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The City of Manchester in England was at the forefront of the 19th century industrial revolution and a global centre for the manufacture of cotton cloth. The citys industry is no longer centred on manufacturing but on service-based commerce, in particular finance and insurance. Manchesters architecture reflects this ch...
The subject of the passage is the architecture of the city of Manchester.
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id_6001
The City of Manchester in England was at the forefront of the 19th century industrial revolution and a global centre for the manufacture of cotton cloth. The citys industry is no longer centred on manufacturing but on service-based commerce, in particular finance and insurance. Manchesters architecture reflects this ch...
The tone of the passage is buoyant.
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id_6002
The Coastal Archaeology of Britain. The recognition of the wealth and diversity of England's coastal archaeology has been one of the most important developments of recent years. Some elements of this enormous resource have long been known. The so-called 'submerged forests' off the coasts of England, sometimes with clea...
England lost much of its land after the Ice Age due to the rising sea level.
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id_6003
The Coastal Archaeology of Britain. The recognition of the wealth and diversity of England's coastal archaeology has been one of the most important developments of recent years. Some elements of this enormous resource have long been known. The so-called 'submerged forests' off the coasts of England, sometimes with clea...
Coastal archaeological evidence may be well-protected by sea water.
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id_6004
The Coastal Archaeology of Britain. The recognition of the wealth and diversity of England's coastal archaeology has been one of the most important developments of recent years. Some elements of this enormous resource have long been known. The so-called 'submerged forests' off the coasts of England, sometimes with clea...
The design of boats used by pre-modern people was very simple.
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id_6005
The Coastal Archaeology of Britain. The recognition of the wealth and diversity of England's coastal archaeology has been one of the most important developments of recent years. Some elements of this enormous resource have long been known. The so-called 'submerged forests' off the coasts of England, sometimes with clea...
Similar boats were also discovered in many other European countries.
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id_6006
The Coastal Archaeology of Britain. The recognition of the wealth and diversity of England's coastal archaeology has been one of the most important developments of recent years. Some elements of this enormous resource have long been known. The so-called 'submerged forests' off the coasts of England, sometimes with clea...
There are few documents relating to mineral exploitation.
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id_6007
The Coastal Archaeology of Britain. The recognition of the wealth and diversity of England's coastal archaeology has been one of the most important developments of recent years. Some elements of this enormous resource have long been known. The so-called 'submerged forests' off the coasts of England, sometimes with clea...
Large passenger boats are causing increasing damage to the seashore.
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id_6008
The Coastal Archaeology of Britain. The recognition of the wealth and diversity of England's coastal archaeology has been one of the most important developments of recent years. Some elements of this enormous resource have long been known. The so-called 'submerged forests' off the coasts of England, sometimes with clea...
The coastline of England has changed periodically.
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id_6009
The Company expect the new factory, its first in Asia, to begin production early next year, and aims to build 18,000 tractors during its first year of operation. Full capacity will be achieved about five years later, by which time annual output will be about 40,000 tractors, making it the companys largest producer worl...
The number of tractors required locally is on the decrease.
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id_6010
The Company expect the new factory, its first in Asia, to begin production early next year, and aims to build 18,000 tractors during its first year of operation. Full capacity will be achieved about five years later, by which time annual output will be about 40,000 tractors, making it the companys largest producer worl...
The company will sent most of the tractors it makes in its new plant locally.
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id_6011
The Company expect the new factory, its first in Asia, to begin production early next year, and aims to build 18,000 tractors during its first year of operation. Full capacity will be achieved about five years later, by which time annual output will be about 40,000 tractors, making it the companys largest producer worl...
Communication likes were not an important in deciding where to locate the new factory.
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id_6012
The Company expect the new factory, its first in Asia, to begin production early next year, and aims to build 18,000 tractors during its first year of operation. Full capacity will be achieved about five years later, by which time annual output will be about 40,000 tractors, making it the companys largest producer worl...
