Ridgway's home life was far from ideal, a similarity he shares with many other serial killers. ... On July15, 1982, two teenage boys saw a body floating in the Green River. ... He saw her walking along the side of the road and offered her a ride. ... Again, they were all of young women who were strangled and dumped near the river. ... However, since this trial took place in Kings County, Washington he could still face the death penalty in other state. ...

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Starting with the Hudson River School founded by Thomas Cole, the nation obtained a visual representation of Manifest Destiny. ... The so-called Hudson River School appeared in the mid 1820s. ... The Hudson River artists were men, who believed in the glory of nature, which they thought was an evidence of God's power. ... Mountains, woods, waterfalls and other wonders of nature, as depicted in The Hunter's Return, can symbolize the marvels of the frontier. ... Durand attended an apprenticeship to an engraver, and became famous for his banknotes and his engravings of other artists&#x...

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Soon, other dwarves arrive, and Bilbo becomes increasingly confused and annoyed until Gandalf finally enters with the head dwarf, Thorin. ... Bilbo has a suspicion that they want him to play a part in this; although his Baggins side would like nothing better than to sit at home with his pipe, the Took in him is curious for adventure and is excited by tales of dragons and treasure and great battles. ... Luckily, two of the dwarves (Fili and Kili) are able to find a cave in the side of the mountain, and they bring in the ponies and make camp for the night. ... Bilbo has no choice but to agree, a...

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The ageless elf is seated at the head of the table with Gandalf and Glorfindel at either side. ... After that, he went all the way to the other side of Mirkwood and came back again. ... There are also other elves and a man named Boromir from Minas Tirith in Gordon. ... Bilbo tells Boromir and the others how he found the ring. ... He cannot decide who the other two will be until Gandalf supports the choice of Pippin and Merry. ...

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One country that pollutes, will export its pollution to others. ... We must try and plan and look on the gloomy side, in a sense. ... Side by side with this, we use huge quantities of chemical fertilizers in our agriculture. Some of these fertilizers seep down into the underground water-shelves and aquifers and finds its way into the river system together with chemicals discharged by factories, which are often sited near rivers and lakes, straight into the river or the sea. ... The harmful chemicals which are deposited in one way or another into our rivers, our seas, our lakes and our oceans g...

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He believes that when Europeans colonize other countries to exploit rather than to civilize, white men commit robbery and murder on "a great scale." ... One night, an agent confides in Marlow that others at the station are weary of him because they view him as similar to Kurtz. ... An ethereal black woman emerges from the crowd and stands firm while the others scatter after the cr! ... As the boat steams down the river, much faster than it had moved up river, a pall of death and quiet falls on the crewmen. ... Marlow sits at his side as Kurtz takes his final breaths. ...

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Beyond the Nile River Valley, on both sides of the river the land was an endless stretch of desert. ... The "red land" was the barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides. ... So as the farmers and other inhabitant began to cooperate in the daily tasks, a mighty organization began to grow. ... These dresses were made by folding a rectangle of cloth in half, sewing it up at the sides, leaving holes for the arms, and cutting a key hole for the head. ... Eye diseases in Egypt, then and now, are more common then in any other region. ...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. ... Root causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed that slavery caused the Civil War. ... They took control of federal forts and other properties within their boundaries with little resistance from outgoing President James Buch...

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Austria on the other hand, was not ready to give up their influences on the German states. ... If a war did break out, the German states would decide on a side, and unification would become impossible. ... He was able to do this by securing an alliance with Austria to fight along side with him. ... With the new territories and the rest of the states North of the Main River Bismarck was able to create the North German Confederation. ... "By defeating Austria in the Seven Week's War and consolidating all of Germany north of the Main River, he was able to offer the parliamentarians somet...

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On the morning of July 28, 1996, two men enjoying the annual hydroplane races held on the Columbian River in Washington State unearthed a skull and a nearly complete skeleton 10 feet off the rivers shore line. (1) The anthropologist, DR James Chatters who first studied the remains has dubbed the skeleton "Kennewick Man". ... In fact the Columbia River area contains some of the greatest variety and abundance of Indian artifacts in the United States. The reason the Kennewick Man's bones have attracted far more attention than other finds is that first, scientists believe these remains may co...

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To be able to guide others in need is a gift few are endowed with. ... His soldiers could look to their side and see one of the wealthiest, well known men in the world fighting side by side with them. ... He would sacrifice his own pain for others to be able lessen theirs. This shows he is capable of sacrificing his own comfort for others he cares for. ... The Persians hoping to lure in Alexander's troops had placed their cavalry on the sloping banks of the Granicus River, Alexander understanding that being so close to the banks of the river made the Persians unable to charge, attacked...

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The claim is to the land which lies between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Both sides have reasonable arguments and it is the fault of neither side that this conflict began. However, over the course of the past 50 years or so, both sides have committed abominable acts against the other and this must end. ... This area is only about 10,000 square miles, about the size of Maryland.(1) Conversely, according to many other sources, what is known as Palestine today, before 1900 was never an individual nation but mostly a barren, empty land surrounded by Arabs inh...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. ... Root Causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed that slavery caused the Civil War. ... They took control of federal forts and other properties within their boundaries with little resistance from outgoing President James Buch...

