The campaign was hostile from the outset, with García capitalizing on media reports that Toledo used cocaine, cavorted with prostitutes, and abandoned a child he fathered in an extramarital affair. Toledo, who denied the accusations, responded by depicting García’s presidency as one marred by corruption, hyperinflation, terrorism, and food shortages. It was Toledo’s second presidential race in just 13 months. Last year he ran against incumbent Alberto K. Fujimori. Toledo dropped out of the runoff election amid widespread allegations that the election was rigged in Fujimori’s favor....

Source: O Brave New Words! Native American Loanwords in Current English, by Charles L. Cutler.

Aug. 2013 Third full moon in a season of four full moons July 2015 Second full moon in month May 2016 Third full moon in a season of four full moons What is a Blue Moon? There are in fact two definitions for a blue moon. According to the more recent definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. For a blue moon to occur, the first of the full moons must appear at or near the beginning of the month so that the second will fall within the same month (the average span between two moons is 29....

One day after the divided U.S. Supreme Court handed down its monumental 5–4 decision that essentially cleared the path for Bush to claim the White House, Gore conceded the presidency in a speech marked by its integrity. An hour later, Bush spoke to the nation in an equally dignified address. Healing A Divided Nation Both men called on Americans to begin the healing process and end the rancor that has divided the nation, Congress, and even the U....

For Example: After a remix of his song “A Little Less Conversation” appeared in a 2002 Nike World Cup television ad, it was re-released and became his first posthumous #1 hit. It topped the charts in a half-dozen European countries, including Great Britain.There are still more than 400 active official Elvis Presley fan clubs worldwide.August 8-16, 2015 is Elvis Week at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.Fans will not be disappointed: there are countless ways to celebrate all things Elvis, from a celebration “Viva: Surfers Paradise” in Queensland, Australia (July 10–19, 2015), to eating a slice of Elvis birthday cake in Graceland on Jan....

Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish year. In the United States, however, its closeness to Christmas has brought greater attention to Hanukkah and its gift-giving tradition. Amid the ever-growing flood of Christmas advertising, it may seem especially fitting that the Hanukkah story tells of Jewish culture surviving in a non-Jewish world. The Hanukkah Story Nearly 2,200 years ago, the Greek-Syrian ruler Antiochus IV tried to force Greek culture upon peoples in his territory....

An online scavenger hunt can either be incredibly dull or a lot of fun. If the hunt is dull, the kids become uninterested and want to finish the assignment quickly for all the wrong reasons. However, an entertaining hunt will create a better learning atmosphere and the students will want to keep progressing through the hunt because they’re having fun. Kids learn better in a playful environment and a scavenger hunt has the potential to introduce students to so many topics they wouldn’t understand otherwise....

At age 7 a boy would leave his home to live with a knight and learn to use hand weapons. At age 15, a page became a squire. He served a knight in his home, trained to fight on a horse, and rode to battle with the knight. Knighthood was bestowed on a squire after about five years of service. Any knight could bestow knighthood. During the ceremony, the man who was doing the knighting was called the parrain....

Xena’s size helped spark the drive for a decisive definition of a planet. Under a proposal presented at the start of the triennial assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2006, the union would have added three more planets to the solar system: Xena, the asteroid Ceres, and Pluto’s satellite Charon. This could have opened the door to dozens more planets being added as more large planet-like objects were found beyond Pluto....

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A preposition leads to an object, which is the part of the sentence that receives the action of the verb. The preposition also tells how the object is related to the rest of the sentence. The couch is the object, because it receives the action of the verb—the walking. The preposition, across, tells how the couch is related to the rest of the sentence. It links the fact that the cat walked with information about where it walked: across the couch....

Islam requires both men and women to be modest not only in behavior but in dress. Some Muslim women wear modest dress, or hijab, that covers most of the head and body.Sikhs—followers of Sikhism, a religion from India—also keep their heads covered. Sikh men wrap their heads in cotton turbans, while Sikh women may wear turbans or headscarves.Most Hasidic Jewish men wear payos, curled forelocks, and tzitzit, fringed shawls, both of which were worn by some ancient Israelites....