Full production capacity will not be achieved after the first year of operation.
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id_6013
The Company expect the new factory, its first in Asia, to begin production early next year, and aims to build 18,000 tractors during its first year of operation. Full capacity will be achieved about five years later, by which time annual output will be about 40,000 tractors, making it the companys largest producer worl...
Currently the company has no production facilities within Asia.
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id_6014
The Compton School is an above average size secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16, situated on the outskirts of Brampton, a town in the West Midlands. Unemployment in the area has risen following a decline in motor manufacturing. In a letter to the local newspaper an angry parent was critical of the quality of educ...
Employment in the area is rising.
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id_6015
The Compton School is an above average size secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16, situated on the outskirts of Brampton, a town in the West Midlands. Unemployment in the area has risen following a decline in motor manufacturing. In a letter to the local newspaper an angry parent was critical of the quality of educ...
Lessons are disrupted by poor behaviour.
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id_6016
The Compton School is an above average size secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16, situated on the outskirts of Brampton, a town in the West Midlands. Unemployment in the area has risen following a decline in motor manufacturing. In a letter to the local newspaper an angry parent was critical of the quality of educ...
The school is about the same size as most other schools.
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id_6017
The Compton School is an above average size secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16, situated on the outskirts of Brampton, a town in the West Midlands. Unemployment in the area has risen following a decline in motor manufacturing. In a letter to the local newspaper an angry parent was critical of the quality of educ...
The present headteacher was the headteacher at the time when the school was last inspected.
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id_6018
The Compton School is an above average size secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16, situated on the outskirts of Brampton, a town in the West Midlands. Unemployment in the area has risen following a decline in motor manufacturing. In a letter to the local newspaper an angry parent was critical of the quality of educ...
Test and examination results are below average because of the disruption caused by the rebuilding work.
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id_6019
The Concept of Childhood in Western Countries The history of childhood has been a heated topic in social history since the highly influential book Centuries of Childhood, written by French historian Philippe Aries, emerged in 1960. He claimed that childhood is a concept created by modern society. Whether childhood is i...
In the 20th century, almost all children needed to go to school with a full-time schedule.
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id_6020
The Concept of Childhood in Western Countries The history of childhood has been a heated topic in social history since the highly influential book Centuries of Childhood, written by French historian Philippe Aries, emerged in 1960. He claimed that childhood is a concept created by modern society. Whether childhood is i...
Working children during the Middle Ages were generally unloved.
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id_6021
The Concept of Childhood in Western Countries The history of childhood has been a heated topic in social history since the highly influential book Centuries of Childhood, written by French historian Philippe Aries, emerged in 1960. He claimed that childhood is a concept created by modern society. Whether childhood is i...
The rise of trade unions majorly contributed to the protection of children from exploitation in the 19th century.
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id_6022
The Concept of Childhood in Western Countries The history of childhood has been a heated topic in social history since the highly influential book Centuries of Childhood, written by French historian Philippe Aries, emerged in 1960. He claimed that childhood is a concept created by modern society. Whether childhood is i...
Through the aid of half-time schools, most children went to school in the mid-19th century.
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id_6023
The Concept of Childhood in Western Countries The history of childhood has been a heated topic in social history since the highly influential book Centuries of Childhood, written by French historian Philippe Aries, emerged in 1960. He claimed that childhood is a concept created by modern society. Whether childhood is i...
Aries pointed out that children did different types of work to adults during the Middle Ages.
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id_6024
The Concept of Childhood in Western Countries The history of childhood has been a heated topic in social history since the highly influential book Centuries of Childhood, written by French historian Philippe Aries, emerged in 1960. He claimed that childhood is a concept created by modern society. Whether childhood is i...
Nowadays, childrens needs are much differentiated and categorised based on how old they are.
