There are four criteria common to identified invasive plants. ... The third criteria is that there is a nuisance or pest value attached to the species in question and the last characteristic of an invasive species is that humans are normally responsible for the first introduction in the location in question (Tickner, Angold, et.al.). ... Many plants that are now considered weeds were sold as exotic plants by 19th century nurserymen (Mack 1991). ... If a plant passes the initial testing for allelopathy in a laboratory then it is recommended to test the plant in a more realistic outside en...

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He also generalizes about the relationships and characteristics of what he calls a new system of international politics and economics. ... These three "Asian Tigers- encouraged direct foreign investment and diversified their production plants in places like China and Russia where labor costs less. ... In Rosecrance's view "China may become the production plant for the world, but China's industries would only attain completeness when mated to research, development, product design, marketing, and financing provided by other nations."" (171) The developing world continues to rely ...

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Anthropology spans millions of generations, examining the physical and cultural characteristics of humankind. ... This new species, Homo, was probably better able to predict changes in seasons, as well as devise better means of obtaining plants and meat while not dying in the process. ... A culture's physical and social characteristics are interrelated, and play an important role in the development of a society and the personalities of the people. ... "Normal" is a relative term, and it is difficult to establish evidence to label a culture or its characteristics abnormal. ... It is unfort...

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The rods sizzled and blackened and, after a while, unexpectedly exploded because bamboo grows so fast that pockets of air and sap get trapped inside of the plant. This causes the plant to expand and burst when heated (Morgan 19). ... The firecracker was widely used, but until the 19th century, fireworks lacked an essential characteristic: color. ... First, the plant where fireworks are made is far away from civilian homes. ... Further, anyone entering a plant must touch a copper plate (Davis 11). ...

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At a nuclear power plant, heat is generated due to fission. ... Currently, the HLW from all the nuclear power plants are stored on site in giant pools of water. ... Yucca Mountain has many characteristics that make it a good place to store the HLW. ...

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Some meanings are far more technical, when for example a "biologist talks about different races of a particular species of plant or animal" (MacEachern 34). ... "We study the biological characteristics of different human populations, our relations with our relatives-the apes and monkeys, and the evolutionary history of our species" (MacEachern 34). ... " The characteristics of people from different parts of the world that we have come to know, we have mostly gained through the media, such as what we see on television, magazines, and newspapers. ... It is discrimination...

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This made the European men view the Indian men as lazy because while they did the hunting the Indian women were responsible for planting and growing crops. ... "Indian communities had learned to exploit the seasonal diversity of their environment by practicing mobility: their communities characteristically refused to stay put" (Cronon 35). ... "Domesticated grazing animals were arguably the single most distinguishing characteristic of European agriculture" (Cronon 128). ...

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I should not feel like I should have to carry out male characteristics on a job interview to get higher pay or even take my father with me to the car dealer to prevent from being over charged. ... For 19 years, she worked at the Goodyear Tire plant in Gadsden, Ala., one of a handful of women among the roughly 80 people who held the same supervisory position she did. ...

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We can distinguish six main regions in the United States: New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the South, the Southwest, the Northwest and the Midwest. The Mid-Atlantic is a region of Unites States which consist of seven states: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Vir...

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I could even extend that period and come back to the mountain once a year, or even every ten years and the physical characteristics of that mountain are not going to change, save for the rare chance of a large natural disaster. ... It is a movie about two high school students who ace their SAT tests with the help of a dead buddy who re-appears when they smoke "grass" that was accidentally planted in a pot that already contained the dead guy's ashes. ...

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