Resolution Island
Resolution Island 387 sq mi (1,002 sq km), off SE Baffin Island, Canada, Nunavut Territory, at the east entrance of Hudson Strait. At its southern extremity is a radar and meteorological station.
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Gaping Ozone Hole.(hole expands over Punta Arenas, Chile)
Magazine article from: Science World; 11/27/2000; ; 280 words
; ...layer over Antarctica. It was the largest ozone hole ever seen, spanning a record 29.6 million square kilometers (11.5 million sq mi), or more than three times the size of the U.S. Normally the ozone hole exposes only ocean and barren land in Antarctica. But...
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Rental power bridges the Gulf.(rental)(Gulf of Mexico)(Welch Generator Co.)
Magazine article from: Diesel Progress North American Edition; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; In almost every way, the Gulf of Mexico is a desolate and unforgiving Place. There is no power grid serving the 700,000 sq.mi, of water. Yet that's where Lee Welch and his generator and equipment rental company makes its mark. We serve lots of markets...
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Guantanamo bay prison.(TEST YOURSELF)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 2/9/2009; 94 words
; ...suspects have been held since 2002. More than 500 have been released. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Facts about the base * Area: 45 sq. mi. (116 sq. km) * Surrounded by ocean, cactus wall, land mines set up by Castro to keep Cubans out Close the prison? How opinion...
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Focus on Panama.(facts)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 2/11/2000; 327 words
; ...has a legend showing the symbols for national capitals, provincial capitals, and other cities. Facts About Panama AREA: 30,200 sq. mi. POPULATION: 2,778,526 POPULATION DENSITY: 92 people per square mile AGE DISTRIBUTION: younger than 15, 31.5 percent; 65 or older...
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On track with added value: a metalcasting facility's responsibilities don't have to end after the final casting is poured. This article details how a truck assembly for a mass transit train was produced by a metalcaster from engineered concept to finished assembly.
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...rail cars gave riders a total of 190 million trips in 2004 alone on its 103-mile rail network. It services a metro area of 1,500 sq. mi. and utilizes 86 stations. Commuters and tourists alike depend on the rail to deliver them to their destinations in the U.S...
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Sand snatchers shrink beachers.(THE REGION)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 12/1/2008; 476 words
; ...they are stealing the beaches of the tiny island of Vieques (52 sq. mi). where the US military recently halted its controversial bombing...officials are building a US$1.2 million seawall to protect the 131-sq mi island. Sand thefts have exposed north-coast towns to rough seas...
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Focus on Yugoslavia.(map and statistics)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 3/26/1999; 327 words
; ...symbols and a key to show the location and height of mountains in and around Yugoslavia. Facts About Yugoslavia AREA: 39,517 sq. mi. POPULATION: 11,206,039 POPULATION DENSITY: 284 people per square mile ETHNIC GROUPS: Serbian, 63 percent; Albanian, 14 percent...
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Map it United States of America.(Puzzle)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 5/1/2005; 378 words
; ...1850 Motto: I Have Found It Size: 156,804 sq. mi. Texas Capital: Austin Pop: 17,192,000 Statehood: 1845 Motto: Friendship Size: 264,508 sq. mi. Indiana Capital: Indianapolis Pop: 5,681...Motto: Crossroads of America Size: 36,283 sq. mi. New York Capital: Albany Pop: 18,180,000...
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Airport News - Europe.
Magazine article from: Airguide Online; 9/10/2007; 700+ words
; ...US Northeast that it said will reduce delays, fuel consumption, aircraft emissions and noise. The redesign involves a 31,000-sq.-mi. area over Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Delays are expected to fall 20% by 2011, when the redesign...
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Going head to head: NREL compares hybrids and diesels in study using Seattle's King County Metro transit fleet.(TECHNOLOGY OF CLEAN AIR)
Magazine article from: Diesel Progress North American Edition; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...electric articulated buses in its fleet of 1400 standard and articulated buses, trolley buses and streetcars that service the 2134 sq.mi. Seattle/King County region. This is the largest use to date of the GM Allison EP50 parallel hybrid propulsion system, and 20...
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Wake Island, capture of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Wake Island, capture of. Within hours of attacking Pearl Harbor at...westerly US Pacific base, from air bases in the Marshall Islands. It was defended by marine-manned shore batteries and...in-C of the US Pacific Fleet, wanted to reinforce the island and trap any renewed attempt with his naval forces, ...
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Loans and Debt Resolution
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
Loans and Debt Resolution Richard W. Van Alstyne and Joseph M. Siracusa Problems arising from...armed forces of the United States but with the future status of the island not clearly defined. Spain had relinquished sovereignty over Cuba...
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Solomon Islands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...placed under a British protectorate in 1893; the eastern islands were added to it in 1898. In 1900, Germany transferred its islands (except Bougainville and Buka) to Great Britain in return...were liberated by U.S. forces (1943-44). The Solomon Islands became self-governing in 1976 and independent in ...
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Puerto Rico
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...under the Treaty of Paris of 1898, Puerto Rico is an island in the West Indies, 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of...granted control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands in exchange for $20 million. The conflict leading up...when Cubans rebelled against Spanish rule of the tiny island (which ...
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Taiwan Strait Crises
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...and after the Korean War , the Nationalists used the islands as staging areas for harassment of the mainland and...1950 and U.S. military advisers were stationed on the islands. The first major crisis began in September 1954, when...air raids against the mainland and strengthened their island ...
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