Over time, however, the metric system gained traction. By the time the American Civil War ended in 1865, most of Europe had adopted the decimal-based measuring system, and the U.S. could no longer ignore it. In 1866, an act of Congress, signed into law by President Andrew Johnson, mad...
I admit that's a psychobabble explanation for the otherwise-vexing reality that the NFL's seven top-scoring seasons ended in playoff defeat. But sometimes, all we've got to explain the human animal is psychobabble. If Sigmund Freud were alive today, he'd be hosting a midmorning talk sho...
Along with the development of society, more and more problems are brought to our attention, one of the most serious issue is the gray population. Nevertheless, the significance of elderly people in society cannot be overstated. As...
Sarah Godfrey, who is organizing Wilbur's party, told the local newspaper, “Wilbur is part of our lives, as he is for everyone who lives in the village. “ 题目+答案 Q5: What does the report say the village is going to do for the cat Wilbur? Q6: What do we learn from the rep...
In 1993, during his confirmation hearing to be CIA director, James Woolsey said of the Soviet Union and the Cold War that just ended, "We have slain a large dragon, but now we find ourselves in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes." We spent most of the past...
But in the twenty-first century, we are witnessing the rise of China. We are decades away from China becoming the greatest power on earth. This will be China’s time, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Attack China all you want, curse her and monger rumours and hysteria —...
The Cold War was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although it was a conflict over differing ideologies (capitalism and democracy versus communism), it sometimes surfaced in the form of proxy wars throughout the globe, such as the Korea...
the decades-old nightmare of hackers stopping the gears of modern society has become a reality. and the blackouts weren’t just isolated attacks. they were part of a digital blitzkrieg that has pummeled ukraine for the past three years—a sustained cyberassault unlike any the world has eve...
Students of international relations call this the "Westphalian system," after the 1648 Peace of Westphalia that ended Europe's Thirty Years War, a time of indescribable carnage waged in the name of competing religions. The treaties that ended the war put domestic arrangements - like religion-off...
“As Majority Whip in the 115th Congress, I worked closely with President Trump to unify our Conference behind two budget reconciliation packages, most notably the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that delivered an economic boom not seen in decades,” Scalise said. Lead Art: Spea...