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Signature for Sunshine

By: Christine Jones

...ll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy... ...g, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, cha... ...ring the front door shut, Chris sighed with relief, thinking it was about time the old coot got back. Bill O’Keith entered the large, timeworn kitche... ...r grasp Mitchell by the arm and haul him back onto the bus, which by this time had many vacant seats. Mr. Jago, the bus driver, turned in his seat. ... ... shed she’d built when they lived on the farm. The woman also believed in saving money wherever she could. Living on a sole parent’s pension was not... ...pushing her into the black hole; she could feel herself falling. 59 With daylight beyond the closed curtains, Chris abruptly sat up in bed. “Shit h... ..., referring to her as the super woman who got him out of the bathroom. If saving her dignity didn’t as least change her expression, he thought it ti... ...ny told you some whopper stories.” “No.” Chris shook her head. “Okay, so, Australia post has a reprieve and I’ll keep ordering comics and nuddy mags...

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The Daisy Chain: Or, Aspirations : A Family Chronicle

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsyl- vania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Penn... ...tle power pre- venting the outbreaks of restlessness to which even at such times the wild young spirits were liable. Margaret and Miss Winter especial... ...ver it, you won’t waste too much of your holiday.” “I’ll get it done in no time!” cried Ethel, rushing headlong upstairs, twice tripping in it before ... ...d my pen and the candle. I could hardly be- lieve the verses would scan by daylight, but I can’t find a mistake. Do you try them again.” Ethel scanned... ...p, and he without a notion what he shall do with them, as heedless as ever—saving nothing, of course. I always knew it was what he would come to, if h... ...e Fiord. Its beauty and tricks were duly displayed, and a most beauti- ful Australian parrot was exhibited, Mrs. Larpent taking full interest in the t... ...house, and papa said we might have, and the twopence were little Blanche’s savings. Oh, Ritchie!” as a bright coin appeared on the book. “That is all ... ...bout listening to the per- petual striking of all the Oxford clocks, until daylight had be- gun to shine in; when she fell asleep, and was only waked ...

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Celt and Saxon

By: George Meredith

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Celt and Saxon by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...nly to alight, moreover, and find ourselves dropped at the heels of flying Time, like an unconsidered bundle, is anything but a reconstruction of the ... ...eorge Meredith Therein you may detect the fiend. Our moralist had for some time been glancing at a broad, handsome old country mansion on the top of a... ... be lik- ened to the unwilling dog of the family was evidence of a want of saving pride. Besides, she could not trust to the glibness of her tongue in... ...y day as by night. He looked. The riddle of her was more burdensome in the daylight. He sighed, and on another surging of his admiration launched the ... ...it astonished me that no Englishman had cast an eye on so inviting a land. Australia is not comparable with it. And where colonisations have be- gun w... ... thinking a man without a tongue harmless, as fools do: being one of their savings-bank tricks, to be repaid them, their heirs, executors, administrat...

... But his inclinations were also subject to question, upon his considering that he had expended pounds English for the privilege of making the journey in this very train....

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Aus Com

By: Christine Jones

...ll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy... ...g, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, char... ...on from above. The teams patiently waited, a routine carried out numerous times before. "Definitely a Clan's bash," a veteran of the section uttered.... ...of what was once referred to as the suburbs. The eerie remnants of such a time littered the landscape. Surface dwellers had picked clean anything re... ...d him in the eyes. "Alex barley eats or sleeps. She’s bloody committed to saving lives. We have to force her to rest and every so often she goes do... ... lights embedded in the massive curved ceiling in plaster gave a sense of daylight. Coming from the cold tunnel, the warmth and fresh smell suggeste... ... the light tower." The man acknowledged Shaun with a nod of understanding. Australian Communications, Aus Com, the eyes and ears of the world. Floor ... ...otional attachment, Stephen broke the silence. He congratulated the man on saving the day and looked forward to gathering in his honour. "I did nothi... ...of individual panels, a massive solar screen automatically activated with daylight and lowered into the ground at dusk. The build up of earth around...

...efective. Dictated by science and technology, the search for immortality near destroyed the human race. What remains of mankind, struggles to survive in barbaric clans suppressed by Masters and false doctrine. Known as Project Noah, an underground community seeks to restore civilization by rehabilitating those snatched from the surface. An enemy from the past is out to re-...

