the dedication ceremony for the Hoover Dam highlight the harsh and hostile conditions that had to be overcome in the construction of this colossal structure. Even though the Hoover Dam was built during the Great Depression with limited resources and required many hardships to be endured by the people involved‚ it is an amazing architectural marvel that tamed the Colorado River which has stood the test of time and is still in operation today. The spectacular Hoover Dam did not rise easily because
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Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10‚ 1874. He was the thirty first president of the United States. Hoover’s Term for President was from 1929 to 1933. He was a world-wide known mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. "As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge‚ he promoted economic modernization. In the presidential election of 1928‚ Hoover easily won the Republican Nomination. The nation was prosperous
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Vocabulary 1. Look at the following sentences: Sunshine ________________________________________________________ Don’t hurry ________________________________________________________ Take it easy ________________________________________________________ give me just a little smile ________________________________________________________ Don’t worry ________________________________________________________ That’s all I ask for you ________________________________________________________
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All about Parenting by Amy Mills Our house was off any main roads‚ we lived in the country‚ and our house was surrounded by nothing but trees. The only neighbors we had was about two blocks away‚ and they were all older people also. My grandparents lived on top of the hill from us. As a child there were no kids to play with as I was an only child. I and my mother pull up our very long driveway that looks like the trees are going to eat the car. The house gets closer and closer and my fear grows
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The Hoover Dam Hoover Dam‚ also known as Boulder Dam‚ is a concrete dam built in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. It was built on the border between the states of Arizona and Nevada and it also crosses the border between two time zones‚ the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone. When it was completed in 1935‚ it was the world ’s largest electric power producing facility and the world ’s largest concrete structure. The dam is located about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas. It is named
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HOOVER‚ ROOSEVELT‚ AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt were both very different‚ but they had a common goal. Both presidents wanted to help end the Great Depression. Roosevelt‚ commonly referred to as F. D. R.‚ was the only one that truly succeeded. Herbert Hoover was president during the 1930’s. During the time of the Great Depression‚ Hoover was very cautious. He decided that giving people money directly would hurt their morale. He also
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Kenny Ortega was born on April 18‚ 1950. He is quite a big name in Hollywood‚ having worked with many A-list stars in the thirty he has been a chorographer. He has choreographed for music videos‚ concert tours‚ and full length films. His wide varieties of styles and abilities have made him vary successful‚ even from a young age. Kenny Ortega started involving himself in the arts at thirteen‚ acting in various plays and musicals‚ such as Oliver‚ throughout his childhood he continued to better
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Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam is one of America¡¦s greatest civil engineering marvels (Hernan 22) and ¡§has become a magnet to those fascinated by human ingenuity at its best¡¨ (Haussler 30). With its enormous size and construction during the Great Depression‚ it was an interesting topic to me. I would like to major in civil engineering and‚ at first‚ I was researching this topic. I was looking for salary and job descriptions. Then‚ I discovered the name John L. Savage‚ the engineer who supervised
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Summary The project of constructing the Hoover Dam was not an overnight decision‚ the first actions taken to control the Colorado River was in 1902 when then President Theodore Roosevelt the 26th President of the United States signed the Reclamation Act. Reclamation engineers began their long series of investigations and reports on control and use of the Colorado River. Over the next thirty years the unpredictability of the Colorado was evident all through the southwest‚ the Imperial Valley located
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Family Education in “ Little Women” As a classic and influential book in American women literature‚ Louisa May Alcott’s “ Little Women” attracts and affects generations of readers. The story describes the passion for ideal‚ the hopes for future‚ the pursuance for true love of the four little women --- Meg‚ Jo‚ Beth and Amy. In this novel‚ four young ladies have quite different characters: Meg‚ the eldest of the four‚ chooses to bear poor life for her true love; Jo‚ a boyish and unfettered girl
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