The artistic community was called into action, producing whole schools of painting, which glorified the development of the nation. ... Until 1983, the only things that evoked its existence were a note in Cole's list of topics, an entry in the Cole memorial exhibition catalogue and the existence of a small draft and a few drawings. ... It combines the different steps of America's steady shift from wilderness to civilization into one single picture. ... As Albert Boime says, "inevitably, the extermination of Native Americans is tied to the conquest of the wilderness and its transfor...

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By 1960 Hoffman Electronics expanded business solar cell efficiencies to as much as 14% and today scientists have created cells with more than 20% efficiencies. 20% effective implies that out of the aggregate energy that hits the surface of a solar cell, around 20% is changed over into usable power. ... In 1958 the Vanguard I, was propelled into space. ... This included further research into renewable sources, for example, solar force, wind force and geothermal force. ... Working Photovoltaics is the immediate change of light into power at the nuclear level. ... In parallel, Oxford scienti...

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Walker was a disgruntled southerner who thought that the United States should annex Central America and turn it into a slave state. ... Not to be discouraged, he next invaded Panama, where he briefly seized control before being forced to flee--into Costa Rica. ... Less than 2% of the population is Black, except in the thinly populated Caribbean province of Limon. ... Note that the literal translation of Indian is Indio, which is an insulting term to Costa Rica's indigenous inhabitants. ... Other groups- the Chorotegas, Cabecares, Terrabas and others- have been wither assimilated into the ...

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