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Jockeys and Jewels

By: Bev Pettersen

...s reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or a portion thereof, in any form. This book may not be resold or uploaded for distribution ... ...mud, blasted on his bugle, and the post parade began. Most fans sought refuge in the clubhouse, yet ten feet away two women in stylish raincoats als... ...ow're things at headquarters?” “The usual. How about you? Heard you’re a full-time trainer now, making bags of money.” “Everything’s good. Got a ra... .... “We need you to race in Calgary. I know it's a hick track, and you're a big-time trainer, but this is critical.” Despite the rain, Kurt’s mouth fe... ...the gelding’s form. Skippy usually broke well. Perhaps the seasoned horse was saving everything for the race. And maybe he was underestimating both ... ...d horse was ratable and had tons of courage. She’d given him a good trip too, saving ground on the rail and not bullying him down the stretch. Not s... ... It was easy to flirt in a dark bar, blame it on beer, but this was cold hard daylight. No alcohol in sight. And Kurt was not a good idea. He was a... ...“Julie found him when he was a pup. Probably part coyote with some heeler and Australian shepherd mixed in. He's great with the stock, tougher than ... ...s hip against the table, keeping his voice casual. “I think they're mined in Australia or Thailand, places like that. They come in brown and green ...

...ater track where his partner was last seen alive. Julie West, a dedicated but struggling jockey, pins her dreams of an elusive win on the new trainer in town, never suspecting she’s a person of interest—and not because of her riding skills.Kurt didn’t expect his contrary colt to flourish under Julie’s feminine touch nor for his own rusty heart to soften. However, his decei...

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Mankind in the Making

By: H. G. Wells

...Y H. G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...o the need felt for some nuclear matter to crystallize upon at the present time, how- ever poor its quality, than this fact. Here I can only thank the... ...ERATION TO-DAY is becoming a different thing from the toleration of former times. The toleration of the past con- sisted very largely in saying, “You ... ...tem in the world indeed, the predominant mass of the exposition of sin and saving virtue positively or nega- tively centres upon birth. Positively in ... ... and using these tools may be avarice, ambition, a religious belief in the saving efficacy of nursery keeping or a simple passion for bettering flower... ...tegrity, let the curious inquirer seek an account of the Tasmanian, or the Australian, or the Polynesian before “sophistication” came. The very existe... ...ment of a Minimum Wage will be found in W.P . Reeves’ State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand, vol. ii., p. 47 et seq. 69 H G Wells rents, by ... ...times insidi- ously glossing upon it or undermining it, sometimes “letting daylight through it”; but much more into the latter type than into the form...

...Preface: It may save misunderstanding if a word or so be said here of the aim and scope of this book. It is written in relation to a previous work, Anticipations,* and together with that and a small pamphlet, ?The Discovery of the Future,?** presents a general theory of social development and of social and political conduct. It is an attem...

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The Clever Woman of the Family

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Penns... ... looked critically at the position of the wreath, and Rachel for the first time turned to the glass and met a set of features of an irregular, charact... ...l hurry to the drawing-room, and tear open the black-edged letter with the Australian stamp. “All is right, mamma. She has been very ill, but is fast ... ...y sixteen, had become the wife of Sir Stephen T emple, at sixty. From that time little had been known about her; her mother had continued with her, bu... ...ffects. He lived in an exceedingly retired way, he said, being desirous of saving his small private means for his great object, and he gave Rachel his... ... answered, in his usual impassive manner. “And gained,” she continued, “by saving the lives of all those officers, the very thing I told you about!” “... ...he morning’s affair of Mrs. Rossitur’s bills. Mr. Grey looked as if he saw daylight, Grace volun- teered to fetch both the account-book and Mrs. Rossi... ...me when you sent for me, though there were so many more people; but it was daylight, and the judge looked so kind, 405 Yo n g e and the lawyer spoke ...

...Excerpt: ?IT IS VERY KIND in the dear mother.? ?But--what, Rachel? Don?t you like it! She so enjoyed choosing it for you.? ?Oh yes, it is a perfect thing in its way. Don?t say a word to her; but if you are consulted for my next birthday present, Grace...

