Convicts Native Americans Conflicts between the colonies British colonization Began in 1607 in Jamestown Three types of colonies Independence in mid-20s Eight overseas territories Formation of the United States of America Rebellion General George Washington 4th of July 1776 United States Bill of Rights Slavery Civil War (18611865) Beginning of the 20th century "Gilded age" First nationwide depressions Strongest economy Progressive era World War I Roaring Twenties Spanish flu Eighteenth Amendment KKK Jazz Age Mid 20th century The Great Depression (1929-39) New Deal (193336) World War II Cold War (1945-1991) 21st century World superpower Middle East 9/11 The War on Terror Used material http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf http://books.google.ee/books?id=KWkUAQAAMA http://books.google.ee/books?id=Qr_ruAAACAAJ Thank You for listening!!!
Describing people appearance Vanus age Teismelise eas in one's teens Varastes/keskmistes/hilistes kahekümnendates in one's early/middle/late twenties Elatanud elderly Keskeas middle-aged Noor täiskasvanu a young adult Vastsündinud new born baby Pikkus/kehaehitus height/build Keskimist kasvu of medium/average height Laiaõlgne broad-shouldered Hea kehaehitusega well-built Muskliline muscular Sale slim Tüse plump Ülekaaluline overweight Rasvunud obese Juuksed hair Sirged straight Heledad blond/fair Laines wavy Lokkis curly Krussis frizzy Turris, püstised spiky
believing "the world was peopled by females". This problably influenced her works too. § She returned to England with her mother and studied economics and psychology at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. § Her actual christened name was "Franklin Birkinshaw". which she feels contributed to her being accepted at St Andrews and permitted to study economics: the school assumed she was a male student applicant. Early life § In her early twenties she was briefly married to a man more than twenty years older than her. It is not clear whether she had her first son during this marriage or earlier. § Raising her son as a single mother, she looks back on her twenties as times fraught with "odd jobs and hard times." She worked on the problem page of the Daily Mirror and then as a copywriter for the Foreign Office. She then embarked on an extremely successful career as an advertising copywriter
century. Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. PERSONAL LIFE Winfrey currently lives on her 42-acre (170,000 m 2) estate with ocean and mountain views in Montecito, California. Winfrey and her boyfriend Stedman Graham have been together since 1986. But they are decided not to marry. Winfrey's best friend since their early twenties is Gayle King. She is an editor on a Oprah magazine called ´´O´´. Winfrey became a millionaire at age 32. Oprah home in California. Oprah and her boyfriend Stedman Graham in 2013. THE OPRAH SHOW Oprah is mainly known for her tv show `'The Oprah Winfrey Show''. It started in 1986 and the last episode aired on May 25, 2011. The show is about Oprah interviewing celebrities and everyday people, and many other segments. Her guests include
they agreed to work at almost any wages and under almost any conditions. The bettereducated blacks, who had left to the South searching for work became the object of viloent racial discriminationand were forced into ghettoes. THE FIRST WORLD WAR In April 1917 Congress declared war on Germany, because of attacks on American passanger ships by German submarines and the discovery of a German plot to encourage Mexico in war with USA. THE ROARING TWENTIES In the 1920s tariffs were brought to their highest level ever and taxes were drastically reduce. The Roaring Twenties suddenly ended in 1929 with the Wall Street crash. This crash marked the beginning of the worst depression in America, called as the Great Depression. The period was full of contrasts. In 1925 Klu Klux Klan, who had killed mostly blacks, but also Catholics, Jews an everybody not born in America, had over 4 million members.
