Her parents do not recognize her great intelligence and show little interest in her, particularly her father, a secondhand car dealer who verbally abuses her. She then gets adopted by Miss Honey, who has taught her at her school, who is very nice to her and does notice her intelligence.…
The Xia dynasty was the first of many ancient Chinese ruling houses, thought to exist from around 2070 B.C.E. until 1600 B.C.E. Yet the actual existence of this dynasty and culture has been debated. Until the middle of the 20th century there was no scientific evidence or archaeological evidence to…
As Martino says, the Yankees did get caught stealing signs. It happened in 2015 and during the first half of the 2016 campaign, though it wasn’t a complex scheme as the one put in place by the Houston AstrosHouston AstrosThe Astros are one of two MLB teams based out of…
The TV show the message refers to is “The Jim Dunbar Show,” a Bay Area television talk show. The ciphercipherIn cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term is…
The three main ones were Agent Orange, Agent White, and Agent Blue. Each of these chemicals contains harmful toxins such as dioxin, arsenic, and hexachlorobenzen. Agent Orange was the most used defoliant during the Vietnam War. “An estimated total of 230 kg of Agent Orange was deposited in South Vietnam…
American pilots dropped the controversial incendiary agent napalm on Iraqi troops during the advance on Baghdad. The attacks caused massive fireballs that obliterated several Iraqi positions. In December 2004, the Labour MP Alice Mahon asked the British armed forces minister Adam Ingram “whether napalm or a similar substance has been…
The Vietnam War ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon. With the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in January 1973, the United States ended its direct involvement in the Vietnam War. In 1974, North Vietnam began offensive operations against South Vietnam. Communist negotiators in Paris are now calling…
The first recorded raid on Wales occurred in 852, and we know of attacks by Vikings on Anglesey and Gwynedd from 854 onwards. Rhodri Mawr, ruler of Gwynedd (844-78), led resistance to these early onslaughts, killing the Danish leader Gorm in 855. The first recorded raid on Wales occurred in…
At one point in the story, Okonkwo is chosen to be the adoptive… The nine villages in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart are as follows: 1 Umuofia, 2 Ikemefua, 3 Aninta, 4 Umuazu, 5, Mbaino, 6 Abame, 7 Elumelu, 8 Ikeocha, and 9 Mbanta. Most of the story takes place…
had a group of about 12 young (19-21)come up and want to see the car and motor. Like all of us here I was happy to comply. After the normal comments of “cool” etc, one Mr. Motorhead started telling everyone about the fact that all of the really fast Vipers…