Many interesting facts are given like the two men swimming naked in the Potomac and wrestling before dinner. ... Roosevelt hardly seems real, listing story after story of the young President taking down wild animals and opposing some of the richest men in the country to save the rowdy country land he loved. ... The group of men Pinchot puts together, however, is a group of heroes. The men of the Forest Service save lives and save American land. ... The title itself, The Fire That Saved America, seems to be somewhat exaggerated, but it fits the character of the book perfectly. ...

• Word Count: 1161
• Approx Pages: 5

You choose to serve your country and you men before you help yourself. ... Honor is the prestige and character that all military personnel should have. ... The values listed and described above are the building blocks for the mentality of the United States Army. ... Our nation would not have the military dominance that it currently has if values like loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage; were not held so highly and not driven into the men and women of the army. ...

• Word Count: 513
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The list of determinants that I believe to define ethnic identity includes language, geographic location, and tradition. ... The main character's family in this novel was Chinese and represented the first generation of immigrants for this family. ... In this novel, the main character spends much of his life on an Indian Reservation. ... Many slaves, and freed slaves that maintained the same duties with pay when awarded their freedom, were fed up with working for men that had treated them so poorly in the past. ...

• Word Count: 652
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Second is building an impeccable character. ... Virtue Two: Build An Impeccable Character What does it mean to build a character? What does character mean? ... Intelligent men and women understand the basic guiding principle that increasing power brings increasing responsibility. ... The platform of character is holistic. ...

• Word Count: 2845
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

They were romantic characters to the young lad when they stopped at the Jefferson home on their way to Williamsburg. ... It was then contended, by France's Count Buffon, that all flora, fauna, and men of the New World were degenerate. ... In Notes, perhaps Jefferson's greatest scientific work, he listed the tribes with a fullness and precision that were uncommon of his era. ... The following is what has been successful: First, to raise cattle, etc., and thereby acquire a knowledge of the value of property; second, arithmetic, to calculate that value; third, writing, to keep accounts...

• Word Count: 2097
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The Hudson River artists were men, who believed in the glory of nature, which they thought was an evidence of God's power. ... Until 1983, the only things that evoked its existence were a note in Cole's list of topics, an entry in the Cole memorial exhibition catalogue and the existence of a small draft and a few drawings. ...

• Word Count: 3252
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" This inspirational group of men was said to have brought in easily about 30 to 40 million dollars to the university. ... There are nine exceptions listed in the act most of which are not relevant to UCSC. ...

• Word Count: 2386
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

In fact, since most American men rarely used their new tools, the possession of a "fetishistic tool" often served as the object of the hobby (57). ... Although her Picture Cook Book, first published in 1950, remained a best seller throughout the decade, the Betty Crocker character aged rapidly in the 1950s "a new makeover transformed her into an older and wiser, more mature and motherly figure. ... The Ed Sullivan show brought Lincolns and Mercuries into the homes of Americans, and in 1956, GM was on the Top Ten Advertisers list. ...

• Word Count: 2184
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His list is as follows: "1) What do you know for sure about the photographs or video to which you have access? ... "Dana Priest, who covers the CIA for The Washington Post, says that while most intelligence may start out as objective, once it reaches the policymakers, its character tends to change. ...

• Word Count: 3306
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School