehmed was easily able to transport the Cannon the 140 miles from its construction site in Adrianople to the walls of Constantinople. ... By April 1453, Mehmed and his 80,000 troops had arrived at the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and had set themselves up along the entire length of the four mile long walls. ...

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Other features included in the ALP are a wind rose, airport and runway/taxiway data tables, topographical information, legend and building tables, title and revision blocks, sponsor approval blocks and a list of all approved modifications to the FAA Airport Design Standards. ... Imaginary surfaces are of particular importance as they relate to the invisible volume of airspace surrounding each runway. ... Top elevation of each structure must be depicted and any obstructions, existing and planned, shown. ... Regulations for this category runway are 1,000 feet from each end and at least 500 ...

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Smiles were seen for a mile away on both faces not sure how my brother was feeling but my smile was not a happy one. ... We sat there staring at each other with big smiles on our faces. ... But this day was different, instead of sitting around looking at each other; the community had a mini block party with dancing, music, and food. ... With each item I picked up, she would tell me the name of it in Spanish. ... It took about two months before the other girls on the block could speak Spanglish - a name we came up with for broken English and Spanish mixed. ...

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Within this community there are thousands of mammals, fish, and plants that are living in the waters of earth, and each one plays its own role. ... In each part there are several different species both large and small. ... Dams block the streams which do not allow the fish to migrate. ... Humpbacks embark on long seasonal migrations, traveling more than 3,100 miles (5,000 km) with little to no rest. ... Orcas prefer coastal areas, and are almost always seen within 500 miles (800km) of the shoreline. ...

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They compete, most of the time, two vehicles against each other. ... It is a straight course which measures a common distance of ¼ of a mile. ... This type of racing allows a wider variety of course to race against each other; whereas traditional drag racing separates cars and other vehicles in a wide variety of classes based on weight and power. ... Disqualification is invalid only when an opponent commits a more serious violation such as; crossing the track boundary line, timing block, or touching the barrier. ... The top of the tree holds 2 sets of double yellow bulbs for each lane. ...

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In South Central there is at least one liquor store on every block, a favorite drink of the area is Olde English 800 (a type of malt beverage). ... The chase went a total of 7.8 miles on city streets and freeways, King went a top speed of 115 MPH, ran red lights, and the only reason he stopped the vehicle was because a car was blocking his path. ... At 4:23 p.m. five black gang members walk into pay-less liquor and each of them takes about two or three forty ounce malt beverages, in order to steal them. ...

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Later, Craig fired the fatal shot which killed PC Constable Miles. Both Craig and Bentley were convicted of the murder of PC Miles at their trial six weeks later, the jury returned guilty verdicts on both youths with a recommendation for mercy in Bentley's case. ... The Home Secretary blocked all attempts by his MP colleagues even to get the matter discussed. ... When the judge asked him a question about the number of guns he carried to school each day he replied with "well not all at the same time." ...

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By the time a containment effort was put forth, a weather storm had helped to spread the oil as much as three feet thick across 1400 miles of beaches. ... Up to this point, the oil has contaminated a national forest, four wildlife refuges, three national parks, five state parks, four critical habitat areas and a state game sanctuary, which spreads along 1400 miles of the Alaskan shoreline. ... Within an ecosystem, each living thing depends on other living things. ... Researchers now have a better understanding of the impact of cleanup and how hydrocarbons (the building blocks of oil) affect...

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Moreover, the ferries were crowded, and traffic on the river was worse each year. ... The East River was nearly half a mile wide at that point. ... Each anchorage would stand seven stories tall and cover most of a city block-larger than most buildings in New York at the time. ...

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He is transferred to another building where he hauls heavy blocks of stone for twelve hours a day. ... The head of Elie's new block tells them that in order to pass the selection they must run in front of the SS doctors. ... But the head of the block reads off a list of ten prisoners who are to remain behind. ... After covering a distance of more than forty-two miles, finally, they are allowed to rest. ... For water, they eat the snow accumulated on each other's backs. ...

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Not just any Egyptian worker but one that was the son of the man in command of the block draggers. ... Each stone weighed approximately two and a half tons. ... I commanded my team to grab their ropes made out of papyrus twine and make their way down to the quarry five miles away (History of Giza 1). ... This was no small task, moving a two and a half ton slab of limestone five miles exhausted many of the men's strength (Tompkins 222). ... Some men had retrieved slabs of stone from up to five hundred miles away (Who Built the Pyramids? ...

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Hitler made each insignificant, poverty stricken, jobless youth of the slums feel like they were the best in the world. ... At each level, the superior was to give the orders, the subordinates to follow them to the letter. ... He held briefings with his senior military advisors, often in the company of Party officials and other hangers-on, each afternoon and late each night. ... No military leader can hope to understand the realities of the situation on the ground from hundreds of miles away, and yet he came to believe that he could control all but the smallest units at the front. At the e...

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It was part of an aqueduct nearly 50 Kilometers (30 miles) long which supplied Nimes with water. ... The projecting blocks supported the scaffolding during construction," wrote John Julius Norwich. (154) The Romans were so advance in their times that they were able to get the aqueducts at a proper gradient to allow steady flow of water into the desired city. ... Opposite the door is a recessed semicircular apse, and on each side are the three additional recessed, alternately rectangular and semicircular, separated from the space under the dome by paired monolithic columns. ...

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Cloudstreet, written by Tim Winton, has won many awards; it won the Miles Franklin award, tied for the Banjo award and the Australian Society of Authors voted it their favourite Australian novel. ... Dolly's drinking was a way of blocking out her childhood memories. ... Recently in Western Australia an Aboriginal man had assault charges against him dropped because the way in which his crime was dealt with was the tribes traditional way, a spear was thrust into each of the mans legs by another member of the tribe, that is the balance between the white democratic laws and the traditional ...

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She demonstrated that when you speed up atoms and make some go in the opposite direction of the others and allow them to run into each other, is when antimatter is made. ... He knew that even a gram of antimatter could cause an explosion capable of taking out 9 city blocks. ... She knew that if she didn't find the canister in 24 hours that everyone within a half mile of it would be dead. ...

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It was easy to believe in 1692 in Salem, with an Indian war raging less than seventy miles away that the devil was close at hand. ... The magistrates, in the common practice of the time, asked the same questions of each suspect over and over: Were they witches? ... She had tried to run to Reverend Parris for counsel, she said, but the Devil had blocked her path. ... Each generation must learn the lessons of history or risk repeating its mistakes. ...

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