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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence... ...shington, D.C. 20340-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State IN... ...27 Requesters outside the US Government may .... ' purchase this publication in photocopy or micro- form from: National Technical Information Service ... ...75 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 76 Faroe Islands 77 Fiji 78 Finland 79_ France 81 French Guiana 83 French Polynesia 84 Gabon 85 Gambia, The 87 Ga... ...de partners: exports Yugosla- via, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Italy, Po- land, France; imports Yugoslavia, Czech- oslovakia, FRG, Romania, Poland, Italy... ...ystem of urban facilities in Djibouti and radio-relay sta- tions at outlying places; 7,300 telephones (2.4 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, 1 FM, 2 TV stations; ... ...ronment: mountainous interior is isolated, nearly inaccessible, and sparsely populated; late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding Special... ...ern Sahara question with Mauritania; Spain controls two coastal presidios or places of sover- eignty (Ceuta, Melilla) Climate: Mediterranean, becoming... ...dary disputes: none; Gibraltar ques- tion with UK; controls two presidios or places of sovereignty (Ceuta, Melilla) on the coast of Morocco Climate: t...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disp...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 1 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...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... ...nations should be demanded categorically from the governments of Spain and France, which were then preparing, one for the annexation of San Domingo, a... ...- tory explanations were received war should be declared against Spain and France by the United States; that expla- nations should also be sought from... ...ublic utility of internal improvements. That the poor- est and most thinly populated countries would be greatly benefited by the opening of good roads... ...and join mine, this being the case it was agreed that they should exchange places and answer to each other’s names—as it was ex- pected we all would b... ...o the family of the lion, or the tribe of the eagle. What! think you these places would satisfy an Alexander, a Caesar, or a Napoleon? Never! Towering... ...bled away that temple must fall unless we, their descendants, supply their places with other pillars, hewn from the solid quarry of sober reason. Pass...

...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the lib...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...e gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his ... ...e Vatican, the spiritual responsibility of guiding over one-billion Catholics in the area of faith and morals. This was his time to commune with his... ... with his own spirituality, to harmonize his soul with the peace of his Father in Heaven. He rolled the rosary beads, one by one, through his finge... ..."Do you think, over the years, that I have not recruited many friends in high places? You taught me well, Uncle." "That scares me, Michael." "It ... ..." "These drug dealers are very sophisticated. They've got political moles in places you wouldn't believe," Radcliff said. "I'm sure that Michael ha... ...ofessors who acted more like delinquents than role models was one of the many places that Michael Brand and General Radcliff met. Radcliff sat on ... ...hes for centuries . When the Iraqi and Iranian war broke out, he had been in France on business. He had been trained in Baghdad as a geologist, spe... ...egan casting long shadows, as the motorcade wound its way through the densely populated city. Military soldiers were posted all along the route. Whe...

...y before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-loud the Five Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calmed him and connected his soul to the subl...

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American Notes

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. American Notes by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...talked over their liquor as men who had power and unquestioned ac- cess to places of trust and profit. The magazine writer discussed theories of gover... ...onshire; deli- cate and of gracious seeming those who live in the pleasant places of London; fascinating for all their demureness the damsels of Franc... ...sant places of London; fascinating for all their demureness the damsels of France, clinging closely to their mothers, with large eyes wondering at the... ...there is no other country for the American public speaker to trample upon. France has Germany; we have Russia; for Italy Austria is provided; and the ... ...her with 38 American Notes whoops, and halloos, and bellowing curses. The places smelled of the refuse of the pit, and that odor mixed with the clean... ...lings for half- crown cigar-cases. When the country fills up to a decently populated level a few million people who are not aliens will be smitten wit...

...Introduction: In an issue of the London World in April, 1890, there appeared the following paragraph: ?Two small rooms connected by a tiny hall afford sufficient space to contain Mr. Rudyard Kipling, the literary hero of the present hour, ...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...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... ...day morning, the 26th. We have so thinned our line to get troops for other places that it was broken yesterday at Front Royal, with a probable loss to... ...ell to aid you at Richmond, and the rest of his force scattered at various places. On the 23d a rebel force of 7000 to 10,000 fell upon one regiment a... ...from here and Baltimore as we can spare to Harper’s Ferry, supplying their places in some sort by calling in militia from the adjacent States. We also... ...complaints. This proposition has been made especially to Great Britain, to France, to Spain, and to Prussia. In each case it has been kindly received,... ... expected to result from these measures. Our relations with Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, the Net... ...ttle more than one third of its length are rivers, easy to be crossed, and populated, or soon to be populated, thickly upon both sides; while nearly a...

...ist of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the President of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services and gallantry in action against an enemy, be restored to t...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...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. North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...e completion of which there can now, I imagine, be but little hope. Of all places that I know it is the most ungainly and most unsatisfactory: I fear ... ...d, between Emmaus and Arimathea. In the first place no one knows where the places are, or is sure of their existence, and then between their presumed ... ...re models of them all at West Point, and some of them I have seen at other places in marble. The Historical Society, at New York, has one or two of th... ...been from year to year elected; when we remember the position of the newly populated States from which the members have been sent, and the absence thr... ...ates should take a part. Now there are thirty-four States. The territories populated by American citizens stretch from the States on the Atlantic to t... ...f that manumission shall reach the mil- lion of whites by whom Virginia is populated; or if not that million in its integrity, then that other million...

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Proposed Roads to Freedom

By: Bertrand Russell

...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. Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...phasis on the State and political action, and to certain movements outside France which have some affinity with Syndicalism—notably the I. W . W . in ... ...se du T ravail, and again with the Syndicats in the same industry in other places. “It was the purpose of the new organization to secure twice over th... ...n- crease without limit. If the whole surface of the world were as densely populated as London is now, it would, no doubt, require almost the whole la... ...ket-gardeners in Great Britain, in the neighborhood of Paris, and in other places, he says:— They have created a totally new agriculture. They smile w... ...n of law. Experience of backwoods communities, mining camps and other such places seems to show that under new conditions men easily revert to a more ... ...European immigrants also compete, but they are not excluded. In a sparsely populated country, indus- trious cheap labor could, with a little care, be ...

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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... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ...rnment, always conscious of its duties as the custodian of Islam’s holiest places, joined with wealthy Arabs from the Kingdom and other states borderi... ...ns for recruiting and training fighters for Islamic insur- gencies in such places as Tajikistan, Kashmir, and Chechnya. Pakistani intelli- gence offic... ...oclaimed “the formation of the Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places, ” and two others—one for each embassy—announced that the attack had... ...ge taking in the 1970s. In June 1976, Palestinian terrorists seized an Air France plane and landed it at Entebbe in Uganda, holding 105 Israelis and o... ...itary cantonment, away from civilian population centers and overwhelmingly populated by jihadists. Clarke remembered sitting next to T enet in a White... ...wearing Western clothes and occasionally renting cars for trips to Berlin, France, and the Netherlands. 71 As a student, Shehhi was less than a succes...

... 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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