o Jules Verne was a French novelist o He was born on February 8, 1828 at Nantes, France o Studied Law in Paris o Took up writing in his early twenties o His first major success was in 1864 Voyage to the Centre of the Earth o Died on March 24, 1905 at Amiens o Considered to be the `father' of science fiction o Professor Pierre Aronnax the main character, narrator, a professor in the museum in Paris of Natural History; gruff, unrefined and a classic pedant. o Conseil Aronnax's domestic servant, 30 years old, knowledgeable of science, never complains o Ned Land - a Canadian and the king of harpooners, a large
Describing a person Liivia is my aunt. She is also a good friend of mine. I have known her all my life and we know a lot of each other. That is her kindness that has attracted me. Most people would say that she is very pretty. I think they are right. She is not very tall, I would rather say she is of medium height. She has a good figure. That means she is slender and athletic. She is in her twenties but looks exactly like an eighteen year old. Grace is a very attractive, thin-faced and rosy-cheeked girl. I do not know how it is possible in Estonia but she always seems to rather tanned. Liivia`s hair is a bit wavy, very thick, shoulder-length and blond with dark stripes. Her eyes are almond-shaped and green. Her eyelashes are extremely long and black. Her nose is straight and small. Liivia has thin lips. There is a small brown mole on the left side of her face, just on her cheek-
Olympic rhythmic gymnastics is typically restricted to female participants, although Japan has begun developing programs in which men can compete and in Spain, men are allowed to participate in women's competitions. The men's program has yet to be formally recognized by the FIG, however, and men cannot compete in the Olympics as a rhythmic gymnast. Gymnasts in Russia and Europe typically start training at a very young age and those at their peak are typically in their late teens or early twenties Top rhythmic gymnasts must have good balance, flexibility, coordination, and strength, and must possess psychological attributes such as the ability to compete under intense pressure, in which one mistake can cost them the title, and the discipline and work ethic to practice the same skills over and over again. Currently a gymnast can perform in the individual event or in the group event. They perform routines in 12 x 12 meter areas, accompanied by music. In competitions,
T-shirt t-särk baseball cap pesapalli müts V-neck jumper V-kaelusega dzemper scarf sall flat shoes täistallaga kingad overalls kombinesoon polo-neck polo tracksuit spordiülikond dungarees tunked shirt päevasärk in late fifties hilistes viiekümnendates in early thirties varastes kolmekümnendates mid twenties 24 - 27 aastane middle-aged keskealine of medium height keskmist kasvu of medium build keskmise kehaehitusega wavy hair lainelised juuksed curly hair lokkis juuksed moustache vuntsid broad shoulders laiad õlad full lips täidlased huuled plump täidlane, tüse, priske shoulder-length hair õlgadeni juuksed casual clothes vaba aja riietus, argiriietus
herself in a world where women were thought of as nothing more than merely housewives. I truly respect the qualities she possessed, even though they were not always admirable and considerate of others. The number one trait I liked about Jordan as a character was her independence and the fact that she was not reliant on men, which cannot be said about Daisy and Myrtle. All the female characters were in their twenties but Jordan was the only one who still had not got married nor had a child. She had her own ideals and goals, and she stood for them without hesitation. However, by the end of the novel, she did get engaged, which can be seen from a conversation between Nick and Jordan as Nick says that "there were several she could have married at a nod of her head /.../" (Fitzgerald 1993: 160), which means that for a
had been an actress, met (and in 1946 married) Jack Morpurgo (subsequently Professor of American Literature at the University of Leeds from 1969 to 1982) while Bridge was away during World War II. Morpurgo did not find out who his biological father was until he was 19, when watching the 1962 film version of Great Expectations with his mother, in which Bridge appeared. His biographies Morpurgo's first job was as a primary school teacher. In his late twenties, while he was teaching, he discovered his talent for storytelling, of which he later said "I could see there was magic in it for them, and realized there was magic in it for me." He writes his books from home and helps Clare to run Farms for City Children, a project that takes children from inner-city schools to the countryside where they are given hands-on experience of what happens on a farm.
Grail. Rémy is a mercenary who gets involved in the plot only for the money. Sophie Neveu - A cryptologist with the French Judicial Police, and the female protagonist of the novel. Sophie, who is about thirty years old, is attractive, single, compassionate, and very intelligent. She was raised by her grandfather after her parents, brother, and grandmother died in a car accident, and her grandfather instilled in her a love of puzzles and codes. In her twenties, Sophie trained in Britain in cryptology. In the novel, she is one of the major players who attempt to crack her grandfather's code. She is also a descendent of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Read an in-depth analysis of Sophie Neveu. Jacques Saunière - The curator at the Louvre, and Sophie's grandfather. His murder sets off the chain of events that takes place in the novel. Saunière's scholarly passions include Leonardo Da Vinci, goddess iconography, and puzzles
Exercises 1. Use the Present Simple of the verb be or have. ( 10 points ) Mary........blue eyes and blond hair, but her brother ........dark hair. He ........in his late twenties. He........married and........two sons. I........short, but my sister........tall. We........a dog and a cat. Our uncle........two dogs. They........brown. 2. Choose the correct item. ( 5 points ) e.g. The residents were made...D....their homes by the authorities. A leave B leaving C left D to leave 1) Ann is my best friend! We........each other for years A know B knew C knows D have known 2) Nicky.......
