Professionalswasfoundedin1983andbeachvolleyballdevelopedintoafast,athleticsport.Its worldwidepopularitywonbeachvolleyballaplaceatthe1996OlympicsinAtalanta,where24maleteams and16femaleteamstookpart.Atpresent,theUSandBrazilarethebestintheworldatbeach volleyball. ThegamecametoChinaintheearly1990sandtherehavebeennational...
Before retiring, Liu was a professor at a university in Chongqing. In 2012, he brought his family to Guizhou, a region known for its___climate, to spend the summer. One evening, he saw a neighbor’s child learning English. He asked the child to read him a passage. “The pronunciation...
This village to the east of the Des Plaines River wasfounded in 1959by a group of about 40 families who formed the Riverwoods Residents Association. Riverwoods is a paradise for nature lovers, with bothHalf Day Forest Preserveand theEdward L. Ryerson Conservation Areainside its borders. #46....
Dubbed "The Grand Hotel of the West" when it first opened in 1893, businessman Guido Pfister and his son, Charles, founded the impressive Romanesque Revival hotel. Acquired by the movie theater mogul Ben Marcus in the 1960s, the Pfister was given a much-needed facelift. The hotel boasts ...
with the troubles that faced those who fought to raise awareness around the health impacts of smoking.Eriksen also gives due credit to his cooperators-especially oceanographer Charles Moore,discoverer of the ‘garbage patch' in the North Pacific Gyre.Moore founded the Algalita Marine Research and...
To the Hebrew authors of the Bible the expression Leviathan was probably only a general one, meaning any great land or sea monster. Their highly colored descriptions of this great beast may well have been founded on a variety of creatures they knew or had heard about: the sperm whale, ...
Robert McKinney founded the paper in 1959. His daughter Robin McKenna Martin was its printer for several years and has been the paper’s owner since 1978. She continues in that latter role until today. In a November 2023 Taos News podcast hosted by her daughter Laura, Robin boasted that ...
The Häagen-Dazs ice cream company was founded in 1961 in New York. The name, while perhaps Scandinavian-sounding, has no meaning and wasmade up by founders Reuben and Rose Mattus. #74. KitchenAid Tinxi // Shutterstock #74. KitchenAid ...
A dumbfounded McKellen gestured to the fact that he was wearing full doublet and hose and pleaded: “Do I look like a member of the audience?” The penny finally dropped and the usherette let him pass –Jeremy Miles Burn the Floor: Lighthouse, Poole (Thursday 9th May, 2019) If the ...
Charles Brutlag // Shutterstock Indiana: Pork tenderloin sandwich The large breaded and fried pork tenderloin cutlet, bun, pickles, lettuce, and mayonnaise work together to create a balanced offering packed with flavor. The sandwich was introduced in 1904 by Nicholas Freinstein, a pushcart vendor in...