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ...R DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ...te a book of the same title ( ), published in Finnish (1979; 1985). At the time, I was interested in the way the structures that had maintained the vi... ...ision of production - occupational differentiation - industrial concept of time, schedules Centralizing national culture - metropolitan structures - c... ...rice varieties were developed, hailed as bringing a 'green revolution' and saving the world's developing countries from famine.(9 Hierarchy of rice. ... ... offer their produce for sale. Young farmers in particular have no capital savings, thus they are forced to borrow in order to buy seed, fertilizers a... ...nally an angry phii would come and take a child. Although we played during daylight, the evil spirit would take someone every now and then. One boy hi... ...77. Thai Traditional Medicine. A preliminary investigation. Ph. D. thesis, Australian National University. Canberra. Murdock, George Peter (ed.) 1... ...k, T. H. (ed.) 1967. Thailand. Social and Economic Studies in Development. Australian National Univ. Press & Duke Univ. Press, Durham, N.C. — 1970. ...

...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 of villagers themse...

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...ghts reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electron... ..., is entirely coincidental and not intended by the author. The information in the Appendix of this book is offered on an “as is” basis, without warran... ...ets earlier and earlier. “Your mother’s not well,” her Daddy had said many times. “She has asthma and migraine headaches. You must be a good girl, and... ...ngly cleaned the house, but he never took Lacey with him to shop, or spent time with her at home. Nei- ther parent read to her, or taught her how to c... ... you must be dead,” she finally stammered. “No, but I’ve been far away, in Australia. Can I come in?” he 228 SUSAN BRACKEN asked, looking toward the ... ...nd I just knew I had to get away. I went as far as I could, all the way to Australia. All I had was the pack on my back with my documents and clothes ... ...me? Why do I hurt so much? What’s wrong with my mouth? As more of the life saving water dripped into her mouth she opened her eyes and tried to focus.... ...he tried to push them back, but black gradually faded to gray, and then to daylight. As con- sciousness returned, and the pure horror of being alive d...

...Lacey Wilson overcomes neglect in childhood and abuse in her first marriage to achieve fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indi...

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Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens

...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State U... ...o have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles ... ...hat fat cheeks you ha’ got.” I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized for my years, and not strong. “Darn me if I couldn’ t eat e... ...s you’re welcome to it – so far as it was ever mine,” returned Joe, with a saving remembrance of Mrs. Joe. “We don’t know what you have done, but we w... ...lasted long after the subject had died out, and had ceased to be mentioned saving on exceptional occasions. Chapter 7 A T THE TIME when I stood in the... ...yself in a pretty large room, well lighted with wax candles. No glimpse of daylight was to be seen in it. It was a dressing-room, as I supposed from t... ...thinking about it, that it must necessarily be night-time. The rush of the daylight quite confounded me, and made me feel as if I had been in the cand... ... of life, I said I supposed he was very skilful? “Deep,” said Wemmick, “as Australia.” Pointing with his pen at the office floor, to express that Aust...

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Young Folks, History of England

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Young Folks’ History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Penn... ...its of their walls are to be seen still, built of very small bricks. Some- times people dig up a bit of the beautiful pavement of col- ored tiles, in ... ...el faces, and they ought to be heirs with the angels in heaven.” From that time this good man tried to find means to send teachers to teach the Englis... ..., and to it clung a butcher and the owner of the ship all night long. When daylight came, and the owner knew that the king’s son was really dead, and ... ...ncers were put to a cruel death, though Edward gave himself up in hopes of saving them. The queen and her friends made him own that he did not deserve... ...ot work or food enough for them at home, and went to settle in Canada, and Australia, and Van Dieman’s Land, and New Zealand, making, in all these dis...

.... 6 CHAPTER I JULIUS CAESAR. B.C. 55 ........................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER II THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. A.D. 41?418.......................................................... 8 CHAPTER III THE ANGLE CHILDREN A.D. 597.................................................................... 10 CHAPTER IV THE NORTHMEN. A.D. ...

