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Q40
how long is a flat membrane roof good for?
Flat roof
If a leak does occur on a flat roof then damage often goes unnoticed for long periods of time during which water penetrates and soaks the decking and any insulation and/or structure beneath it.
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how long is a flat membrane roof good for?
Flat roof
This can lead to expensive damage from the rot which often develops and if left can weaken the roof structure.
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how long is a flat membrane roof good for?
Flat roof
There are also various health risks to people and animals breathing the mould spores: the severity of this health risk remains a debated point.
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how long is a flat membrane roof good for?
Flat roof
One problem with maintaining flat roofs is that if water does penetrate the barrier covering (be it traditional or a modern membrane) it can travel a long way before causing visible damage or leaking into a building where it can be seen.
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how long is a flat membrane roof good for?
Flat roof
Thus it is not easy to see where it is leaking in order to repair it.
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how long is a flat membrane roof good for?
Flat roof
Once underlying roof decking is soaked it often sags causing a further collection or puddling of water in that area and the problem worsens.
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Q41
how cds are read
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM () is a pre-pressed compact disc which contains data .
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how cds are read
CD-ROM
The name is an acronym which stands for "Compact Disc Read-only memory ".
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how cds are read
CD-ROM
Computers can read CD-ROMs, but cannot write on them.
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how cds are read
CD-ROM
CD-ROMs are popularly used to distribute computer software , including video games and multimedia applications, though any data can be stored (up to the capacity limit of a disc).
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how cds are read
CD-ROM
Some CDs, called enhanced CDs , hold both computer data and audio with the latter capable of being played on a CD player , while data (such as software or digital video) is only usable on a computer (such as ISO 9660 format PC CD-ROMs).
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how cds are read
CD-ROM
The Yellow Book is the technical standard that defines the format of CD-ROMs.
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how cds are read
CD-ROM
One of a set of color-bound books that contain the technical specifications for all CD formats, the Yellow Book, created by Sony and Philips , was the first extension of Compact Disc Digital Audio .
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how cds are read
CD-ROM
It adapted the format to hold any form of data.
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Q42
how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
Joanne "Jo" Rowling (), (born 31 July 1965), pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British novelist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
They have become the best-selling book series in history , and been the basis for a series of films which has become the highest-grossing film series in history .
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
Rowling had overall approval on the scripts as well as maintaining creative control by serving as a producer on the final instalment.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
Born in Yate , Gloucestershire , Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
The seven-year period that followed entailed the death of her mother, divorce from her first husband and poverty until Rowling finished the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997).
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
Rowling subsequently published 6 sequels—the last, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)—as well as 3 supplements to the series.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
In 2012, Rowling parted with her agency and resumed writing in the form of a tragicomedy novel aimed at adult readership, entitled The Casual Vacancy .
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
Rowling has said she is currently working on two books—one aimed for adults, the other for children younger than the Harry Potter audience, and she expects the latter to be published first.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
Rowling has led a " rags to riches " life story, in which she progressed from living on state benefits to multi-millionaire status within five years.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
She is the United Kingdom's best-selling author since records began, with sales in excess of £238m.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £560 million ($798 million), ranking her as the twelfth richest woman in the United Kingdom.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
Forbes ranked Rowling as the forty-eighth most powerful celebrity of 2007, and TIME magazine named her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year , noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fans .
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
In October 2010, Rowling was named the "Most Influential Woman in Britain" by leading magazine editors.
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how much is jk rowling worth
J. K. Rowling
She has become a notable philanthropist, supporting such charities as Comic Relief , One Parent Families , Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Lumos (formerly the Children's High Level Group).
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Q43
how big is auburndale florida
Auburndale, Florida
Auburndale is a city in Polk County, Florida , United States .
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how big is auburndale florida
Auburndale, Florida
The population was 11,032 at the 2000 census.
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how big is auburndale florida
Auburndale, Florida
According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 12,381.
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how big is auburndale florida
Auburndale, Florida
It is part of the Lakeland – Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area .
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Q44
how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
Hurricane Isabel (2003) as seen from orbit during Expedition 7 of the International Space Station .
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
The eye , eyewall, and surrounding rainbands , characteristics of tropical cyclones, are clearly visible in this view from space.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low-pressure center surrounded by a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
Tropical cyclones strengthen when water evaporated from the ocean is released as the saturated air rises, resulting in condensation of water vapor contained in the moist air.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
They are fueled by a different heat mechanism than other cyclonic windstorms such as nor'easters , European windstorms , and polar lows .
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
The characteristic that separates tropical cyclones from other cyclonic systems is that at any height in the atmosphere, the center of a tropical cyclone will be warmer than its surroundings; a phenomenon called " warm core " storm systems.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
The term "tropical" refers both to the geographical origin of these systems, which usually form in tropical regions of the globe, and to their formation in maritime tropical air masses .
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
The term "cyclone" refers to such storms' cyclonic nature, with counterclockwise wind flow in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise wind flow in the Southern Hemisphere .
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
The opposite direction of the wind flow is a result of the Coriolis force .
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by names such as hurricane (, ), typhoon (), tropical storm , cyclonic storm, tropical depression , and simply cyclone.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
While tropical cyclones can produce extremely powerful winds and torrential rain , they are also able to produce high waves, damaging storm surge , and tornadoes .
