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Overview of the Atacama Desert

altiplano, the foothills of the Andes, where alluvial salt pans give way to lofty white-capped volcanoes that march along the cont...

Agony, Ecstasy, Diplomacy, Desert Storm, and Desert Shield

In five pages the diplomatic success of Desert Shield in Iraqi aggression containment is compared with the failed Desert Storm dip...

Desert Hearts by Donna Deitch and Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule

In five pages this report compares Donna Deitch's 1985 film to Jane Rule's 1964 novel. There are no secondary sources listed....

Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and Lessons Learned From Them

a former assistant secretary of defense, in his report to the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee a dozen years ago....

Relations Between the US Military and the Maritime Industry

In five pages this paper discusses Operation Desert Shield in an overview of the important connection between military success and...

A Review of Pat Conroy's Novel, 'The Water is Wide'

a new breath of hope into those hearts. Written as a first-person account "The Water is Wide" revolves around social change...

Analysis of 'Desert Places' by Robert Frost

contemporaries, Frost sees no meaning in nature. It is simply emptiness. There is no God there, no Creator, just emptiness. In the...

Robert Frost's Poetry and Despair

San Fransico but he would grow up primarily in Massachusetts where he, his siblings, and his mother would move to after the death ...

Avant Garde Artistic Movement and its 'Desert'

and Cubism with a radical social philosophy (Giedion-Welcker 342). Malevich had founded the Supramatist artistic movement in 1913...

Global 'Australian-ness' Concept Defined Through Australian Films

-- as examples of the talent, charm, and again, the fundamental aspect of uniqueness, of the Australia film industry. Australian C...

An Analysis of Three Frost Poems

calling him to "say good-bye" (line 10 Acquainted with the Night). The overall effect of the poem is one of stark loneliness and a...

Mise-En Scene in Three Films

Thompson 115). The number of possible angles is infinite since there are an infinite number of points in space that the camera can...

Analyzing The Effect the Desert Storm Military Air Campaign Had on Warfare

technology and precision aircraft comes further responsibility in terms of using that information and technology accurately and us...

Marc Reisner's Cadillac Desert

these early projects, such as Hoover Dam and other projects, much of the West would not be what it is today. Large cities would no...

Robert Frost's Poetry and Darkness

see the secrecy, the sense of spying that is darkness, though not a darkness associated with nature, other than perhaps the nature...

County Mayo Ireland's Achill Island and the Slievemore Ancient Ruins

The highest mountain on Achill is Slievemore, with an elevation of over 2,200 feet (Excavations at the Deserted Village Slievemore...

Change in Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire

that lizard, however, he was integrally bound to the desert environment and was much more complex that that solitary image might l...

Surfaces of the Desert

In seven pages impacts on deserts are analyzed in terms of various interrelated processes, topography, precipitation, substrate ch...

Impact of the War in the Persian Gulf War

In thirteen pages Operation Desert Storm is analyzed in terms of its impacts on the US, other countries and leaders in the region,...

An American Southwest August Thunderstorm

In a paper containing five pages the experience of an August thunderstorm in the American Southwest desert is considered through d...

The Rain God: A Desert Tale Viewed Critically

members of the Angel clan, as well as Mexican-American men and women. Gender restricts personal choices, and influences not only ...

Theme of Romantic Love in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans and William Blake

In 10 pages the ways in which romantic love is expressed by each poet is examined in an analysis of William Blake's 'Marriage of H...

Adaptation to Desert Life

that its water source is locked within the ice structures. Therefore, there are two distinctly separate entities of life forms th...

Comparative Analysis of the Saharan and Sonoran Plant Physiology

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Sahara and Sonora Deserts in terms of plant ecology, morphology, and physiolog...

Coral Reefs, Desert Habitats, and Convergent Evolution

In five pages the topic of convergent evolution is examined in terms of its effects upon desert habitats and coral reef ecosystems...

Magic of the Desert in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

In five pages this paper examines the metaphorical significance of the desert and its magical qualities for Native Americans in Le...

Operation Desert Storm and President George H.W. Bush

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the change in image Operation Desert Storm meant for President George Herbert Walker Bush. ...

War and Censorship of the Press

on behind the scenes during Operation Desert Storm, and the media graciously obliged by offering a clear perspective of the wartim...

Tanks Impact on Desert Storm

stay alive; indeed, the success of such an often-difficult objective was greatly enhanced by the implementation of the tanks emplo...

Poetry of Robert Frost and Self Discovery

In six pages this paper examines the theme of self discovery featured in Robert Frost's poems 'Desert Places' and 'Stopping by Woo...