Thomas Jefferson is remembered in history not only for the offices he held, but also for his belief in the natural rights of man as expressed in the Declaration of Independence and his faith in the people’s ability to govern themselves. He left an impact on his times equaled by few others in American history. Born on April 13, 1743, Jefferson was the third child in the family and grew up with six sisters and one brother. Though he opposed slavery, his family had owned slaves. From his father and his environment he developed an interest in bot
Fun Fact: You know your house needs repair when a piano leg goes through the floor! It happened in Harry Truman's White House in 1948. Fast Fact: For Harry S Truman, war and cold war posed challenges unprecedented in history. Biography: During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry S Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties with Soviet Russia. Suddenly these and a host of other wartime problems became Truman's to solve when, on April 12, 1945,
Actress. Born February 27, 1932, in London, England. In 1939, Taylor moved with her family to Los Angeles, to escape the havoc of World War II. Her black-haired, violet-eyed charm caught the eye of the Hollywood film world, and she made her screen debut at the age of 10 in the 1942 film There’s One Born Every Minute. After she was cast opposite Roddy McDowall in Lassie Come Home (1942), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed her to a studio contract. In 1944, Taylor’s performance as a young equestrian in National Velvet made her a bona fide child star.
The State Dining Room, which now seats as many as 140 guests, was originally much smaller and served at various times as a drawing room, office, and Cabinet Room. Not until the Andrew Jackson administration was it called the "State Dining Room," although it had been used for formal dinners by previous Presidents.
As the nation grew, so did the invitation list to official functions at the White House. After the renovation of 1902 by architects McKim, Mead & White, the room size was enlarged after the main stairway fro
1.Not long before his death, he wrote, "I have lived my life on the edge of nothing."
2. Those who may speak honestly of the ambiguous but striking privileges granted by a life conducted on the edge of nothing tend to have in common that they have been faced early on with certain kinds of decisively formative experiences. Although it is never mentioned in considerations of his work, when he was six years old and living with his divorced mother in Nebraska, his alcoholic father, already more an absence than a presence, on
People have always travelled. They have searched for food, ran away from danger. Today we travel on business, as tourists or to visit friends. Spain, Greece, Maroko and Ireland earn more from tourism than from anything else. According to a recent survey the people who travel the most are German, American and British. Tourism brings money in many ways. Also tourism has positive and negative affects on a country, for every country tourism is the most important source of money. Number of tourists all over the world is growing. More and more people
Actor. Born Roy Harold Scherer Jr., on November 25, 1925, in Winnetka, Illinois, a wealthy suburb of Chicago. His father abandoned Roy and his mother at age 4, and a young Roy spent a difficult childhood remaining anonymous. As an adult, Rock Hudson was a gregarious and warm member of the Hollywood social community, but many found that outgoing nature was a cover for a deeper secret. Throughout his career, Hudson was threatened with exposure of his homosexuality, but it was a secret the movie industry conspired to keep for 30 years. Rock
Romance glints from the little that is known about Elizabeth Kortright's early life. She was born in New York City in 1768, daughter of an old New York family. Her father, Lawrence, had served the Crown by privateering during the French and Indian War and made a fortune. He took no active part in the War of Independence; and James Monroe wrote to his friend Thomas Jefferson in Paris in 1786 that he had married the daughter of a gentleman, "injured in his fortunes" by the Revolution. Strange choice, perhaps, for a patriot veteran
Geography Slightly smaller than Maine, Austria includes much of the mountainous territory of the eastern Alps (about 75% of the area). The country contains many snowfields, glaciers, and snowcapped peaks, the highest being the Grossglockner (12,530 ft.; 3,819 m). The Danube is the principal river. Forests and woodlands cover about 40% of the land.
Government Federal republic.
