Notes: The Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco with Marin County in absolute splendor. ... The story of the Statue of Liberty and her island has been one of change. ... On September 8, 1937, jurisdiction was enlarged to cover all of Bedloe's Island and in 1956, the name of the island was changed to Liberty Island. On May 11, 1965, Ellis Island was given to the National Park Service and became part of the National Monument. ... Jefferson described the house as his "essay in architecture," but today it is recognized as an international treasure. ...

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SCENE SUMMARIES AND NOTES Act I, Scene 1 The play opens late at night on a street in Venice. ... Notes In this second scene, Othello is introduced in person for the first time. ... The Duke is involved with grave matters of state, for a war with Turkey is imminent; Brabantio ignores the matters of state and goes with Othello to present his private case against the marriage of Desdemona before the Duke. 999 : 1/15/2004 3:30:50 PM Act I, Scene 3 The Duke and the Council are disturbed by the rumors that the Turkish fleet is planning an attack on the island of Cyp...

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Their stores, which originally were set as an attachment to Treasure Island stores, carried a stock of around 25,000 products. ... Home Depot's cash equivalents primarily consist of commercial paper, money market funds, US government agency securities, and tax-exempt notes and bonds. ...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...

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However, the more realistic, and more mundane reason why there are no snakes in Ireland is because the country is an island surrounded by the sea. ... Their raids lasted over two hundred years and it was during this time that many of Ireland's treasures in the monasteries were sent to the continent or buried for safe-keeping, or just looted by the invaders. ...

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