Discuss it with your neighbor. Ask your neighbor: Who is Harry Potter? What's so magical about him? Part I 1/9/2013 Page |2 Reading: Read through the text, look up unknown words by J. K. Rowling In 1990, a British woman in her mid-twenties called Joanne Rowling was on a train in England when she suddenly had an idea for a story she could write. She had enjoyed writing ever since she was a young girl, but there was something about the main character in this story that seemed especially exciting. He was a thin, black-haired boy who wore glasses. He was also a wizard, but didn't yet know about his magical powers. His name was Harry Potter. Harry has since made Rowling (whose pen name is J.K
c) a person The first time I met Kati was in 2010. I first met her on the eve of my university life as she arrived in my dormitory room quite late at night. I wasn't very fond of her at that moment. She has an oval face that is covered with freckles. Her complexion is very fair, she doesn't tan at all. She has blue eyes that match her blonde hair and complexion. She has a narrow nose, everything about her is slim. She is very thin and looks sometimes younger than she is, she's in her mid twenties. She has one of the most peculiar personalities I know. She is sometimes very quiet and completely shuts me out and then she can be very chatty. Her views of the world could be categorized as pessimistic, but I know she secretly harbours a lot of positivity. She often second guesses herself and that makes her kind of a perfectionist. I sometimes feel as if she is slow on purpose, but I know it's just the way she's made. She is an avid reader, you have to literally tear books away from her
worked for the war. In 1918 women aged 30+ were given the right of suffrage. In 1924 all adult men and women got the right to vote. The Labour Party supported this and was more popular because they gave equal rights. 9. Women’s role during WWI; between the world wars – the flappers and the roaring twenties. 1930s and WWII. Important changes in society and politics during the first half of the 20th century that helped improve women’s rights and opportunities. After the war people had a lot of grand emotions, they were happy, had many parties. With that came the flapper movement in the 20s. Flapper women smoked and wore excessive makeup, drank, bobbed their hair and ignored other social and sexual norms. The flapper
North American land east to west. Ratified in 1788, the Constitution serves as the supreme American law in organizing the government; the Supreme Court is responsible for upholding Constitutional law. Slavery was abolished in 1865 by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In later years, civil rights were extended to women and black Americans. The Progressive Era marked a time of economic growth for the United States, advancing to the Roaring Twenties. However, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression, a time of economic downturn and mass unemployment. Consequently, the U.S. government established the New Deal, a series of reform programs that helped "the forgotten men". The New Deal had varied success. However, once the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, the economy quickly recovered, so much that the U.S. became a world superpower by the dawn of the Cold War. During the Cold War, the U.S
· The Road at Project Gutenberg (1907) · John Barleycorn (etext) at Project Gutenberg (1913) Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 December 21, 1940) was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the twenties. He finished four novels, including The Great Gatsby, with another published posthumously, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age. Novels · This Side of Paradise (1922) · The Beautiful and Damned (1922) · The Great Gatsby (1925) · Tender Is the Night (1934) Short Stories · Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Short Story, 1920) · Head and Shoulders (Short Story, 1920)
Changing career: 'These days, I go home feeling relaxed' Starting a new career is a daunting prospect for many. But Kate Hilpern discovers that plenty of help is at hand Some of the jobs that career changers are most keen to break into PR and teaching, among them are the very same jobs that people are queuing to get out of, says John Lees, author of How to Get a Job You'll Love and Take Control of Your Career. Many of us get to the point, whether in our twenties, thirties, forties or fifties where we decide to change careers. Some of us will make radical changes, while others will move to the edge of their comfort zone, perhaps shifting from acupuncturist to homeopath or PR office to journalist. But the key to making the right decision, says Lees, is to bring your dream back down to life with a hard thump. "I always say to people, 'Find out what you will actually be doing in the job of your dreams. What does the nitty-gritty day-to- day work involve