History Settled in prehistoric times, the central European land that is now Austria was overrun in pre-Roman times by vari
Fun Fact: Anyone could come to Andrew Jackson's public parties at the White House, and just about everyone did! At his last one, a wheel of cheese weighing 1,400 lbs. was eaten in two hours. The White House smelled of cheese for weeks. Fast Fact: Andrew Jackson, first frontier President, came to office with great popular support. Biography: More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man. Born in a backwoods settlement in the
Actress, born September 28, 1972, in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner and television producer Bruce Paltrow, Gwyneth Paltrow grew up no stranger to the world of Hollywood. After living in Los Angeles, Paltrow moved with her family to New York at age eleven. The precocious young blonde made her stage debut at just five years old in a theater in Massachusetts's Berkshire Mountains, where her mother performed in summer stock. As she grew up, Paltrow's burgeoning beauty and developin
The Red Cross is a totally independent non-political international self-financed organisation. It’s a voluntary charity. They help victims of wars and natural disasters and organise lot of charity events. The Red Cross offers some services like first aid at sporting and public events, where they help police. Another service is working in shops, organising bazaars and car-boot sales and tracing separated families, they find lost members of a family. There is also a special service called “Red cross message service” and “The cosmetic camo
The Olympic Games were originally competitions held at Olympia in Ancient Greece. For the first time they were held in 776 before our era. There are two eras of the Olympic Games - ancient and since 1896 also modern era when baron Pierre de Coubertin revived the ancient principals. There was always a flame at the ancient Games, because it was a symbol of perfection and victory. At the modern Games it started only in 1928. It is lit at Olympia from the rays of sun and it burns in the main station from the beginning to the end. Anci
The Bratislava Castle is the dominant of Bratislava over its historical centre. It is one of the city's most visible landmarks and it is a symbol of the region's rich history and a National Cultural Monument. Its origins lie in the Celtic and Roman period. In 1811 it was damaged by fire and in 1968 fully reconstructed. Today the Bratislava Castle houses the representative halls of the Slovak National Council, the Slovak Government, and the exhibitions of Slovak National Museum. The Devín Castle was frontier fortress of the Great Mora
Scott Joplin was born in Texas in 1868, into a poor but musical black family. His father played the piano and his mother played the banjo and sang. Scott played the violin and bugle but his favourite instrument was his neighbour's piano. His father worked extra hours to buy him a battered old grand piano, and soon Scott was playing by ear Negro tunes, blues and spirituals. He quickly became the talk of the town. Scott didn't learn to read music until he was 11, when an old German music teacher spotted his talent and gave him free, for
The most important public holiday is The Fourth of July or Independence Day. It celebrates independence of American colonies from the British. It is the anniversary of signing the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. The oldest American holiday is Thanksgiving Day, which is the 4th Thursday in November. It was celebrated for the first time in 1621 as the expression of the joy after the first successful harvest, which helped a colony Plymouth to survive winter. On 13th May Memorial Day, or Veteran's Day, is celebrate
(as) like/alike as two peas – podobný ako vajce vcajcu, navlas podobný (as) different as chalk and/from cheese, (as) like as chalk to cheese – ako nebo a zem, veľmi rozdielny, celkom odlišný
a piece of cake – niečo jednoduché, ľahké, “malina” a hard/tough nut (to crack) – tvrdý oriešok, ťažká úloha; čovek, s kt. sa ťažko vychádza
to be a egghead – to know everything about anything
bread-and-buttered work – práca, kt. sa síce zarobí, ale nie je to to,
Elizabeth Taylor was born in England in 1932. She was a very beautiful child, with black hair and violet-blue eyes. In 1939, she and her family moved to America, where film makers soon noticed her beauty. She became a chills star at the age of nine, and appeared in the films Lassie and National Velvet. Elizabeth Taylor is one of the few child stars who have continued to be successful as adults. She has made many films in her adult career, including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1958 and Cleopatra in 1962. Her private life has not been as successful
Official name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Political system: Constitutional monarchy without a written constitution; there are Acts of Parliaments and conventions
Executive power of the state There are two heads of the country: 1. the official head - the monarch (today queen Elizabeth II from the house of Windsor, she has been queen since 1952) - she can act only on the advice of her ministers and she is not responsible (/she doesn't bear responsibility) for the deed, t
Some boring facts: Miss Congeniality is 105 – minute long comedy directed by Donald Petrie. The script was written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford and Caryn Lucas. Laszlo Kovacs was the director of fotography. Music was written by Edward Sheamur. The main characters: Sandra Bullock – Gracie Hart a FBI agent, Benjamin Bratt – Eric Matthews, Michael Cane – Victor Melling, Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown) – Kathy Morningside. What was the movie about ? Gracie is special FBI agent who is obsessed by her work. She is not ver