Specimen Days and Collect
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Specimen Days and Collect, autobiographical narrative by
Whitman, published in 1882. It incorporates
Memoranda During the War (1875).
The first part contains the author's reminiscences of his early life and the fascinating panorama of New York. This is followed by journal jottings and memoranda of the Civil War, both on the front and in Washington hospitals. The last part of the book deals with his observations of nature and his own sensations, and incorporates travel sketches of his excursions to the West, Canada, and Boston, with literary criticism of the authors he met and others who interested him, such as Carlyle.
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Jaffna politics after the war; the UPFA's election win
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror; 8/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...Duraiappa was a popular SLFP mayor of Jaffna, who was gunned down by Vellupillai Prabhakaran...Durraiappa, had won his election as Mayor of Jaffna handily leading the SLFP ticket, defeating...course, chasing out all Muslims from Jaffna thereafter. It was also a precursor to...
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Portuguese ruined Jaffna: Historian
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...April 10 -- Today, the Tamil-speaking Jaffna peninsula in north Sri Lanka is a bastion...The fascinating story of how and why Jaffna became Catholic en masse, and why it...by Prof Tikiri Abeyasinghe in his book Jaffna under the Portuguese, which was first...
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Jaffna on its way to stability
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Observer; 10/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 25 -- The Northern capital of Jaffna is slowly but surely reaching stability...proposed railway linking Colombo to Jaffna are some of the key points that have excited the business community. Due to Jaffna population having their relatives...
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SRI LANKA: UNDP HELP FOR JAFFNA WILL BOOST GOVERNMENT HOLD
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 9/10/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...the people of the war-ravaged northern Jaffna peninsula has for the first time received...assistance in speedily bringing life in Jaffna back to normal. The grant will fund a...priorities and cost estimates to rebuild Jaffna, wrecked by a 14-year civil war...
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U.S. Says Jaffna's Fall Won't Ease Conflict
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 12/8/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...India Abroad 12-08-1995 U.S. Says Jaffna's Fall Won't Ease Conflict. The Administration...capture of the Tamil rebel stronghold of Jaffna by Sri Lankan troops would be a significant...Government troops last week entered part of Jaffna, highlighting a monthlong campaign that...
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Sri Lanka Rebels Seek Jaffna Boost
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/30/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Online 04-30-2000 Sri Lanka Rebels Seek Jaffna Boost COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Jaffna doesn't look like a place worth dying for...miles of dry, flat landscape. But retaking Jaffna from the government would be a huge morale...
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Sri Lanka Fighting Traps Thousands in Jaffna
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 2/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Sri Lanka Fighting Traps Thousands in Jaffna Time 11:00-12:00 PM Play Audio This...tip of the country. Their home is the Jaffna Peninsula. That peninsula is controlled...MONTAGNE: In August, the road linking Jaffna to the rest of the island was cut after...
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Private-public partnerships key to Jaffna's economic revival
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror; 1/21/2009; 700+ words
; ...and South by road, the revival of the Jaffna economy is set to take-off. The recent...encouraging response they received from Jaffna consumers, many of these companies are...expand their distribution networks in Jaffna and are looking to set up their own retail...
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DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: UNDP AIDS ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF JAFFNA
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 3/19/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the best hand-made leather products in Jaffna before the war. We want to re-establish...government, it is an effort to revive Jaffna's shattered economy with the setting up of small and medium sized industries. Jaffna was the stronghold of the Liberation Tigers...
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Air travel to Jaffna costlier due to closure of A9 highway.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 3/2/2008; 693 words
; Air travel to Jaffna costlier due to closure of A9 highway...the A9 highway connecting Colombo with Jaffna has hit travellers hard with the flight...the two-way airfare between Colombo to Jaffna ranges from Rs 18,000 (Sri Lankan rupees...
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Jaffna
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jaffna , peninsula, northernmost part of Sri Lanka...inhabited, largely by Tamil-speaking people. Jaffna suffered under the Portuguese and Dutch...chemical, and tobacco production. The city of Jaffna (1995 est. pop. 135,000), on the...
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Jaffna moss
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jaffna moss see agar .
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Sri Lanka
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...Strait and Palk Bay separate Sri Lanka's Jaffna Peninsula from India. Koddiyar Bay indents...situated in Palk Bay. Southwest of the Jaffna Peninsula, an elevated portion of the...Adam's Bridge. Coastal Features The Jaffna Peninsula, a dry limestone extension...
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Tamil of Sri Lanka
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...population and culture is the densely populated Jaffna Peninsula of the extreme north; other...civilizations, a Tamil Hindu kingdom arose in the Jaffna Peninsula, with a Hindu king and a palace...codified the traditional legal system of Jaffna, but in such a way that they interpreted...
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Tamils
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...agriculture, although many moved into the cities (especially Jaffna) and became professionals or engaged in commerce. By contrast...1999, when they encircled 25,000 Sri Lankan troops on the Jaffna peninsula. The Tamil Tigers were unable to force their surrender...
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