Although Whitman talks about or makes reference to America numerous times throughout his poem, one example of both his Civil War tenure and reference to America can be found when he states: The runaway slave came to my house and stopped outside/ I saw him limpsey and weak, And went where he sat on a log, and led him in and assured him,/ And brought water and filled a tub for his sweated body and bruised feet,/ And gave him a room that entered from my own, and gave him some coarse clean clothes/He staid with me a week before he was recuperated and passed north;/ I had him sit next to me at th...

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Sharpening the focus, Playful rules, numbering the ideas, building and jumping, writing on walls and tables etc, stretching ones' mental muscles and getting physical are some of the ways one can improve Brainstorm. ... An example of UK's conversion to metric system illustrates the overcome by force (barrier jumping). ...

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Afghanistan's long history of foreign powers occupying its territory is about to conclude another chapter with the impending withdrawal of NATO and U.S. troops. The future of Afghanistan after this milestone is anyone's guess, but history has shown that given many of the current indicators, the potential for civil war is high. The foremost catalyst for civil war are the Taliban, who were ousted by the allied forces in 2001. The efforts to provide the country with adequate security have been hampered by challenges including inadequate or incomplete training, corruption, economic dispa...

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