This included adding new states to their country. ... We made the Open Door Notes so the other European countries wouldn't curve up China. Teddy Roosevelt became into role of world leader. ... This was made because of the states were in need of a shorter way get through canals of central America. ... Strong, powerful, and brave....
After the 1919 World Series scandal by the "Black Sox", along with the problems in the National Commission, professional baseball was reorganized and a new commissioner was appointed. ... The 1932 World Series tried to correct all this. ... "The Ball disappeared from the premises in a high, sizzling line, carrying an incredible distance in an incredibly short time." ... In 1933 a new game was created in baseball, the All-Star Game. ... In the winter of 1934 the Babe signed with the Boston Braves, but couldn't finish the season due to irresolvable problems between himself and McCarthy, the...
It is a little known fact that more Americans were killed in The Civil War than in both World Wars combined. ... It was thought to be too short at the time, but it went down as one of the most famous speeches in American History. The Gettysburg Address Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ... The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember wha...
For instance, when Inspector Gadget gets a new assignment it always says it will self-destruct. ... True heroes are the firefighters and rescue workers in New York City who saved thousands of people on September 11. ... A hero can be as simple as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity or a brave as a fire fighter that rushes in and out of burning buildings saving children and adults. ... They burst into giggles when Wiley Coyote falls off of the cliff, and they feel a sense of security when The Power Rangers kill their many enemies to save the world. The subconsciously take notes on the cartoons...
Holder played the role of the larger-than-life marshal in the white hat, riding bravely into lawless Dodge City. ... He and his attorneys say someone stole his original research paper and forged a new one to make it look as though he had plagiarized. ... He picked the Allied bombing campaign of Europe during World War II. ... A federal prosecutor says someone left it for him anonymously under his office door in a plain envelope, along with a short note and a photocopy of a second paper on the same subject - the one Holder is alleged to have copied from. ... In some cases, lines connect a n...
was a short dip in the water with women and men on opposite sides of the beach (History of Women's Swimwear 1). ... Reard called his bikini 'smaller than the world's smallest bathing suit? ... forming an intense market for the Prosch 7 swimwear all over the world in 1957 (Bikini History 1). In July of 1959 the New York Post searched the beaches of New York City for bikinis, but found only a few. However, sales were rising in the United States and those noting the growing number of private pools mentioned that thousands of shy women were probably purchasing bikinis to wear...
In fact, he wrote nearly seventy short works of fiction. ... Poe developed a theory that he applied to both his short stories and his poems. Its most basic principle was that in short fiction and poetry, the writer should aim at creating a single and total psychological or spiritual effect upon the reader. ... Whether sent to lure me, or whether to bring disruption, morose yet all brave, enchanted on this deserted property on which this home is plagued with horror- tell me truthfully, I ask- is there relief in Gilead? ... Line 21, "But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came ra...
At a young age, Cummings graduated with his masters and traveled the world, and began to observe the world in a way that would later profoundly impact his writing. ... "Plato told," stands by itself in a short spurt and draw the reader's attention, as if Plato is going to speak again. ... Also, the "old sith avenue el" refers to an old elevated subway train that ran through New York City, and was torn up to trade to Japan. 3 Now, to put the ideas together, the "nipponized bit of the old sixth avenue," is the metal Japan acquired from the U.S. to make into bullets for Japanese soldiers d...
He followed his father when Hamlicar decided to create a new Carthaginian empire in Spain. ... No one touched Hannibal until the next year.14 Sitting around and waiting for Hannibal to make a mistake is not a short term thing, and most Romans disagreed with Fabius" plan of delay, so they elected new consuls in 216 favorable to war: the popular Varro and the senate favorite Paullus. ...
Seeing an enemy that was hoping to gain power and eventually rule the world and the nation stared war against communism in the face. ... This was further refined in Vietnam, the outcome being a new system, which was called the DEROS (date of expected return from overseas) system. ... The veterans of World War II spent weeks or in extreme cases even months with their respective units returning on ships, or planes from all over the world. ... Green troops or "f---ing new guys" with almost no experience in combat were thrown into their places. ... In World War II and almost every other war in Un...
Kennedy, called for the adoption of new civil rights laws, with equal rights for blacks. ... Unarmed black demonstrators and police dogs and armed with conflict between police fire water cannon, as newspaper headlines around the world. ... s sentence becomes short, the tone gradually improved. "This type of unequal treatment, is not new. ... The day before, precisely, last Thursday, one of the finest citizens in Montgomery, please note that not only is one of the finest Negro citizens, but is one of the finest citizens of Montgomery, was taken away from the bus, arrested jail because he refuse...
Despite the many thematic references to "dreams- and the fantastic setting of the Athenian forest, the play also contains a fair amount of commentary on Shakespeare's contemporary English world. ... Lysander Hermia's boyfriend, Lysander, is just as brave as Hermia herself; he stands up to Theseus and Egeus when they insist that his girlfriend marry another man, Demetrius. ... Lysander's madness is reasonably short-lived however, and he is soon himself again. ...