houses of Väike-Õismäe, which were mostly established in the seventies. The territory of Haabersti is 18,6 km². Kesklinn. It consists of the historical Old City and the surrounding suburbs with wooden buildings erected in the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. The territory of Kesklinn is 28,0 km². Kristiine. The main part of the buildings in this district consists of 2-storeyed apartment houses built in the twenties and the thirties and modest single family houses built in the fifties. The territory of Kristiine is 9,4 km². Lasnamäe. Lasnamäe is the biggest district both by its area and its population and at the same time this is the last region formed by big panel houses. The territory of Lasnamäe is 30,0 km². Mustamäe. The building of big panel houses started in the sixties and was mainly completed in the seventies. The main problem of Mustamäe is the bad heat keeping of the houses
Germany in 1917. The arrival of two million military units changed the balance enough to enable the Allies to win the war. The Senate didn't want US to get involved with European affairs and they did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles, which established the League of Nations. The 1920's were a decade in which the tariffs were brought to their highest levels and taxes were reduced. This remarkable rise in living standards, which caused the decade to be called the Roaring Twenties, ended suddenly in October 1929 with the Wall Street 8 crash. The crash was the result of a long period of over production by the nation's factories and farms. This crash marked the beginning of the worst depression in American history known as the Great Depression. F. D. Roosevelt was the one who helped America out of it. He won the 1932 presidential elections. Over the next two
Her technique is so innovative that her work was considered unacceptable for publication. Apart from a few poems, most of her work was published posthumously. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Life Family background She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her father was a successful lawyer and a prominent member of community who raised his children according to austere Puritan principles. During her early years Emily was witty and sociable, but from her mid-twenties she began to withdraw from the outside world. Retreat into reclusion By the age of thirty she had become a total recluse, living her life in total isolation: `You ask of my companions. Hills, sir, and the sundown, and a dog as large as myself, that my father bought me. They are better than beings because they know, but do not tell.' For over 20 years she never left her father's house, wore only white clothes and received very few guests. The townspeople of Amherst referred to her
(See Drechsler 2005b) The Neo-Weberian State And yet, of course there are legitimate problems with many a bureaucracy, there are still very self-centered administrations that hinder economic development rather than fostering it, there is the frequent legalistic domination of PA and of lawyers within the civil service that is preventing a problem-solving approach, and there are organizational changes and other shifts in public life that distance us from the Twenties. But the Weberian system has actually (been) adapted to them very successfully, as Continental PA always has. Both to characterize these and to denote a post-post-NPM, synergetic system of PA, perhaps a specifically European one that is not a NPM "laggard" but the opposite, Pollitt and Bouckaert, in what is now the standard book on Public Management Reform, have coined in the second edition (September 2004) the term "Neo-Weberian State" or NWS. I think it is wise to
Edasi kujunesid bluesist välja veel sellised artistid nagu Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Carlos Santana, Stiililiselt on Blues palju rikkam ja värvikam, kui meie praegu tunnis võtame. Kuna vastav tund on Rütmimuusika ajalugu ning pigem Jazzmuusika ajalugu siis peab tegema valikuid. Blues on olnud vajalik et sai kujuneda jazz ja pop ning kõik muu. Kuid on ise infoküllasena vägemalt sama mahukas, kui jazzmuusika ajalugu ise. ,,I spent most of my teens and early twenties studying the blues the geographyof it and the chronology of it, as well as how to play it, " Eric Clapton 10 MUUSIKA KUULAMINE: 1.Mamie Smith Crazy Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiJrBgbwsJw) 2.Bessie Smith St Louis Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNWs0LsimFs) 3.Louis Armstrong and his All-stars Back o'town Blues (Take It Satch) Vinüül 4.Louis Armstrong St. James Infirmary (Gold Standard Series, 1957) Vinüül 5
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION I. MUSICAL LIFE IN TARTU AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. TRAILBLAZERS: ALEKSANDER LÄTE, RUDOLF TOBIAS, ARTUR KAPP. II. THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ARTUR LEMBA: THE BEGINNING OF ESTONIAN SYMPHONY AND OPERA. III. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CULTURAL AND MUSICAL LIFE: THE END OF THE TSARIST PERIOD. THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA: THE INTRODUCTION OF INNOVATIONS FROM WESTERN ART AND THE EVOLUTION OF NATIONALLY ORIENTED MUSICAL TRENDS. IV. THE TWENTIES. ARTUR KAPP: ROMANTICIST AND DRAMATIST. V. THE INFLUENCE OF NEW WESTERN MUSICAL TRENDS. HEINO ELLER: A PROGRAMME PAINTER. VI. THE THIRTIES. THE WIDENING OF NATIONAL SYMPHONISM. THE RISE OF ATTENTION TO HISTORY AND FOLKLORE: JUHAN AAVIK, EDUARD TUBIN, EUGEN KAPP. VII. FURTHER MATURING OF SYMPHONIC MUSIC: HEINO ELLER, EVALD AAV, EDUARD TUBIN. THE FIRST ESTONIAN BALLET. SUMMARY OF THE REPUBLICAN PERIOD. HALF A CENTURY UNDER SOVIET OCCUPATION. IDEOLOGY OVER MUSIC.