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id_6025
The Concept of Childhood in Western Countries The history of childhood has been a heated topic in social history since the highly influential book Centuries of Childhood, written by French historian Philippe Aries, emerged in 1960. He claimed that childhood is a concept created by modern society. Whether childhood is i...
Some scientists thought that overwork might damage the health of young children.
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id_6026
The Conquest of Malaria in Italy, 1900-1962 Mal-aria. Bad air. Even the world is Italian, and this horrible disease marked the life of those in the peninsula for thousands of years. Giuseppe Garibaldis wife died of the disease, as did the countrys first prime minister, Cavour, in 1861. Yet by 1962, Italy was officially...
Quinine is an effective drug which had long been used to combat malaria.
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id_6027
The Conquest of Malaria in Italy, 1900-1962 Mal-aria. Bad air. Even the world is Italian, and this horrible disease marked the life of those in the peninsula for thousands of years. Giuseppe Garibaldis wife died of the disease, as did the countrys first prime minister, Cavour, in 1861. Yet by 1962, Italy was officially...
Healthy people could remain safe in the malaria- infectious zone if they did not have mosquito bites.
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id_6028
The Conquest of Malaria in Italy, 1900-1962 Mal-aria. Bad air. Even the world is Italian, and this horrible disease marked the life of those in the peninsula for thousands of years. Giuseppe Garibaldis wife died of the disease, as did the countrys first prime minister, Cavour, in 1861. Yet by 1962, Italy was officially...
The volunteers in Grassi experiments were from all parts over the Italy.
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id_6029
The Conquest of Malaria in Italy, 1900-1962 Mal-aria. Bad air. Even the world is Italian, and this horrible disease marked the life of those in the peninsula for thousands of years. Giuseppe Garibaldis wife died of the disease, as did the countrys first prime minister, Cavour, in 1861. Yet by 1962, Italy was officially...
Eradicating malaria was a goal combined both medical and political significance.
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id_6030
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religi...
Tourism contributes over six per cent of the Australian gross national product.
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id_6031
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religi...
Tourism has a social impact because it promotes recreation.
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id_6032
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religi...
It is easy to show statistically how tourism affects individual economies.
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id_6033
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religi...
Two main features of the travel and tourism industry make its economic significance difficult to ascertain.
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id_6034
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religi...
Visitor spending is always greater than the spending of residents in tourist areas.
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id_6035
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religi...
The largest employment figures in the world are found in the travel and tourism industry.
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id_6036
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism. Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, relig...
Two main features of the travel and tourism industry make its economic significance difficult to ascertain.
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id_6037
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism. Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, relig...
The largest employment figures in the world are found in the travel and tourism industry.
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id_6038
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism. Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, relig...
Visitor spending is always greater than the spending of residents in tourist areas.
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id_6039
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism. Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, relig...
Tourism has a social impact because it promotes recreation.
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id_6040
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism. Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, relig...
Tourism contributes over six per cent of the Australian gross national product.
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id_6041
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism. Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, relig...
It is easy to show statistically how tourism affects individual economies.
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id_6042
The Copernican model of the solar system, with the Earth and associated planets revolving around the Sun, was formulated in the middle of the stxteenth century. Nicolaus Copernicuss theory was the first heliocentric model of planetary motion, placing the sun at the centre. That said, his solar model retained the errone...
Nicolaus Coperntuss work in the 1600s had a profound effect on how the universe was understood.
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id_6043
The Copernican model of the solar system, with the Earth and associated planets revolving around the Sun, was formulated in the middle of the stxteenth century. Nicolaus Copernicuss theory was the first heliocentric model of planetary motion, placing the sun at the centre. That said, his solar model retained the errone...
The Ptolemak system preceded the Copernican model.
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id_6044
The Copernican model of the solar system, with the Earth and associated planets revolving around the Sun, was formulated in the middle of the stxteenth century. Nicolaus Copernicuss theory was the first heliocentric model of planetary motion, placing the sun at the centre. That said, his solar model retained the errone...
The passage suggests that the Copernican system was flawkess.
