Telephonesgrew quickly, from one phone in 1876 to 11 million phones nationwide by 1915, only in US. New York Telephone had 6,000 women telephone operators by 1910. The phrase “to put someone on hold” was named after Alexander and his assistant Mr. Watson, when Bell handed Watson the ph...
We call stories science, some stories myth (神话), but imagine hearing for the first time that the world may be round. Such stories only become real when we ___ them. And some stories are never supported with scientific facts, but they still seem to hold true. For example, ten years ...
Discover interesting, fun and cool facts about the Dutch city of Rotterdam. From things you have to know about Rotterdam before you travel here to extra tips to unique & unusual things you can do in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands. There are many interesting and fun facts to discove...
“Hello Girls,” as American soldiers called them, were American women who served as telephone operators for Pershing’s forces in Europe. The women were fluent in French and English and were specially trained by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1979, the U.S. Army finally gav...
School-based parental involvement is a common practice in the United States, and yet there is an emerging view that parents’ involvement in schools may have little if any academic benefit for their children. However, such conclusions are often based on narrowly construed survey questions, such as...