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Framley Parsonage

By: Anthony Trollope

...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State U... ...did woo her—and won her. For Mark himself was a hand- some fellow. At this time the vicar was about twenty-five years of age, and the future Mrs Robar... ...our, the old curate taking care of the Framley souls the while. And in due time they re- turned; and after a further interval, in due course a child w... ...et about it, Smith?’ ‘How do we set about it? How did we set about it with Australia and America? It is very easy to criticize; but in such matters th... ...reat thing is to put one’s shoulder to the wheel. ’ ‘We sent our felons to Australia, ’ said Supplehouse, ‘and they began to work for us. And as to Am... ...xpedient that she should give way a little. ‘You can start at noon as it’s daylight, you know, if you like it, Mr Robarts, ’ she said. There was not m... ...ch a saviour? What though the country at the present moment needed no more saving, might there not, never- theless, be a good time coming? Were there ... ...use were being burned, burn it must, even though there were facilities for saving it. For who would dare to interfere with the 116 Framley Parsonage ...

...When young Mark Robarts was leaving college, his father might well declare that all men began to say all good things to him, and to extol his fortune in that he had a son blessed with an excellent disposition. This father was a physician living at Exeter. He was a gentleman possessed of no private means, but enjoying a lucrative practice, which had enabled him to maintain ...

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The Egoist : A Comedy in Narrative

By: George Meredith

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Egoist by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...at with clearer minds and livelier manners we may escape, as it were, into daylight and song from a land of fog-horns. Shall we read it by the watchma... ...he innovation. You may as well know him out of hand, as a gentleman of our time and country, of wealth and station; a not flexile figure, do what we m... ... sum of money amounting to the gallant fellow’s pay per annum, at the same time showing his acquaintance with the first, or chemical, principles of ge... ...en, or a word unsaid, offered the picture of him in America, Japan, China, Australia, nay, the continent of Europe, holding an English review of his M... ...s betrothed, sworn to him. The fact stood out cut in steel on the pitiless daylight. That consideration drove her to be an early wanderer in the wake ... ...-bag.” “The stain on the metal for a constant reminder of his prow- ess in saving it! Well, and there’s an alternative to that scheme, and a finer:—Th... ...m in a web. I cannot do right, whatever I do. There is only the thought of saving Crossjay. Yes, and spar- ing papa.—Good-bye, Mr. Whitford. I shall r...

...hapter of which the last page only is of any importance comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, no mire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of the representation convincing. Credulity is not wooed through the im...

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Hawaii Business Magazine-Special Apec Edition

By: Apec Hawaii Host Committee

...COSYSTEM RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY & FOREST PRODUCTS “ The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now . ” ... ... and earth science and technology Our Ownership Hawaii Business is printed in Hawai‘i by Hagadone Printing Company on post-consumer recycled paper us... ...offset by carbon credits. is part of This special edition of was produced in cooperation with the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee. PUBLISHER David ... ...on Hawaiian Electric Industries Hawaiian Electric Company and American Savings Bank Palapalai Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. First Hawaiian Bank Hawai... ... Tourism Authority Lockheed Martin Corporation Of fice of Hawaiian Affairs Time Warner Cable University of Hawai‘i System Hāpu‘u Kupukupu aio Ala Moa... ...echnology can be used anywhere. We’re looking at opportunities in Japan, Australia, the Pacifc Islands, you name it.” The Sopogy technology is idea... ...cially for people of Native Hawaiian ancestry, blends the latest energy- saving technology with traditional Hawaiian practices aimed at self-sufci... ...PACIFIC BIODIESEL AND ISTOCK 29 APEC 2011 · HAWAII BUSINESS Argentina • Australia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bhutan • Bosnia-Herz... ...CO VANCOUVER CHICAGO HOUSTON Note: Times may vary by an hour depending on Daylight Saving Time, which Hawai‘i does not use. CALGARY, ALBERTA 6 hours,...

Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.

...cean and Earth sciences -- 48 Turning Science Into Practical Inventions -- 56 Winners of the Hawai‘i Business Innovation Showcase -- 60 Breakthroughs in Health and Medicine -- 68 Hawai‘I Diversity Ideal for Medical Research -- 74 Perfect Place for Global Meetings -- 78 Checklist for Your Next Conference -- 82 Sustainability, Harmony Built Into Hawaiian Culture -- 86 What A...

