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The 20th Century Limited 1902 The 20th Century Limited debuted in 1902 as the New York Central’s luxury train operating between New York and Chicago. It made its journey along the Hudson River and the shores of Lake Erie along the smooth “water level route.” The railroad would roll out a crimson carpet to welcome passengers to the train, giving rise to the phrase the “red carpet treatment.” Super Chief 1936 Originally operated by the Santa Fe Railroad, the Super Chief ran from Chicago to Los Angeles....

âMyPyramid is about the ability of Americans to personalize their approach when choosing a healthier lifestyle that balances nutrition and exercise,â said Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. The food pyramid is similar to the old one in shape only. The new version is color-coded: orange for grains, green for vegetables, red for fruits, yellow for fats and oils, blue for milk, and purple for meats and beans. It also features a stick person climbing staircase to symbolize the importance of exercising every day....

November 5th marks the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to blow up the English Parliament and King James I in 1605, the day set for the king to open Parliament. The anniversary was named after Guy Fawkes, the most famous of the conspirators. Uprising of English Catholics It was intended to be the beginning of a great uprising of English Catholics, who were distressed by the increased severity of penal laws against the practice of their religion....

Particle Man First off, what we refer to as string theory here can also be called superstring theory — not because the strings are any more complicated, but because superstring theory came to incorporate ideas from another theory called supersymmetry. So supersymmetry + string theory = superstring theory. The basic concept in string theory concerns tiny elementary particles. Normally, when you hear particle, you think of a dot, like a point in space or the period at the end of the sentence....

The Indianapolis 500 is traditionally run on Memorial Day weekend. It’s an appropriate time for a race that has seen its share of tragedy. Forty drivers have been killed in accidents at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 15 during the race and 25 during qualifying and practice runs since 1911. The last occurred two years ago, when 37-year-old Scott Brayton died during a practice run after a rear tire rapidly deflated and sent him crashing into the outside wall at more than 200 mph....

“I’ve devoted my life to those other freaky kids who lick, sniff, and carry on over their books before they even read them.”—Maurice Sendak, Childhood Books I Remember “Perhaps no one has done as much to show the power of the written word on children, not to mention on their parents, as Maurice Sendak.”—President Clinton, January 9, 1997. Maurice Sendak wrote more than 80 books. He won almost every important prize in children’s literature, from the Caldecott Medal, to the Hans Christian Andersen Award, to the American Library Association’s Laura Ingalls Wilder Award....

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For the war in Iraq, please see News of the Nation. Report Says Iran Has Halted Its Nuclear Weapons Program A National Intelligence Estimate, released in December 2007 and compiled by the 16 agencies of the U.S. intelligence community, reported “with high confidence” that Iran had frozen its nuclear weapons program in 2003. The report contradicted one written in 2005 that stated Iran was determined to continue developing such weapons....

Not long after this took place, a famous cartoonist named Clifford Berryman drew a cartoon based on Roosevelt ’s rescue of the bear. When a store owner in Brooklyn saw the cartoon, he decided to make toy bears to sell in his shop. He asked president Roosevelt for permission to use the name ““Teddy’s Bear”” for his toys, as a reminder of the bear Roosevelt had set free. Nowadays, everyone knows these toys as Teddy Bears, but few people know that they were named after President Theodore ““Teddy”” Roosevelt....

Where: Worldwide When: Late 1970s-present AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a disease that destroys the body’s immune system, its ability to fight sickness. This virus may have developed as long as 50 to 150 years ago, but it was not identified until 1981. The virus may take years to produce symptoms in an infected human being. The United Nations and the World Health Organization reported that a total of 25 million people had died from AIDS as of Dec....

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