" I struggled with the conspicuous understatement. "Yes!" Jessica agreed with another giggle. "They're all together though -- Emmett and Rosalie, and Jasper and Alice, I mean. And they live together." Her voice held all the shock and condemnation of the small town, I thought critically. But, if I was being honest, I had to admit that even in Phoenix, it would cause gossip. "Which ones are the Cullens?" I asked. "They don't look related..." "Oh, they're not. Dr. Cullen is really young, in his twenties or early thirties. They're all adopted. The Hales are brother and sister, twins -- the blondes -- and they're foster children." "They look a little old for foster children." "They are now, Jasper and Rosalie are both eighteen, but they've been with Mrs. Cullen since they were eight. She's their aunt or something like that." "That's really kind of nice -- for them to take care of all those kids like that, when they're so young and everything."
■ START WHERE YOU ARE You may think that you lack the education, opportunities, or re- sources that other successful people seem to have. Don’t worry. The fact is that most people start off with few advantages. The story of most successful people is the story of people who started with noth- ing and did something worthwhile with their lives. I used to feel sorry for myself because I entered my twenties with no money and a limited education. Then I learned that most people start off with little or no money. If they do get a good educa- tion, most of it turns out to be largely useless in the real world once they get out of school. Then I felt sorry for myself because I had no natural talents ccc_tracy_5_77-89.qxd 6/23/03 2:47 PM Page 87 Take Charge of Your Life ➤ 87
Veebelil oli kasutada vaid 18 meest. 176 V. Ojakäär töötas samas orkestris saksofonistina. 177 Paul Whitemani 12.02.1924 New Yorgi kontserdi kavas, kus tuli esiettekandele Gershwini “Rhapsody in Blue”, oli solistiks autor. Whitemani reklaamiti küll džässikuningana (King of Jazz), kuid ta ise on selle kohta öelnud: “(19)20-ndad olid vaimustavate mõttetuste ajastu... ja mina olin selle aja produkt.” (The twenties had been an era of wonderful nonsens... and I was product of those times” (Ward and Burns: 171). 84 - viiulid: Eduard Kurt, Mihkel Kranig, Friedrich Kaasik; - saksofonid/klarnetid: Oskar Vichmann, Romuald Gross, Adolf Eller, Elmar Pert; - trompetid: Robert Tavas, Erich Kitsemets, Alfred Borkmann; - tromboonid: Artur Flink, Karl Viitme; - klaver: Valter Roots;
Philip's ciphers 30 years before, did nothing about the Spaniard's complaint; all Philip got for his effort was the ridicule and derision of everyone who heard about it. At about the same time, England's first great cryptanalyst helped to execute a sentence of death on that most romantic and tragic of royal ladies, Mary, Queen of Scots. He was Thomas Phelippes. Son of London's collector of customs, he traveled widely in France in his mid-twenties. As early as 1538, while in Paris, he had begun cryptanalyzing messages for Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's Satanic-looking minister in charge of espionage. Back in England, Phelippes became one of Walsingham's most confidential assistants. He was an indefatigable worker, corresponding tirelessly in his calligraphic hand with Walsingham's numerous agents. His letters show a fair acquaintance with literary allusions and classical quotations, and he appears to have been able to
I didn't test a dangerous new treatment. Unlike the better-known sort of self- experimentation, which usually con rms what the experimenter believes, my self-experiments had shown I was wrong. From my acne research I learned that self-experimentation can be used by non-experts to (a) see if the experts are right and (b) learn something they don't know. I hadn't realized such things were possible. The next problem I tried to solve this way was early awakening. For years, starting in my twenties, I woke up early in the morning, such as 4 A.M., still tired but unable to go back to sleep. Only a few dreary hours later would I be able to fall back asleep. This happened about half of all mornings. It showed no sign of going away. I didn't want to take a happened about half of all mornings. It showed no sign of going away. I didn't want to take a pill for the rest of my life--not that there are any good pills for this--so I didn't bother seeing a doctor
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