The Act of Writing: Canadian Essays for Composition

The Act of Writing: Canadian Essays for Composition
ISBN-10
0075517116
ISBN-13
9780075517115
Series
The Act of Writing
Category
Canadian essays
Pages
340
Language
English
Published
1993
Author
Ronald Conrad

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Thus , as we gaze at the Stein Valley , we see it in terms of jobs , board feet ( a lumber measure ) and profit . We look to harvesting mineral nodules from the ocean depths , tapping oil and gas from deep beneath the Arctic ice ...

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