In the first year at high school or college students are called “freshmen”, in the second they’re called “sophomores”, in the third year we call them “juniors” and in the fourth year they’re called “seniors”. Now a lot of high school graduates then go to college or university...
When did the Aztecs rule Mexico? Aztec Period of Rule over Mexico: The period of Aztec rule over Mexico, commonly referred to Mesoamerica for the time period prior to European arrival, was the last major period of indigenous rule before Spanish conquistadors came. Answer and Explanation: The ...
Rome had mistakenly advised the neighboring Bishop of Sonra in Mexico instead of the proper Bishop of the far-flung Diocese of Durango. Consequently, New Mexican clergy did not at first accept the change since Bishop Zubiria, their own ordinary or bishop-in-charge, had not formally been ...
After the revolution of 1959 Cuban citizens were not allowed to purchase new automobiles, so a majority of vehicles in Havana are old American cars from the 50s, and a few from the 40s. Chevys, Plymouths, Dodges, Oldsmobiles, Caddys, some looking rough and some looking royal, but all loo...
Well, seventy such happy years later, I know it was I she did really mean. I also remember the times, several probably, when in bed and kissing her good night, she would say, “Oh, that was a bit rough tonight.” Of course she was addressing the beard, not me. And beards are ...
InDreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants'...
that held huge drunken mega-parties I wasn’t invited to and mixed up beer and salsa. The Michelada name has also been attributed to a General Augusto Michel who kicked ass in the Mexican Revolution, and commonly brought his soldiers to a cantina in San Luis Potosi to get them hammered on...
Toro's Mexican Food It's really cool to see the old signs from the '70s. Flashback: See What Aspen Colorado Was Like in the 1970s bo bedford via YouTube Aspen Arcade This place looks like a hoot. Flashback: See What Aspen Colorado Was Like in the 1970s ...
So how did the name “seamoth” come about? In addition to their elongated, moth-shaped bodies, they have wing-like pectoral fins, which they unfurl when threatened or when they want to move quickly. They use the tips of these pectoral fins as sort of steadying hands as they amble about...
International Airport’s Tom Bradley International Terminal and in D.C.’s Union Station. Bruffett said the company is “always successful” in “travel locations” like rest stops, train stations and airports — but he did not share specifics about plans to add similar locations in the near...