June 30, 2006
No Mummies, But Other Treasures Found in Egyptian Tomb
When archaeologists opened the last of 8 sarcophagi in a recently discovered tomb, they didn't find any mummies, but instead uncovered valuable embalming materials and ancient woven flowers. Archaeologists had hoped the tomb, the first discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut's in 1922, would hold the mummy of Tut's mother; the graves of the rest of Tut's family have already been found. callback
DEFINITION: (noun) A recall of a recently sold product by the manufacturer to correct a defect.
SYNONYMS: recall.
USAGE: The manufacturer was forced to issue a callback of the toy when it was declared a choking hazard.
Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras
Although of a noble family, Barras joined the Jacobins in the French Revolution and was a member of the Convention. He participated in reprisals against counterrevolutionaries in Toulon after the recapture of the city from the British, and having turned against the revolutionary dictator Robespierre, Barras was a leader of the coup against him. In 1795, he suppressed a royalist uprising by turning the troops over to a young officer in whose marriage he later played a role; who was this officer?Published
Gone with the Wind is an American novel by Margaret Mitchell that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. It relates the story of a rebellious Georgia woman, named Scarlett O'Hara, and her travails with friends, family, and lovers in the midst of the antebellum South during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Many regard the book as having a strong ideological commitment to the cause of the Confederacy. How does the novel differ from its Academy-award-winning film adaptation?Leo Tolstoy
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.Hoover Dam
Located on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, Hoover Dam is 726 ft high and 1,244 ft long. It was built between 1931 and 1936 by the US Bureau of Reclamation and is named for President Herbert Hoover, though it was known as Boulder Dam from 1933-1947. A major supplier of hydroelectric power, the dam provides for flood control, river regulation, and improved navigation. In 1985, it was designated a National Historic Landmark. How much did it cost to build the dam? June 29, 2006
Are You Fired Up About America? Nothing Communicates Like Honesty
By John Hackett
One day I was tuning up and down the radio dial as I drove down the Interstate. Time after time, I landed on talk shows featuring callers that were simply dismayed at the direction America is going.
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rapport
DEFINITION: (noun) Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.
SYNONYMS: resonance.
USAGE: They had an excellent rapport and would never keep secrets from one another.
George Goethals
Goethals was a US army engineer who served as chief engineer of the Panama Canal. He found the difficulty of work on the canal increased by the climate, yellow fever, labor troubles, unexpected complications in building the locks, and crumbling substrata in the Culebra Cut. By taking personal interest in the men working on the canal, however, he created an atmosphere of cooperation and completed the project ahead of schedule. The Goethals Bridge, named in his honor, links what two cites?Globe Theatre Burns to the Ground
The first Globe Theatre was an Elizabethan theatre where several of Shakespeare's plays were originally staged. It was built around 1598 in London's Bankside district, but it burned down in 1613, after a cannon shot during a performance of "Henry VIII" ignited the thatched roof of the gallery. It was rebuilt immediately, this time with a tiled roof, and reopened in the following July. Puritans closed it and all other theaters in 1642, and it was demolished soon after. Where is the modern Globe?- » About
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