The industries directly affected by the law include: over-the-air television and radio stations, cable television operators, satellite broadcasters, wire line telephone companies (local and long distance), wireless telephone companies, and others. ... Cable service provided by telephone companies; Sec. 651. ... Prevention of unfair billing practices for information or services provided over toll-free telephone calls; Sec. 702. ... Pole attachments; Sec. 704. ... Supreme Court required access by other parties, is permitted through the telephone company networks. ...

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The troposphere is wider at the equator than at the poles. ... The Aurora: Auroras are brightest near the poles due to the deflection of the particles by the Earth's magnetic field. Particles from solar flares disturb radio, TV, and telephone transmission. ...

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Abstract: The population of the world is exploding. The rising flood of urbanization is surging outward from the center and engulfing the surrounding countryside. There is destructive impact of our way of life (mostly urban) on the regional and global environment. By the industrialization developed...

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Communication was made all but impossible, as 36,000 postal, telegraph and telephone offices were demolished. ... He was unsuccessful however, as the Poles refused to negotiate with the Soviets on several key issues, most importantly, on changes to Polands boundaries. ...

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Hemp can save the world Industrial hemp is perhaps the world's most versatile fiber, it can be used to make almost anything. It can be substituted for products made out of wood, cotton, plastic, and any other natural or synthetic materials(Herer 104). Hemp cultivation brings along with it many eco...

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The Winnipeg General Strike has been one of the most intensively studied episodes in Canadian History. It was an important development in the building of the democratic socialist movement in Canada. In the larger sense this seemingly isolated event had been building for many years and a wide set of circumstances contributed to the strike ranging from international stresses to local fustrations. Internationaly the European situation was a stressor, the Great War had only just ended and the revolution in Russia was still occurring. The situation at home had been altered by the war experie...

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In this modern age of cell phones and palm pilots we often find ourselves relying on technology to make it though the day. How many people can say that they could do without a car or a phone? Indeed we all take a lot of technology for granted. Some of the technology is so pervasive that we tend to f...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879, in Gori, Georgia . Both his parents were peasants. His father, Vissarion Dzhugashvili, was a cobbler, hopping that one day his son will be apprenticed in the same trade; his mother, Yekaterina ...

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Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. The parts dealing with World War II are most closely associated with actual events. Twenty-three years have passed since the end of the war, and for much of that time the narrator has been trying to write ...

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