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id_6045
The Copernican model of the solar system, with the Earth and associated planets revolving around the Sun, was formulated in the middle of the stxteenth century. Nicolaus Copernicuss theory was the first heliocentric model of planetary motion, placing the sun at the centre. That said, his solar model retained the errone...
Copernkus paved the way for Newtons work on the orbits of the planets.
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id_6046
The Copernican model of the solar system, with the Earth and associated planets revolving around the Sun, was formulated in the middle of the stxteenth century. Nicolaus Copernicuss theory was the first heliocentric model of planetary motion, placing the sun at the centre. That said, his solar model retained the errone...
Copernicus developed the first geocentric model of the Earths solar system.
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id_6047
The Creativity Myth It is a myth that creative people are born with their talents: gifts from God or nature. Creative genius is, in fact, latent within many of us, without our realising. But how far do we need to travel to find the path to creativity? For many people, a long way. In our everyday lives, we have to perfo...
The act of creation is linked to madness.
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id_6048
The Creativity Myth It is a myth that creative people are born with their talents: gifts from God or nature. Creative genius is, in fact, latent within many of us, without our realising. But how far do we need to travel to find the path to creativity? For many people, a long way. In our everyday lives, we have to perfo...
One problem with creativity is that people think it is impossible.
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id_6049
The Creativity Myth It is a myth that creative people are born with their talents: gifts from God or nature. Creative genius is, in fact, latent within many of us, without our realising. But how far do we need to travel to find the path to creativity? For many people, a long way. In our everyday lives, we have to perfo...
The truly creative mind is associated with the need for free speech and a free society.
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id_6050
The Creativity Myth It is a myth that creative people are born with their talents: gifts from God or nature. Creative genius is, in fact, latent within many of us, without our realising. But how far do we need to travel to find the path to creativity? For many people, a long way. In our everyday lives, we have to perfo...
Rules and regulations are examples of parameters.
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id_6051
The Dead Sea Scrolls are probably the most significant archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. More than 800 ancient documents, written on papyrus and parchment, were found in 1947 in desert caves at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. The texts mainly date from between the last century BCE and the first century CE a...
Some scholars believe the Essenes inhabited the desert caves at Qumran, near the Dead Sea.
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id_6052
The Dead Sea Scrolls are probably the most significant archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. More than 800 ancient documents, written on papyrus and parchment, were found in 1947 in desert caves at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. The texts mainly date from between the last century BCE and the first century CE a...
Not only the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but also the process of their interpretation, have been disputed.
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id_6053
The Dead Sea Scrolls are probably the most significant archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. More than 800 ancient documents, written on papyrus and parchment, were found in 1947 in desert caves at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. The texts mainly date from between the last century BCE and the first century CE a...
Academics debate whether the scrolls are the detailed accounts of one particular sect, or provide historical information about the wider Jewish people.
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id_6054
The Dead Sea Scrolls are probably the most significant archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. More than 800 ancient documents, written on papyrus and parchment, were found in 1947 in desert caves at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. The texts mainly date from between the last century BCE and the first century CE a...
The traditional interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls is that they belonged to an early Christian sect called the Essenes.
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id_6055
The Dead Sea Scrolls are probably the most significant archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. More than 800 ancient documents, written on papyrus and parchment, were found in 1947 in desert caves at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. The texts mainly date from between the last century BCE and the first century CE a...
The Dead Sea Scrolls include the oldest known copy of the Book of Isaiah.
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id_6056
The Delhi Government has decided to deploy marshals on a hundred Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and dark spots for making public transport and public places safer for the women of the Capital.
Women will feel safer in public transport and public places.
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id_6057
The Delhi Government has decided to deploy marshals on a hundred Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and dark spots for making public transport and public places safer for the women of the Capital.
Crime against women will decrease.
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id_6058
The Delhi Government has decided to deploy marshals on a hundred Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and dark spots for making public transport and public places safer for the women of the Capital.
