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... Revelling in the freedom conferred by anonymity, Rigby becomes an actor, stripper, rent boy, lover, teacher and dedicated traveller through Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, where travellers were uncommon and countries still retained many of the differences that made travel so interesting. Rigby meets with a wide variety of people, life styles and customs, ev...

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...e connection between the energy policies of various countries with the wars that break out at various parts of the world, i.e. at the Middle East and North Africa etc...

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...It was inevitable that the airman’s perspective regarding the employment of airpower in an operational theater would surface in North Africa, the first major American offensive of World War II. The North Africa experience provided a model for the organization and employment of tactical airpower in subsequent campaigns in Europe, Korea, Vietnam, and th...

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...he Arab world. However Egypt is very poor in oil and natural gas reserves, at least when compared to the other Arab countries of the Persian Gulf and North Africa. In the 1950s and 1960s, Gamal Nasser, an Egyptian military officer, tried to unite all Arabs in one country, under his leadership, in order for Egypt to control the oil of the Persian Gulf. This essay briefly...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 The Battle for France, 1940 . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Evolution of Air-Land Technique . . . . . .11 North Africa: The Adoption and Refinement of a New Air-Land Technique . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Success without Harmony: British Air-Land Co-operation by the End of the War . . . . . .25 Back to Afghanistan and Contemporar...

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.... . . . . . . . . 379 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 5 NORTH AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA 9 JANUARY–17 FEBRUARY 1943 . . . . . . . . 431 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 Postscript . ....

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...1 Introduction . . . . 1 2 ALLIED AIR OPERATIONS IN NORTH AFRICA . . . . .5 3 OPERATION HUSKY AND THE INVASION OF SICILY . . . .17 4 OPERATION AVALANCHE AND THE INVASION OF ITALY . .33 5 OPERATION SHINGLE AND THE ASSAULT OF ANZIO . . . .47 6 Conclusion . . . . 63 BIBLIOGR...

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...Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 10 PARIS, CANNES, ITALY, NORTH AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA 31 MARCH–8 MAY 1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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..., that the captain of a vessel belonging to Philadelphia, was about to sail to Africa and Europe. He promised his wife that he would return in a ce... ...led Swaffham in Norfolk, and dug under an apple tree in a certain garden on the north side of the town I should find a box of money; but I have some... ...usand francs. FOLK-LORE OF PINS. POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. – Why, however, north country people are so persistent in their refusal to give one ... ...dit to the process of divination. The vulgar notion, still prevalent in the north of England, of thə hazel‘s tendency to a vein of lead ore, se...

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...profesor de literaturi şi civiliza ţii africo-americane, antileze şi negro-africane, Camerun, Africa, 30/04/1984. 46. Frederic Treps, scriitor, Lile... ...onalit ăţi str ăine, din Europa pân ă-n America, în Asia (India, Corea) şi Africa, to ţi men ţionând acela şi lucru. A se citi şi ultimele dou ă ant... ...m became well-known to the international literary community, especially to North America and Western Countries. Working as a computer programmer and... ...ke, that ends in a … mathematical formula! Once upon a time, somewhere in North America, an Indian chief and his squaw had a son. Being the first c... ... great voyage of the Indian chief, by pony, by canoe, walking and so on to Africa whence he returned in time with a hippopotamus hide. His third chi...

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...her proficiency as a doctor. The voyage settled into a routine. The ship steamed up the coast of Africa, stopping briefly at a few ports to take on ... ... and I will have to comply to avoid further delay. You lads ride on. Follow the city walls to the North Gate, where I will meet you after making sur... ... John?’ ‘At the end of this road which skirts the lake,’ answered the Scotsman. ‘In fact, in the north of the City. The Residency is, of course, bui... ... masters of the State. ‘There is the fort, which is about six miles, as the crow flies, from the northern gate of the city. It was built by the Mogu... ..., but no, I must start on my return journey before nightfall. My platoon is waiting for me at the North Gate.’ Taking a glass from the tray, John Ma... ...haritably dubbed. The elder and prettier had married a British soldier who had been killed on the North West Frontier and she and her younger sister...

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...er example of the balance in Nature can be found in the early 1990s, when the North Korean gov- ernment decided to get rid of street cats that had be... ...re was a major increase in the number of mice, rats, and snakes. In fact, the North Korean govern- ment had to import cats from neighboring countries... ...ir help to the needy does not bring substantial chang- es to their situations. Africa is an example of this state of affairs. In the past, before the... ...s state of affairs. In the past, before the West interfered with their lives, Africans provided for themselves. Today, however, despite the food an... ...he Ari (Rabbi Isaac Luria) appeared in Zephath, a city of Kab- balists in the north of Israel. In a systematic, scientific language he revealed the ... ...rael. Even countries that were previously sympathetic toward Israel, such as North European countries, have changed for the worse. Surveys held in ...

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... Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven t... ...ll yield up her dead, and the sea shall yield up her dead, and they shall come from the north, and the south, and the east, and the west, and sit do... ...ith propriety, they call judaizing Millenarians, whose principal leaders were Nepos, an African 18... ...of Cerinthus, and chiefly a treatise then in the hands of all, written by one Nepos, an African bishop. Now what was the principal or only scope of ... ...likewise by the Greeks, the one towards Macedonia in Europe, the other towards Egypt in Africa; whence arose two separate kingdoms independent of the... ...ingdoms, principalities, and powers were then known in the old world; that is, in Asia, Africa, and Europe, without leaving at liberty even the isles... ...t II. -236- two, Seleucus and Ptolemy, whom the same Daniel calleth the king of the north and the king of the south. But this seemeth nothing in... ... where it established itself from its youth; that is, towards the south of Asia, and the northern part of Africa. In this part, or toward this side, ... ...flourished in the primitive ages; and, besides all this, a very vast empire towards the north of Europe and Asia. The second head of the beast consi...