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Tornadoes, hurricanes, and other irregular weather patterns are destroying houses and farms. ... Inlets, where the river meets the sea, will widen out, and cause the sea water to flow into rivers and streams. ... Power stations that contain turbines and generators are built near the downstream side of the dam. ... There are two types of hydroelectricity dams called dams and run-of-river, or water-diversion. ... They can change the flow of rivers, increase the amount of sediment in the water and decrease oxygen level; in return, this can kill fish and other wildlife. ...

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Each rural community is facing different hardships and challenge than the other in dealing with the drought. ... While some communities have arsenic water or rationed water, others have completely ran out. California's Primary Water Source One of the main water source of California is from the Colorado River. The River is unfortunately shrinking due to warming climate. The reduction of water in Colorado River is contributing to the water crisis in California. ...

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Doubled the size of U.S. secured navigation rights on the Mississippi River. ... Embargo Act (1807)- Stopped shipments of food and other American products to foreign ports. ... It also prevented war with France, over the Mississippi River. ... This was true for the most part, and his cabinet was on his side. ... It was firmly on Jefferson's side and did everything it could to further the republican interest. ...

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Instead, long before the earth was made, Niflheim was made, and in it a spring gave rise to twelve rivers. ... To the north was frigid Ginnungagap, where the rivers froze and all was ice. Where the sparks and warm winds of Muspell reached the south side of frigid Ginnungagap, the ice thawed and dripped, and from the drips thickened and formed the shape of a man. ... As the ice dripped more, it formed a cow, and from her teats flowed four rivers of milk that fed Ymir. ... In it they fixed sparks and molten slag from Muspell to make the stars, and other sparks they set to move in paths just belo...

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Therefore, the shade of blood notably darkens and due to the force gravity, it sinks to the lower sides of the body as muscles begin to tense up. ... Other objects that serve as clues are so minute, they require a microscope to find them. ... In order to wash away any particles, he began to throw the bodies into the river. The Atlanta task force began to keep a constant eye on the river and sure enough, when a man was witnessed dumping something into the river one night, police were able to get a warrant issued. ... This bit of evidence weighed heavily on the prosecution side and both charges ...

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The lama is on a quest to find the holy "River of the Arrow" which supposedly sprang from an arrow shot by Buddha. Anyone who bathes in this river shall be cleansed of all sin. The location of this river is unknown and he is on a quest to find it . ... This is Kim's first encounter with white men Kim has had in his life, and Kipling uses it to show a clash of native and British mentality, with Kim and the lama showing the native side, and the members of the regiment showing aspects of British mentality. ...

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Fields, dust, flowers, rivers, suns-it's all over the place. ... Moreover, as a child, he was "washed" and "blest" by the rivers and sun of his homeland (England). ... Line 8: The speaker was "washed" by England's rivers, and "blest" by her suns. ... (We wonder if the angels fly on the left side of the clouds.) ... Take line 8 as an example: Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. ...

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The two great civilizations were bi-polar and they repelled each other like same sides of two magnates . Tiber, 1the river of Rome connects Europe with the rest of known world, symbolizes the maturity and highly consciousness of Romans. ... Here is my space." (1.1.38-39) Whereas River Nile of Egypt provides fertile land and symbolizes passion and liberty. ... The villages adjacent to Tiber river became a powerful city, conquering the rest of Italy and the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. ... However, Shakespeare has shown through Romans characters that superiority is on the Roman side and...

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Cuba has around 200 rivers in which the Cauto is the longest river which flows from the east to the Caribbean Sea. ... Cuba has the largest production of sugar in the world in which uses its rivers to export sugar and to import goods sent from other countries. ... Its unique rivers, plains, mountains have all contributed to the creation of Cuba. ... Communication is really big and he didn't want people to be influenced by other people who live in other places like the United States. ... Now we are seeing another side of Cuba that we haven't seen in a very long time. ...

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Contentwise, on the other hand, this film was far from moderate or conservative in policy. ... He wears his sun bleached Confederate cloak with his saber hanging at his side. ... Ethan steps up onto the porch, then hesitates and steps to one side as Laurie and Martin cross behind him and enter, reunited once and for all - unlike Ethan who is fated to wander and cannot live in a civilized, family-based community. ... For example, after Debbie has been located among the Comanche by Ethan and Marty, a war party of Comanches attack from the ridge and from alongside the river bank where the two ha...

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To the Chinese, the absorption of the Red River Delta represented the expansion of a superior civilization over people of a primitive culture, a concept of "manifest destiny- not unlike the westward expansion of the United States in the nineteenth century. ... To a considerable degree, this southward expansion (known in Vietnamese history as "the March to the South-) was a response to the growing need to locate additional cultivatable land for the peasants living in the crowded Red River Delta. ... By 1700, the entire Mekong River Delta was in Vietnamese hands. ...

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This essay will explain that the origins of the Six Day War was a combination of domestic and external factors on both Israeli and Arab sides including: pre-war provocations and Palestinian guerrilla attacks, divisions within the Israeli government, the Arab League and the "water wars "; with Syria being the primarily belligerent actor against Israel. ... Arab-Israeli acrimony over the exploitation of the headwaters of the Jordan River, had been ongoing since 1950.The Jordan River ran through Lake Tiberias which was in the DMZ between Syria and Israel. ... At first these tractor-induced cro...

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