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An Englishman Looks at the World Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks Upon Contemporary Matters

By: H. G. Wells

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvan... ...ing a hundredweight or so of ex- plosive upon the printing machines of The Times, and return- ing securely to Calais for another similar parcel. They ... ...and behind them. Are we an awakening people? It is the vital riddle of our time. I look out upon the windy Channel and think of all those millions jus... ...on a far huger scale from India into Africa, and from China and Japan into Australia and America are prevented. All the indications point to a time wh... ... the work that has to be done to keep our community going in far more toil-saving and life-saving ways than we follow at the present time. So far scie... ...I, and the rest of us who must to- gether go on with the perennial task of saving the country by firstly, doing our own jobs just as well as ever we c... ...fixation of conditions that were once fluid and adventurous goes on in the daylight visibly to everyone. And it has to be borne in mind also that thes... ...imordial dream-stuff of lewdness and jealousy and cruelty, pale before the daylight which filters between his eyelids. In a little while we individual...

...Excerpt: The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. There is the usual trouble in connecting up, minute voices in Folkestone and Dover and London call to one another and are submerged by buzzings and t...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...eporting structure, Northeast Air Defense Sector p. 32–33 Flight paths and timelines p. 49 Usama Bin Ladin p. 64 Map of Afghanistan p. 148 Khalid Shei... ...nd five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation’s capital at a time of great partisan division—have come together to present this report w... ... sanctions had rattled the Taliban, who seemed “to be look- ing for a face-saving way out of the Bin Ladin issue.” 90 In fact none of the outside pres... ...held under a particular country’s criminal laws. Countries such as Britain,Australia, and Muslim friends, are committed to fighting terrorists.America... ... prepare for the attacks that may get through, con- taining the damage and saving lives. T errorist Travel More than 500 million people annually cross... ...st normal transmission from the Stewart flight was at 9:27:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time.The Southeast Air Defense Sector was notified of the event at... ...” New Y ork Times, May 30, 2004, p. 27. 10 Wartime 1.All times are Eastern Daylight Time. Sometime around 10:30, after the decision had already been m...

...rican people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan division--have come together to present this report without dissent....

... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reev... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...t degenerate into license and result in the tyranny of absolutism, without saving to the people the power so often found necessary of repressing or de... ... truths that will stand for their deliverance from monarchical rule, while time shall last. A French aristocrat of the purest strain of blood and of t... ... wrote, we had lived less than fifty years under our Constitution. In that time no great national commotion had occurred that tested its strength, or ... ...; and the criminal courts of England originally supplied the population of Australia. The settlers who established themselves on the shores of New Eng... ... militia was called out, but no one obeyed the call; and the only means of saving the poor wretches who were threatened by the frenzy of the mob was t... ... the surrounding darkness, to find the aper- ture which will restore me to daylight and the air. But all this is not applicable to men already enlight...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of...

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The Days Work

By: Rudyard Kipling

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Day’s Work by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...y almost too heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. No... ...her, how the under- lings were not to be trusted. They had been tried many times in sudden crises—by slipping of booms, by breaking of tackle, failure... ...other month, and borrowing ten days from Findlayson, spent his poor little savings of a year in a wild dash to London, and there, as his own tongue as... ...e cold. “God knows!” said Findlayson. The river and the island lay in full daylight now, and there was never mark of hoof or pug on the wet earth unde... ...ke a village road under the tomb.” “Can ye find and follow it for me?” “By daylight—if one comes with us, and, above all, stands near by .” “I will st... ...m were rusted home; and, best of all, the hun- dred and sixty tons of good Australian coal in the bunkers had not diminished. 109 The Day’s Work “I d... ...sufficiently absurd, and he felt the absurdity keenly; but at least he was saving life, and when the women saw that their children did not die, they m...

...d cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, and disease, with responsibility almost too heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. Now, in less than three months, if all went well, his Excellency the Viceroy would open the bridge in state, an archbishop would bless it, and the first...

................ 165 ?BREAD UPON THE WATERS? .............................................................................................. 183 AN ERROR IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION......................................................................... 206 MY SUNDAY AT HOME .............................................................................................................

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