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The Youngest President Becomes One of the Greats Earning himself a place on Mt. Rushmore was not easy, but Theodore Roosevelt worked hard at the Presidency, focusing on getting things done and on initiating reform. At 43 years old, Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest man ever to take the oath of...
Treo blogging from West Memphis, Arkansas.Actually the title of this most may be inaccuate, until I made it to Natchez two days ago, I don't believe I've ever travelled on US Route 61. In 1989 a girlfriend and I visited the Twin Cities--she was from there and did all the driving-- and we spent a...
Matt Phillips reports on the presidential race from Portland, Ore. Hillary Clinton, trying to catch up to Barack Obama in the hunt for the Democratic nomination, continues to press a long-shot plan to put the federal gas tax on hiatus and make up for lost revenue with an additional tax on oil...
Theodore's Split with the Republican Party Despite having his hand-picked successor in office, Theodore Roosevelt's life after the Presidency was dominated in part by his opposition to his own political party. Despite the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's successor to the office of President of the...
The Idol of Ohio and Five Successful Years in Office Before his assassination in 1901, William McKinley found a good deal of success in the office of the President, being the first incumbent since Ulysses S. Grant to win re William McKinley was the last Civil War veteran to be named President of...
Children's nonfiction has come a long way from the days of stodgily written books created to provide basic facts for school reports. These days, the best nonfiction books for kids offer riveting narratives that read as well as any novel, as well as eye-catching designs, as these outstanding new...
I've never been all that good at telling fact from fiction. When I was a kid, I watched Walter Cronkite, read my Weekly Reader and was comfortable I was getting the straight scoop. Mr. Cronkite is long since gone and I haven't seen a Weekly Reader since 1969 so I don't know what to believe...
◎译 名 最长的一日/最长的一天/碧血长天◎片 名 The Longest Day◎年 代 1962◎国 家 美国◎类 别 动作/剧情/战争/历史◎语 言 英语◎IMDB评分 7.8/10 (10,579 votes)◎IMDB链接 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056197◎文件格式 H.264 + DTS-HDMA◎视频尺寸 1920×1080◎文件大小 34.5G◎片 长 178 Min◎导 演 Ken Annakin .....(British exterior episodes) 安德鲁·马顿 Andrew Marton .....9 (Americ...
Down through our history, presidents have provided a cornucopia of chuckles for a hard-pressed electorate. Martin Van Buren was a fop. Andrew Jackson threatened to hang people who got on his nerves. Franklin Pierce took a daily nude swim in the Potomac, and is the only sitting president who ever...
by Jim Tankersley JUNCTION CITY, Ore. - Hillary Clinton didn't mention Barack Obama in her stop in this small town north of Eugene today. Or John McCain. But she leveled an array of attacks at President Bush, including a mocking of his energy policy that she blamed for economy-stifling gas...
