Davy and Jack's father treats their mother abusively and this is remembered by both children. ... The Depression in Australia, as described by Davy, came slowly at first, but then hit with all the ferocity of a "slide of earth". " It was like a great river flooding or changing its course, the way the depression came-the insidious creeping movement of dark, strong, unpredictable forces, the flow of hidden currents, a clod falling and dissolving, a slide of earth, the cave-in of an entire bank, a sudden eddy swirling around a snag, tilting it over, sweeping it off into a black oblivion. (Pg...

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Greed is why millions of children were put to work for 14 hours a day in factories during the Industrial Revolution, working in horrible circumstances for next to nothing. ... Dionysus told Midas to wash his golden touch away in the river and now the soil along the riverbank has a golden gleam. ...

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Although he could speed past the first few conspirators, the road had sharp turn at a bridge over the river of Nilgacka, giving the leader of the conspiracy an amazing opportunity to fire the two shots. ... Stay alive for our children." then his head fell back and he collapsed. ...

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The more children in the family, the more hands there were to help out with farm duties. ... According to J.F.K. humankind's problem is " within himself in his mind, in his heart, and in his soul" (Doc.1).There are places such as China that has implemented restraints on the amount of children you can have. ... According to Rachel Carson, the contamination of air, Earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and lethal materials are the most pressing environmental problems. ...

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Parents of soldiers far away hang the vertical flag in their windows with stars that denote numbers of children involved in war or abroad in support of war. ... By securing this bridge, the U.S. would secure one of two-river crossings that lead to the only two main supply routes down to the beach where U.S. and British forces would land. ... The percentages also represent the vast many of children who lost a mother or a father. ...

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Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Branau, Austria, a small town across the inn River from Germany. ... Also teachers had to belong to the Nazi party and the children were taught that Jews were the very source of all their problems. ...

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