Smart Fan – September 16, 2013
What is “a smart fan”? A fan of professional wrestling that knows the business is entertainment. A term that comes from two other terms: smart and mark. Smart meaning having inside knowledge of the wrestling business; and mark defined as a person who enjoys professional wrestling as if it were upstaged. Lately however, the terms…
The Emancipation Proclamation – 2013
During the first year of the Civil War there was great pressure on PresidentAbraham Lincoln to declare slaves in the United States free. To do so would have also improved the relations of the Union with foreign countries. So, for political, military, and diplomatic reasons the President was determined to act. The Emancipation Proclamation was…
The Alamo – February 21, 2008
In a point of Texas history, revolution occurred. It started when Stephen F. Austin, a Texan leader, led American settlers into Texas, which at that time was located in Mexico, in 1821. Settlers poured into Texas. Stephen F. Austin went to Mexico City to try to gain Texas independence, but failed and was imprisoned.
“A lazy man works twice as hard. My mother told that to me, and now I say it to my kids. If you’re writing an essay, keep it in the lines and in the margins so you don’t have to do it over.”
Gary Oldman
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