By night, the sun's absence provided slaves with an opportunity to express their personal independence; an opportunity seldom available under a master's supervision. ... Once it was night, the master would fall asleep. ... Only by night. ... Only at night were these slaves permitted to cultivate and sell their crops to the local town. ... Former slave Nan Stewart recalls how her and the other slaves on the plantation were only allowed to work on their personal patch at night after the days labor, "Sometimes massa let niggers have a li'l patchThe niggers had to work the patc...

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"Well during the day there's not much to do, but at night we get together at the plaza, and wait for the girls to show up. ... Since it was going to be my first night that I spend in Mexico, I wanted It to be a good night, so combed my hair and got dressed. ... Hoping to see anybody that I knew, I decided to walk around the plaza because I didn't want to spend the night alone. ... I couldn't go to sleep on our way to the city, so I woke up Rogelio and began to tell him about the girl that I had met earlier in the night. ... We got home early in th...

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So, when my friends told me I should come with them one night, I jumped at the idea. ... My confusion only further developed as we spent the rest of the night listening to stories of Moses's parting of the seas and the tales of Jesus "the great "son of god. ... I left church that night unenthused, belittled, and exhausted and spent the following worship night at home. ... I may not have been allowed to spend my summers at late night parties, but I was able to travel across the earth and spend months completely immersed in another world. ...

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Before the introduction of radar, U-boats were able to rise to the surface at night and attack allied ships to avoid being traced by asdic sonar, the U-boats could only then be spot by eye and at night which was nearly impossible (Pitt, 122). ... So when radar was introduced to the allied escort ships the submarines could no longer attack from the surface at night and expect to get away unnoticed (Pitt, 122). Another method to dealing with the submarines at night was the "snowflake" (Pitt, 124). ...

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This promotion includes four attractive women with assorted alcoholic beverages in their hand, with the words "Ladies Night" above. ... While reading this advertisement I envisioned myself with my girl friends all dressed up having a fun night off from school work. ... He explained that "College Night" side made him want to go play pool with his room-mates, drink beer and talk to females, but he said he was more intrigued by the "Ladies Night" promotion because he felt there would be more girls there since the promotion is directed toward women while the other one...

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Then, all of a sudden it was dark, the sun had set and it was night time. ... I could see my mother with the light of the moon and even though it was a dark night I could see that she had tears in her eyes because I was walking barefoot. ... It was all over, that whole entire night was a nightmare and it was all done for nothing. ... I was about 5 years old and I had to spend the night in a horrible place called jail. ... We stood by each other's side and we managed to repeat the process one more time the following night. ...

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In many big cities, due to being illegal for being on the street at night, many poor homeless people have to spend time to eat and sleep in the sewers. ... Many homeless people with miserable life spend every of their single night in shelters. ... " Homelessness is not simply a person without a place to sleep at night. ...

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That night, Kovic wrote in his diary how lucky he was to be in Vietnam fighting for America (198). ... The tragic event took place one night when Kovic and his troops were out on patrol. On that particular night, Kovic's lieutenant thought they had come upon an enemy campground and he ordered them to blow up the campsite. ...

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One night in 1938, Hitler sent a message out to all police head quarters throughout Germany, stating that terrorizing the Jews would start to take place on a night and burning of all Jewish homes was allowed. That night was called Kristallnacht, which is Night of Broken Glass. ...

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Electronic Vote What Is good For? 2000 presidential voting in United States was a remarkable voting ever in the United States history. Who was going to our next president was all based on one state. The state was Florida. Both democratic and republican parties were too close t...

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As the end of the war approached in 1945, Unit 731 embarked on its wildest scheme: codenamed Cherry Blossoms at Night. ... That's when they thought of the plan "Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night ", a plan that involved filling planes with plague-infected fleas and having kamikazes crash them into American soil of San Diego. ...

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I can still remember the red roof I used to climb on with my brother as we used to watch the stars shining brightly at night. ... One night, my brother and I were swimming and when we swim together, we always go crazy. ...

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Kennedy furthermore used national television that night in order to update the citizens of the unraveling intensification in Cuba, his judgment to institute and administer a quarantine, and the impending international penalties if the crisis relentlessly persisted to heighten. ...

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There have also been many technological advances in the evolution of the night-vision scope. At this moment through, there tends to be one down-fall with night-vision, that being that snipers are unable to view long distances. Many hunter kill missions take place during the daylight hours most of the time anyway, this leaves little use for night-vision scopes. ...

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At the hearings, Marshall and Stark testified that they could not remember where they were the night the declaration came. But, a close friend of Knox, the secretary of the Navy, later revealed that Knox, Stark, and Marshall spent most of that night in the White House with Roosevelt, waiting for the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the opportunity for America to join World War II. ...

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" In the Persian Golf War, the president George Bush consulted the leaders of his own Episcopal Church and invited his longtime friend, Billy Graham, to the White House the night before hostilities commenced" (Chamber II, 600). ... Bush on the night of September 11 he said, "Tonight I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. ...

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The Effects of Globalization of Transnational Corporations and American Culture in Chiapas, the Yacatan, and the World By some kid from Minnesota who drives a minivan Throughout Clifford's essay, Incidents of Tourism in Chiapas & Yacatan, there are several hints referring to the globalization of ...

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If an unknown suspect breaks into your home in the middle of the night, whom are you going to call? ... In the same month, David Letterman, the famous late night talk-show host, responded with a usual top ten list of humorous thoughts on the national crime rate. ...

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Korea has earned the distinction of being called by many authors the bloodiest campaign ever fought during the Cold War. Not officially a war at all Korea was the first conflict of its kind, it changed the policy of how America would fight its future wars. American involvement in the Korean conf...

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He left in the middle of the night against the authorization of his dad, whom had told him prior that he didn't let him go and that he couldn't go. ... There they stayed a night with a relative. ...

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The Green light that Gatsby catches a glimpse of every night from Daisy's dock represents his future with her. ... Every night Gatsby grasps for the green light in hopes that his longed for dreams will finally come evident. ...

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Benjamin Franklin America has never and will never forget Benjamin Franklin, because he would "write things worth reading or do things worth the writing." He wrote as much as he possibly could and became famous for doing many things. Benjamin stands alone as the only person to have signed all fou...

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One night, as Winterbourne is walking home, he stops by the Colosseum. ... Soon, Winterbourne hears that Daisy has become ill, presumably from her late-night escapade in the disease-ridden Colosseum. ...

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Night view of Pu'u O'o Hawaii Volcanoes encompasses 209,695 acres and an astoundingly diverse landscape. ... Night view of Pu'u O'o Hawaii Volcanoes encompasses 209,695 acres and an astoundingly diverse landscape. ...

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Or how many times have you seen a bicycle rider driving on the wrong side of the road, at night, in dark clothing? ... If you are going to be out riding at dusk or during the night you cannot operate unless you are equipped with an emitting white light visible for at least 500 ft. and also have a red reflector with a diameter of at least two inches visible from the rear for at least 50ft. ...

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