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...veth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and... ...made. First: in the fiftieth chapter verse 3, he speaketh thus, “For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land... ...tain that nothing of the kind was accomplished upon her, when the nation of the north under Darius and Cyrus came against her. That nation far from ... ... therein, shall sing for Babylon; for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the Lord.” Rev. xviii. 20. “Rejoice over her, thou heav... ...th, which brought up, and which led, the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and... ...f the Tyrians, others to Ionea or Greece, others to different parts of Europe or Africa, leaving to the king of Babylon nothing but the destruction o... ... China, idolaters, and are they not so until this day? Those of the interior of Africa, to the Cape of Good Hope? Those of America and all the islan... ...hurch, did co-exist with it, when founded, established, and propagated in Asia, Africa, and Europe, for much about the space of forty years. I know ...

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...mixed — blood: Jewish blood, Spanish blood, Native American blood, and even African blood. Also, don't you find it ironic that the word Asian is mix... ...re the minorities, we've been emblematically segregated as Asian Americans, African Americans, and even Jewish Americans, but the strange thing is t... ...anese like you. I really don't have a ” problem with Ebonics, the idiomatic African American slang of our generation. I just wish that words such as... ...lter ego of the affluent Palo Alto, since it consists mostly of Latinos and African Americans and not its rich, snobby counterpart. It's truly amazi... ...'s also on the top of the list as the best obstetrician and gynecologist in Northern California, or NorCal for short. Plus, his wife is a former beau... ...s equal in sharing the ownership of wealth and goods? This is the same with North Korea. Asian people can't stand up for themselves, instead, letting... ...ore means a life not worth living. I head straight onto interstate 5, going northbound, all the way up to LA. You should let me drive, Gabriel insist... ...LA, before heading to Club Mode in Hollywood, which is about twenty minutes northwest. Gabriel knows the best Japanese restaurants since he use to c... ...everyone waits to get married in LA and everyone rushes to “ get married up North.” That's the same with the Bible Belt states. I know a guy in Texas...

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...CTION . . . . 1 Notes . . . . 2 2 PREVENTIVE ATTACK . . . . . 3 Notes . . . . 5 3 PAST CASES OF PREVENTIVE WAR . . . . . 7 Notes . . . .14 4 NORTH KOREA: A REPRESENTATIVE THREAT . . . . . 17 Notes . . . .25 5 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . .27...

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...9 SPACE: A CRITICAL DIMENSION . . . . . . . . .32 VULNERABILITY OF SPACE-BASED ASSETS . . 35 POTENTIAL THREATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 NORTH KOREA: KEY EXPORTER OF TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 The DPRK’s Ballistic Missile Capabilities. . . .38 North Korea: A Nuclear Sphinx . . . . . . . . . . 46 INDIA: A GROWING BALLISTIC MISS...

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...llels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decades. The book also speaks through the voices o...

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... A VILLAGE IN NORTHERN THAILAND ... ...dwork and the research group 15 * To the reader 18 I. A VILLAGE IN NORTHERN THAILAND Environment of my life (interviews) 20 About exper... ...Srii Muod Klao, central plains village 53 * Ban Mae Kong Nya, village of northern plains 57 * Ban Dong, the last forest village 58 Village hous... ...ys is an auditory backdrop to everything. I have made five trips in all to Northern Thailand and collected material on people's lives in three village... ...s, I have observed how people's lives in the villages of Lampang Province, Northern Thailand, have evolved during three decades. During five visits, I... ...urton (eds.) 1991. Thai Constructions of Knowledge. School of Oriental and African Studies. University of London. Chongrak, Ruthai Cai 1977. Old Th... ... (1978). Natural Symbols in South East Asia. London School of Oriental and African Studies. Mizuno, Koichi 1968. Multi-household Compounds in Northea... ...t (ed.), Nature and Man in South East Asia, 68–106. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. — 1982. The Social and Economic Cor... ....) 1991. Thai Constructions of Knowledge, 183–212. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Tanabe, Shigeharu – Charles F. Keye...

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...the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores...

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... India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indie... ...y -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of... ...ins -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among the mermaids -- Voyage of... ...sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A northwest passage -- The Romans pass to China by a north route -- Destr... ... driven upon a strange shore -- Attacked by the natives -- A bold rover of the north -- A cruise among Atlantic islands -- A surprising discovery in G... ...apportions the world -- ' Discovery of the West Indies -- John Cabot discovers North America -- Voyages of the younger Cabots -- Shipwreck and loss of... ...5- 152 CHAPTER XII. Voyages Of Vasco da Gama. -- An ambition to circumnavigate Africa -- King John's belief respecting the continent -- Secret prepara... ...xpedition -- Trouble with the sultan of Zanzibar -- Reception of da Gama by an African King -- Making good use of a soothsayer -- The King is invited ... ...dered by Indians -- A desperate fight in the sea -- Discovery of other islands north of New Zealand -- A profitable intercourse with the natives -- Ho...