Delhi will be declared as the safest capital for women.
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id_6059
The Delhi Government has decided to deploy marshals on a hundred Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and dark spots for making public transport and public places safer for the women of the Capital.
Women will use public transport instead of their own vehicles.
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id_6060
The Delhi government has proposed an odd/even formula for cars. The cars with odd number plate and even number plate will play on roads on alternate days. The move is planned to be rolled out from January 1, 2016.
People of Delhi will buy two cars.
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id_6061
The Delhi government has proposed an odd/even formula for cars. The cars with odd number plate and even number plate will play on roads on alternate days. The move is planned to be rolled out from January 1, 2016.
Sales of car will reduce in Delhi.
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id_6062
The Delhi government has proposed an odd/even formula for cars. The cars with odd number plate and even number plate will play on roads on alternate days. The move is planned to be rolled out from January 1, 2016.
Pollution of the city will decline.
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id_6063
The Delhi government has proposed an odd/even formula for cars. The cars with odd number plate and even number plate will play on roads on alternate days. The move is planned to be rolled out from January 1, 2016.
There will be no traffic jams on the Delhi road.
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id_6064
The Development Of Plastics When rubber was first commercially produced in Europe during the nineteenth century, it rapidly became a very important commodity, particularly in the fields of transportation and electricity. However, during the twentieth century a number of new synthetic materials, called plastics, superse...
The chemical structure of plastic is very different from that of rubber.
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id_6065
The Development Of Plastics When rubber was first commercially produced in Europe during the nineteenth century, it rapidly became a very important commodity, particularly in the fields of transportation and electricity. However, during the twentieth century a number of new synthetic materials, called plastics, superse...
John Wesley was a famous chemist.
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id_6066
The Development Of Plastics When rubber was first commercially produced in Europe during the nineteenth century, it rapidly became a very important commodity, particularly in the fields of transportation and electricity. However, during the twentieth century a number of new synthetic materials, called plastics, superse...
Celluloid and Bakelite react to heat in the same way.
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id_6067
The Development Of Plastics When rubber was first commercially produced in Europe during the nineteenth century, it rapidly became a very important commodity, particularly in the fields of transportation and electricity. However, during the twentieth century a number of new synthetic materials, called plastics, superse...
The mix of different varieties of plastic can make them less recyclable.
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id_6068
The Development Of Plastics When rubber was first commercially produced in Europe during the nineteenth century, it rapidly became a very important commodity, particularly in the fields of transportation and electricity. However, during the twentieth century a number of new synthetic materials, called plastics, superse...
Adding starch into plastic does not necessarily make plastic more durable.
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id_6069
The Development Of Plastics When rubber was first commercially produced in Europe during the nineteenth century, it rapidly became a very important commodity, particularly in the fields of transportation and electricity. However, during the twentieth century a number of new synthetic materials, called plastics, superse...
Some plastic containers have to be preserved in special conditions.
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id_6070
The Development of Museums The conviction that historical relics provide infallible testimony about the past is rooted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and value free. As one writer observes: 'Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily altered as chron...
More people visit museums than theme parks.
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id_6071
The Development of Museums The conviction that historical relics provide infallible testimony about the past is rooted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and value free. As one writer observes: 'Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily altered as chron...
The boundaries of Leyden have changed little since the seventeenth century.
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id_6072
The Development of Museums The conviction that historical relics provide infallible testimony about the past is rooted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and value free. As one writer observes: 'Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily altered as chron...
Museums can give a false impression of how life used to be.
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id_6073
The Development of Museums The conviction that historical relics provide infallible testimony about the past is rooted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and value free. As one writer observes: 'Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily altered as chron...
Consumers prefer theme parks which avoid serious issues.
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id_6074
The Development of Museums. The conviction that historical relics provide infallible testimony about the past is rooted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and value free. As one writer observes: Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily altered as chron...
