.... the idea of the cornucopia--the horn of plenty. The Jews celebrate the holiday Sukkot, which honors the awards of the harvest, and the Chinese enjoy the celebration of the Harvest Moon. Even native New Yorkers commemorate the harvest long before arrives. Pumpkins, apples and corn are abundant in the open-air markets of the city beginning in late September. The autumn of 1621 yielded a plentiful harvest and the Pilgrims, gathered together with the Massasoit Indians to reap the awards of hard work. Celebrating is like celebrating an even that includes the dead of over 11,000 Wampanoag Indians died due to illnesses that they contracted from .....

.... the precedent for the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of laws, through the principle of judicial review. The development of this power to interpret the constitution instituted the flexibility of the constitution and the ability to forge a road of precedent unfamiliar to the new government, as well as firmly grounding the role of the Judicial Branch. To up hold the precedent already established in the united states by Federalists such as Washington and in fear of the Democratic republican ideas of Jefferson, Adams was determined to keep the federalists in office. Jefferson would have power over congress, but in a “midnight ap .....

.... the contrary. The town of Rachel is within twenty miles of Area 51, and is a magnet for UFO enthusiasts worldwide. Area 51 has been in existence since World War one, and many advancements in military science and technology have been made and developed there. To breach the perimeter could result in your death, because it is so top secret. It is reported that in order to avoid spy plane and satellite reconnaissance, most activities and experiments have been conducted underground. It is the experiments above ground, mainly test flights, that help to perpetuate the UFO stories.(Leiby Richard p.a1) In early 1947, officials at the Roswell Army Ai .....

.... the Manie sank there where 2 separate explosions ammunition continuted to explode for hours after the blast. Some people say that the Maine was torpedoed or blown up with under water explosives by the Spanish Navy, others say that the 896 ton capacity coal bunker exploded but most people at the time said that the ship was torpedoed and blamed Spain for the sinking of the ship. After the disaster an official court of inquiry was held to determine the cause of the blast. The Navy said that the ship was sunk by a water mine, but stated that it could not fix responsibility on any single person or persons. Declaration of war At the t .....

.... rocks that the guards deserted their post. Ponce de Leon was Puerto Rico’s first governor and founded the island. When he landed he exclaimed “Que Puerto Rico!� meaning “What a rich port!� Ponce also had El Casa Blanca (the white house) which contains a throne room, dungeon, armory, wine cellar, and didn’t meet the fortification requirements so it had a fort built around it. In the countryside of the island there are limestone formations that form mountains. The underwater rivers form large sinkholes which provide a crater that supports the largest observatory in the world. The dish covers approximately 20 acres. El Yunque .....

.... of NATO airstrikes.. The point of detonation was sandwiched between a block of apartments on one side and the clinic on the other. Confusion and panic , all there was. People wandered around in shock. Survivors said they scrambled through debris. Firefighters doused the flames of Serbian homes. The direct hits caused almost unrecognizable ruin. NATO didn't expect any dead bodies but it was possible that one of the bombs fell short. NATO's overnight raids hit targets throughout Yugoslavia, including bridges, airfields, petroleum installations, police headquarters and air defense installations. They don't want to leave anything out. Search .....

.... year olds trying sex and getting pregnant. Bloom points out that "young people know that rock has the beat of sexual intercourse. That is why Ravel's Bolero is the one piece of classical music that is commonly known and liked by them" (130). Such sexual beats also come from CDs that are just bass. Everyone has experienced sitting at a stoplight when a car pulls up next to you with his or her radio is so loud your car starts shaking and you can't even think. The lyrics and beat of rock and rap may influence people to do such negative acts at such a young age. Sex plays an enormous part in music. Look at the way music artists dress, what they .....

.... With the coming of these new groups of immigrants came constant ethnic tensions. They were also paid very poorly and began to replace higher paid British. Irish, and American workers. American workers had very little job security. Many of the workers lost their jobs because of technological advances. Very few workers were ever very far from poverty. The American workforce faced many other hardships as well. The performances of routine and repetitive tasks were difficult for the workers to adjust to. Machines now did many tasks once done by artisans. Factories employed workers ten hours a day and six days a week. Factory accidents .....

.... the stage for General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. http://americancivilwar.com/tl/tl1863.html The Battles of Chattanooga, in the U.S. Civil War, were a series of engagements fought around Chattanooga, Tenn., in September and November 1863. The Confederates were commanded by Braxton Bragg, and the Union forces were first under William S. Rosecrans, then George H. Thomas, and finally Ulysses S. Grant. Rosecrans maneuvered Bragg from Chattanooga in early September, but his Army of the Cumberland was met by reinforced Confederate forces and defeated in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19-20. Bragg threw an incomplete siege around Chattan .....

.... "by any means necessary" do what it takes to gain civil rights acceptance. The general attitude about the U.S. being involved in Southeast Asia at the beginning of the war was that the public was gung-ho and behind the government to stop communism. Reporters and cameras were successful at bringing the war up close and personal. Americans were seeing their American GIs being killed. The Tet Offense was a U.S. victory in the field. It was a major loss at home and became the turning point battle of the war. The U.S. military lost American home backing. Americans turned against the war because it was not part of "our" problems .....