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
They develop over large bodies of warm water, and lose their strength if they move over land due to increased surface friction and loss of the warm ocean as an energy source.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
This is why coastal regions can receive significant damage from a tropical cyclone, while inland regions are relatively safe from receiving strong winds.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
Heavy rains, however, can produce significant flooding inland, and storm surges can produce extensive coastal flooding up to from the coastline.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
Although their effects on human populations can be devastating, tropical cyclones can relieve drought conditions.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
They also carry heat energy away from the tropics and transport it toward temperate latitudes , which makes them an important part of the global atmospheric circulation mechanism.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
As a result, tropical cyclones help to maintain equilibrium in the Earth's troposphere , and to maintain a relatively stable and warm temperature worldwide.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
Many tropical cyclones develop when the atmospheric conditions around a weak disturbance in the atmosphere are favorable.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
The background environment is modulated by climatological cycles and patterns such as the Madden-Julian oscillation , El Niño-Southern Oscillation , and the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation .
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
Others form when other types of cyclones acquire tropical characteristics.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
Tropical systems are then moved by steering winds in the troposphere ; if the conditions remain favorable, the tropical disturbance intensifies, and can even develop an eye .
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
On the other end of the spectrum, if the conditions around the system deteriorate or the tropical cyclone makes landfall, the system weakens and eventually dissipates.
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how are tropical storms and hurricanes named
Tropical cyclone
It is not possible to artificially induce the dissipation of these systems with current technology.
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Q45
how old is kirk douglas, the actor?
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, ; December 9, 1916) is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author.
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how old is kirk douglas, the actor?
Kirk Douglas
His popular films include Out of the Past (1947), Champion (1949), Ace in the Hole (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Lust for Life (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Vikings (1958), Spartacus (1960), Lonely Are the Brave (1962), Seven Days in May (1964), The Heroes of Telemark (1965) and Tough Guys (1986).
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how old is kirk douglas, the actor?
Kirk Douglas
He is No.17 on the American Film Institute 's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time , making him the highest-ranked living person on the list.
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how old is kirk douglas, the actor?
Kirk Douglas
In 1996, he received the Academy Honorary Award "for 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community."
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how old is kirk douglas, the actor?
Kirk Douglas
He is one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's "golden age" .
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter , guitarist and pianist .
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s.
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
By the early 1970s, he had dropped the "System" from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with other various bands.
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
In 1973, he put together The Silver Bullet Band, a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album Live Bullet , recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan.
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album Night Moves .
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section , which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
A roots rocker with a classic raspy, shouting voice, Seger wrote and recorded songs that dealt with love, women, blue-collar themes and was an exemplar of heartland rock .
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
Seger has recorded many hits, including " Night Moves ," " Turn the Page ," " We've Got Tonight ," " Against the Wind ," and Shakedown that was written for Beverly Hills Cop II and " Like a Rock ," and also co-wrote the Eagles ' number-one hit " Heartache Tonight ."
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
His iconic recording of " Old Time Rock and Roll " was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001.
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
With a career spanning five decades, Seger continues to perform and record today.
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how old is the singer bob seger
Bob Seger
Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States , serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Nixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Nixon was born in Yorba Linda , California.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
He graduated from Whittier College in 1934 and Duke University School of Law in 1937, returning to California to practice law.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
He and his wife, Pat Nixon , moved to Washington to work for the federal government in 1942.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
He subsequently served in the United States Navy during World War II .
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Nixon was elected in California to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950 .
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
His pursuit of the Alger Hiss case established his reputation as a leading anti-communist , and elevated him to national prominence.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
He was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower , the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 1952 election .
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Nixon served for eight years as vice president.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
He waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1960 , narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy , and lost a race for Governor of California in 1962 .
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
In 1968, he ran again for the presidency and was elected .
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Although Nixon initially escalated America's involvement in the Vietnam War , he subsequently ended U.S. involvement in 1973.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972 opened diplomatic relations between the two nations, and he initiated détente and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union the same year.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Domestically, his administration generally embraced policies that transferred power from Washington to the states.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Among other things, he launched initiatives to fight cancer and illegal drugs , imposed wage and price controls, enforced desegregation of some Southern schools, and established the Environmental Protection Agency .
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Though he presided over the lunar landings beginning with Apollo 11 , he scaled back manned space exploration.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
He was re-elected by a landslide in 1972.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
Nixon's second term saw an Arab oil embargo , the resignation of his vice president, Spiro Agnew , and a continuing series of revelations about the Watergate scandal and other misconduct by members of the administration.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
The scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support, and on August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
After his resignation, he controversially received a pardon issued by his successor, Gerald Ford .
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
In retirement, Nixon's work as an elder statesman , authoring several books and undertaking many foreign trips, helped to rehabilitate his public image.
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how long was richard nixon a president
Richard Nixon
He suffered a debilitating stroke on April 18, 1994, and died four days later at the age of 81.
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how did bleeding sumner lead to the civil war
Charles Sumner
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how did bleeding sumner lead to the civil war
Charles Sumner
The Dominican Republic annexation treaty caused bitter contention between President Grant and Sen. Sumner.
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how did bleeding sumner lead to the civil war
Charles Sumner
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how did bleeding sumner lead to the civil war
Charles Sumner
Sen. Sumner, opposed to American imperialism in the Caribbean and fearful that annexation would lead to the conquest of the neighboring black republic of Haiti, became convinced that corruption lay behind the treaty, and that men close to the president shared in the corruption.
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how did bleeding sumner lead to the civil war
Charles Sumner
As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Sumner initially withheld his opinion on the treaty on January 18, 1870.
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