Consumers prefer theme parks which avoid serious issues.
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id_6075
The Development of Museums. The conviction that historical relics provide infallible testimony about the past is rooted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and value free. As one writer observes: Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily altered as chron...
Museums can give a false impression of how life used to be.
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id_6076
The Development of Museums. The conviction that historical relics provide infallible testimony about the past is rooted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and value free. As one writer observes: Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily altered as chron...
More people visit museums than theme parks.
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id_6077
The Development of Museums. The conviction that historical relics provide infallible testimony about the past is rooted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and value free. As one writer observes: Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily altered as chron...
The boundaries of Leyden have changed little since the seventeenth century.
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id_6078
The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction A. EVERYBODY knows that the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid. Something big hit the earth 65 million years ago and, when the dust had fallen, so had the great reptiles. There is thus a nice, if ironic, symmetry in the idea that a similar impact brought about the dinosaurs' ri...
Ichnotaxa showed that footprints of dinosaurs offer exact information of the trace left by an individual species.
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id_6079
The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction A. EVERYBODY knows that the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid. Something big hit the earth 65 million years ago and, when the dust had fallen, so had the great reptiles. There is thus a nice, if ironic, symmetry in the idea that a similar impact brought about the dinosaurs' ri...
Dr Paul Olsen and his colleagues believe that asteroid knock may also lead to dinosaurs boom.
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id_6080
The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction A. EVERYBODY knows that the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid. Something big hit the earth 65 million years ago and, when the dust had fallen, so had the great reptiles. There is thus a nice, if ironic, symmetry in the idea that a similar impact brought about the dinosaurs' ri...
We can find more Iridium in the earths surface than in meteorites.
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id_6081
The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction A. EVERYBODY knows that the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid. Something big hit the earth 65 million years ago and, when the dust had fallen, so had the great reptiles. There is thus a nice, if ironic, symmetry in the idea that a similar impact brought about the dinosaurs' ri...
Books and movie like Jurassic Park often exaggerate the size of the dinosaurs.
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id_6082
The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction A. EVERYBODY knows that the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid. Something big hit the earth 65 million years ago and, when the dust had fallen, so had the great reptiles. There is thus a nice, if ironic, symmetry in the idea that a similar impact brought about the dinosaurs' ri...
Dinosaur footprints are more adequate than dinosaur skeletons.
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id_6083
The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction A. EVERYBODY knows that the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid. Something big hit the earth 65 million years ago and, when the dust had fallen, so had the great reptiles. There is thus a nice, if ironic, symmetry in the idea that a similar impact brought about the dinosaurs' ri...
The prints were chosen by Dr Olsen to study because they are more detectable than earth magnetic field to track a date of geological precise within thousands years.
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id_6084
The Discovery of Uranus Someone once put forward an attractive though unlikely theory. Throughout the Earths annual revolution around the sun, there is one point of space always hidden from our eyes. This point is the opposite part of the Earths orbit, which is always hidden by the sun. Could there be another planet th...
Herschel was multi-talented
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id_6085
The Discovery of Uranus Someone once put forward an attractive though unlikely theory. Throughout the Earths annual revolution around the sun, there is one point of space always hidden from our eyes. This point is the opposite part of the Earths orbit, which is always hidden by the sun. Could there be another planet th...
Herschels discovery was the most important find of the last three hundred years.
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id_6086
The Discovery of Uranus Someone once put forward an attractive though unlikely theory. Throughout the Earths annual revolution around the sun, there is one point of space always hidden from our eyes. This point is the opposite part of the Earths orbit, which is always hidden by the sun. Could there be another planet th...
Herschels newly-discovered object was considered to be too far from the sun to be a comet.
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id_6087
The Discovery of Uranus Someone once put forward an attractive though unlikely theory. Throughout the Earths annual revolution around the sun, there is one point of space always hidden from our eyes. This point is the opposite part of the Earths orbit, which is always hidden by the sun. Could there be another planet th...
