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2991: Haiti: ... June through October is hurricane season in Haiti. Hurricane Flora killed 3,000 people in Haiti in 1963. In 1980, Hurricane Allen caused considerable damage to Haiti's southern peninsula. History: Despite an early liberation from France and a national motto that boldly states “Strength Through Union,” Haiti has continued to endure a history characterized by enormous struggle and bloodshed. After almost two hundred years of rule by a series of cruel dictators, powerless presidents, and tyrannical generals, nothing has really improved for the ...

2992: The Country of Italy: ... its art and literature. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. The World Book Encyclopedia. 1994 edition. Volume10 ( I ) 2. Italy. Places and People of the World. Kathryn Bonomi. New York, Philadelphia. 1991 3. Living History. Italian Renaissance. John D. Clare, Editor. San Diego, New York, London. 4. A Concise History of Italy. Christopher Duggan. 1994 5. National Geographic Magazine. “Surviving, Italian style” William S. Ellis. Volume 165 No.2. February 1984. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Page 1 Italy in ancient ...

2993: The Future of The City of Miami: ... City of Miami is headed no-where regarding its future said Ronald Hofsteider, an environmental science professor at the University of Miami. “Though Miami has come a long way in history, the future seems very bleak,” he added. At a symposium held at the University of Miami to discuss the past, present, and future of Miami, four professors tried to answer ... construction, he did see his plans as a start for the city. The point he stressed most frequently was using structures of buildings to tell stories of the city's history. This means designing noticeable objects on buildings that relate to the city. Although Hernandez argued his points distinctly, Wilson totally disagreed. Wilson said cities revolve around racism, and how can ...

2994: Mexico City: ... Folklorico performances at the Palace of Fine Arts and Mexico's most important religious shrine, the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadeloupe, is located on the outskirts of the city. History The history of Mexico City began in 1325 when a group of nomads from the north settled on an island in Lake Texcoco. Later the city was named Tenochitlan, and reached a ...

2995: Central America: ... just south of Mexico and North of Panama, consists of just six countries; Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Of those six, all share a distinct common history except for Belize. Belize for one is incredibly small, and while Spanish is the official language of other Central American countries, in Belize English is spoken. So throughout this paper as I carelessly say 'Central American' I am not including Belize whose history and development was far different than the others. Although Central America is located close to the United States in relation to the Eastern Hemisphere, our ways of life are indescribably ...

2996: Benin: ... has been under military rule since 1970. The constitution of 1977 instituted a national assembly, whose members belong to the sole legal political party, the Benin People's Revolutionary Party. History. Benin's history dates back to three principalities--Allada, Porto- Novo, and Dahomey--in the S area who were being pushed by the N Kingdom of Abomey in the 16th century. Dahomey was ...

2997: From Village to City: From Village to City Over the years of history, there have been many civilizations. We will look at the earliest of all civilizations known to man. From Village to City began in 8000BC and spanned all the way into ... be where we are today. We must ask ourselves, when they invented, did they comprehend the repercussions of their developments? In other words, did they realize that they were changing history as we know it forever.

2998: The Mafia: ... capitalistic counterpart to what the government and society were providing. The Mafia members see themselves as alternative providers of public services. Robert Claiborne states in his book Climate, Man and History (266-7) that "(t)he distinction between robber and cop, between extortion and taxation, has been blurred at many times in human history. A quote from the economists sums up the Mafia from an economic standpoint Palermo’s chief prosecutor, Giancarlo Caselli, describes the Mafia…as a state within the state, ‘with its ...

2999: Compare And Contrast ‘State’ And ‘Nation’: ... necessary to recognize their definitions and study their similarities and differences. The term nation refers to social collectively in which the members all have common interests. These include a common history, a common language, similar ethic origins and religious interests. Joined along together with a common economic life and a common political base. However each criteria can exist in different forms and extremes. Members of a nation have a unity that is not merely legal, they form a nation due to collective experiences which are often rooted in history. Anthony Smith states that “to say that the modern world is a world of nations is to describe both a reality and an aspiration.” A common language is essential for ...

3000: "Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” and “Theorizing Difference From Multiracial Feminism”: Race Feminist Theory: "Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” and “Theorizing Difference From Multiracial Feminism”: Race Feminist Theory Since the beginning of time, history has shown us that there have been many inequalities between gender and race. Over the years, there have been many different movements and groups that have tried to solve the ... tell them of their mistakes. Our energy is wasted in telling them of their mistakes when it could be focused on ourselves and changing what is wrong. So far in history we have been taught to deal with the differences among us in three ways. Either we can choose to “ignore it”, “copy it if we think that it is dominant ...

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