Instead oflandmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansasor lows, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turneast, and then go another mile.” People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on themap; they measure (衡量)distance in time, ...
A popular landmark is the Great Neck giraffe (get it?), which is the unofficial mascot of Kensington. The village has launched a concerted effort to create more services for the area's elderly population. #1. Devon, Pennsylvania Spiroview Inc // Shutterstock #1. Devon, Pennsylvania -...
Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola (1723-86) led expedition from Mexico to establish settlements in Alta California; he arrived in San Diego June 29; on July 14, Portola's party discovered Monterey Bay; on November 2, San Francisco Bay. As commander, Portola served as Alta California's gover...
Brasilia is a capital city that was created from nothing in 1956. The WHL calls it 'a landmark in the history of town planning'. The different areas of the city and the buildings themselves were all designed at the same time carefully. Every part of the city shows the ideas of the pla...
The Paiute reside in northern and southern Nevada, while the Shoshone occupy the northeastern region. Nevada is the seventh largest of the 50 states, but is one of the most sparsely populated. 16th Century Nevada History Timeline1519 - Area claimed by Spain, Alta California (conquest of Mexico...
Crossing Texas and Mexico, the Big Bend region is high in biodiversity(生物的多样性). It’s a place so untamed that if something doesn’t bite, stick, or sting, it’s probably a rock. You know you have arrived in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert when it feels as if you have fall...
Canada earn important point in 0:0 draw in World Cup Qualifying Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team earned a 0:0 draw in Kingston, Jamaica to gain a point in the Final Round of Qualifying for the FIFA World[…] CONTACT CAREERS
The U.S. Supreme Court took a case with what are now two “incorrect” pieces of information, and made a decision that, as the ADFsuggestson its website, affects every person in the United States. Not only did the Supreme Court make a land...
German head coach Joachim Loew has to put together an alternative team to do a good job representing German football and show enough quality to challenge teams like 2016 European Champion Portugal, Cameroon, Chile, Russia, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. ...
were not even fit for the bargain bin, so truckloads of unsold cartridges were secretly buried in a New Mexico landfill. E.T. cannot be entirely blamed for the video game crash, but it represents everything that was wrong with the industry in the early 1980s. 9 Double Dragon 1987 Double...