Herschel collaborated with other astronomers of his time.
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id_6088
The Discovery of Uranus Someone once put forward an attractive though unlikely theory. Throughout the Earths annual revolution around the sun, there is one point of space always hidden from our eyes. This point is the opposite part of the Earths orbit, which is always hidden by the sun. Could there be another planet th...
Herschel knew immediately that he had found a new planet.
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The Discovery of Uranus Someone once put forward an attractive though unlikely theory. Throughout the Earths annual revolution around the sun, there is one point of space always hidden from our eyes. This point is the opposite part of the Earths orbit, which is always hidden by the sun. Could there be another planet th...
It is improbable that there is a planet hidden behind the sun.
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The Dover Bronze Age Boat It was 1992. In England, workmen were building a new road through the heart of Dover, to connect the ancient port and the Channel Tunnel, which, when it opened just two years later, was to be the first land link between Britain and Europe for over 10,000 years. A small team from the Canterbury...
Archaeologists went back to the site to try and find the missing northern end of the boat.
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The Dover Bronze Age Boat It was 1992. In England, workmen were building a new road through the heart of Dover, to connect the ancient port and the Channel Tunnel, which, when it opened just two years later, was to be the first land link between Britain and Europe for over 10,000 years. A small team from the Canterbury...
Initially, only the technological aspects of the boat were examined.
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The Dover Bronze Age Boat It was 1992. In England, workmen were building a new road through the heart of Dover, to connect the ancient port and the Channel Tunnel, which, when it opened just two years later, was to be the first land link between Britain and Europe for over 10,000 years. A small team from the Canterbury...
Evidence found in 2004 suggested that the Bronze-Age Boat had been used for trade.
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The Dover Bronze Age Boat It was 1992. In England, workmen were building a new road through the heart of Dover, to connect the ancient port and the Channel Tunnel, which, when it opened just two years later, was to be the first land link between Britain and Europe for over 10,000 years. A small team from the Canterbury...
Archaeologists realised that the boat had been damaged on purpose.
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The Environmental Commissioner of the European Commission wants to introduce tough new limits for the omissions of carbon dioxide for all new vehicles. She wants mandatory maximum levels of emissions for all new cars by 2012. Manufacturers are lobbying against a mandatory limit and prefer a voluntary target for average...
The author sees the issue as a test of the Commissions green credentials.
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id_6095
The Environmental Commissioner of the European Commission wants to introduce tough new limits for the omissions of carbon dioxide for all new vehicles. She wants mandatory maximum levels of emissions for all new cars by 2012. Manufacturers are lobbying against a mandatory limit and prefer a voluntary target for average...
Members of the Commission are split over the decision.
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id_6096
The Environmental Commissioner of the European Commission wants to introduce tough new limits for the omissions of carbon dioxide for all new vehicles. She wants mandatory maximum levels of emissions for all new cars by 2012. Manufacturers are lobbying against a mandatory limit and prefer a voluntary target for average...
The passage contains a tautology.
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id_6097
The Etruscan civilization is the name given today to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy whom ancient Romans called Etrusci, ancient Greeks called Tyrrhenoi and who called themselves Rasenna, syncopated to Rasna. As distinguished by its own language, the civilization endured from an unknown prehist...
The Etruscans called the Greeks the Tyrrhenoi.
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The Etruscan civilization is the name given today to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy whom ancient Romans called Etrusci, ancient Greeks called Tyrrhenoi and who called themselves Rasenna, syncopated to Rasna. As distinguished by its own language, the civilization endured from an unknown prehist...
The Po valley is in Italy.
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id_6099
The Etruscan civilization is the name given today to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy whom ancient Romans called Etrusci, ancient Greeks called Tyrrhenoi and who called themselves Rasenna, syncopated to Rasna. As distinguished by its own language, the civilization endured from an unknown prehist...
The Etruscan civilization became part of the Roman Republic.
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