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    be tarred or not. This steep road was first built in 1948 by Godfrey Edmunds, who saw the opportunity to trade with the Basotho people who live in Lesotho. The people formerly travelled by foot and donkey down into South Africa to trade their products such as sheep wool and homemade products. This road was built following the contours of the river and this caused major problems such as flooding and snow or ice on the road, causing a loss of livestock and lives. The road being so dangerous was reconstructed

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    hill destinations of the South India. Any visit in the area seems incomplete without this jewel in the itinerary. So we had no intention of missing this must have destination. We decided to cover it over two days including the trip of famous mountain railway toy train on the second day. We left Chennai on night of 23rd December by Nilgiri Express and reached Mettupalayam by 6 in the morning. Mettupalayam is like a base town for the beautiful hill station that Ooty is. The road distance from Mettupalayam

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    My inspiration for my research question came from the interesting and exciting engineering developments that are currently underway in Adelaide such as the South Road Superway. I have always wondered what roles engineers might play in these projects and developments and how they shape Adelaide through these projects. As I aspire to become an engineer, this topic was very relevant to me. I was curious to find what will be some likely challenges engineers might face in the future. My research question

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    Clair to kneel and they were able to get Jerrit up on her and secure him with a length of rope. Petrin then slowly led Clair with her inert load, up the hill. The last the children saw of them, they were disappearing over the crest of the hill at the road. Dirac,

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    I will never go on another road trip in my life. About 2 years ago my family was planning on taking a trip to go to South Dakota. I was super excited because i've never been out of the state so I was looking forward to it. My siblings had went to South Dakota many times before and they kept telling me that they had so much fun but I all I could think about was the way there and not the destination. The night before we were supposed to leave all eight of us packed our bags and slept the rest of

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    first road trip to the beautiful beach of South Padre Island . Of course it is gonna be a long drive but we were excited because we will be sight seeing and singing along to the radio. My family lives about 35 minutes from the beach, in a little town not to far. So when we all got in the car ,I drove to a gas station to fill up my car with gas for our trip and to grab a strong cup of coffee with hazelnut creamers.

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    1. The setting of "The Road" is after an unknown apocalyptic disaster they are traveling south along the road. The setting is very gray and dark; the sun is blocked out from all the ash in the air. Beginning their travel south along the road the book states, “Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before” (3). This quote shows how the setting never sees the light of the sun. It also shows how the air while traveling along the road was always cold because the

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    the North and the South are both territories in the US, they had many differing characteristics. Even though they’re close in proximity, they could have been two different worlds altogether. America was divided not only by the beliefs of the North and the South, but by their physical attributes as well. These contradictions eventually lead to the Civil War. They differed through their geography, their economy, and their transportation methods. The geography of the North and the South clearly separated

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    Kimya Brothers B4/Advanced English 4 Boulanger October 28, 2014 The Road In The Road by Cormac McCarthy the father and the son overcomes nature’s obstacles is shown through the use of setting to communicate to the audience that no matter what horrible situation you’re in they will still be sunshine whether that is literally or if it is figuratively- like it is for the father; his son is his light. In The Road by Cormac McCarthy the father and the son overcomes nature’s obstacles by dealing with

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    earliest “roads” favored the wildlife tracks and native trails that paralleled the river and crossed the plain. The 1908 roads were little better than those first paths—perhaps wider as teamsters strove to keep their wagons out of the deep ruts, but more pitted and rougher. In an era when no driver could call any San Joaquín County road “good,” the county’s residents widely recognized Tulare Township’s roads as the region’s worst. Founded by urban bicyclists on the East Coast, the Good Roads Movement

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