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Do You Have an Alibi?
13.05.2019 08:20How long should it take for police to arrive? The average U. S. police response time is 7 minutes. Most American municipalities have their own police departments. Those powers are typically used only in cases where the law has been violated and a suspect must be identified and apprehended. Most obvious ...
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Was American captain John Paul Jones a Ukrainian Cossack?
07.05.2019 07:38American captain John Paul Jones, one of the founding fathers of the US Navy, was accepted (maybe) into the Cossacks, but this was not confirmed by historical documents. On April 23rd, 1788, John Paul Jones received the rank of Rear-Admiral from Catherine II under the name Pavel Jones. He arrived in ...
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All about American Presidents
06.05.2019 08:20Some interesting facts about the US presidents were discussed on May, 5. e.g. The United States' third president Thomas Jefferson spoke four languages and learned to read Latin, Greek, Italian, Spanish and French. And, James Garfield was allegedly able to write with both hands at the same time — ...
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Do you speak Shakespeare's Language?
29.04.2019 08:57English Language Day is observed annually on 23 April. The event was established by UN's Department of Public Information in 2010. 23 April was chosen because it is the date "traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare". That is why this week the ...
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O. Henry. From Greensboro to New York
29.04.2019 07:06Debate runs about the origin of this pen name. When William was asked «What does ‘O’ stand for? ». He replied «O stands for Olivier, the French for Oliver. O is about the easiest letter written, and O it is.» Some of his stories were published under the name of Oliver ...
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New laws and environmental problems
23.04.2019 09:30Kherson WOA’ s guests got acquainted with Delaware state in an unusual way. They watched a video, discussed dumb Delaware laws. E.g. If you go to the beach and want to change because there's sand in your suit, don't do it in your car OR a public restroom. It's illegal. On the 21st of ...
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World Press Freedom Day
21.04.2019 11:45May 3rd marks the 26th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. This year, the worldwide commemoration of the event will focus on the essential role that media plays in supporting elections and democracy, especially in the face of the increasing challenges of disinformation, declining trust in news media, ...
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Mind battle and 12 Angry men
21.04.2019 08:37The 3rd year students of the Faculty of Foreign Philology of Kherson State University continue their speaking practice in the O. Honchar Kherson regional universal scientific library. First, at the Window on America center, visitors played the language game “Mind battle” to find out which ...
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Adopting the Constitution
17.04.2019 09:02Connecticut was officially nicknamed "The Constitution State". It's believed that ideas for writing of the Constitution of the United States were drawn from the first constitution of Connecticut ("The Fundamental Orders" of 1638-39). On January 9, 1788, Connecticut was the fifth ...
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Second only to Shakespeare
16.04.2019 07:27“Animals are my friends ... and I don't eat my friends.” «The vegetarian cuisine of J. B. Shaw» George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950), was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as ...
