When we spend more money than we earn, we experience a “budget deficit”. The U.S. government has been spending more than in takes in for many years now, and the result is a national debt of about $19 trillion. For most young people, though, budget deficits are not an option. If we want to buy something, we need to save up for it. That means that we put our allowances or money we earn into a savings account rather than spending it right away....
Saurischia All Saurischian (“lizard-hipped”) dinosaurs had modern lizardlike pelvises and clawed feet. Saurischians roamed Earth from the Middle Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous period. They included carnivores and herbivores. Members of the order included Allosaurus (“different lizard”), Apatosaurus (“deceptive lizard”), which was formerly called Brontosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus (“tyrant lizard”). The group is divided into two suborders: Theropoda (“beast footed”) and Sauropodomorpha (“lizard-footed forms”). Velociraptor (“swift robber”) was a theropod....
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If you are unsure of the spelling of someone’s first name, leave it out — the last name by itself will usually match. If you left a first name out because you were unsure of its spelling, and you got too many matches, try putting in only the part of the first name that you can spell — partial matches will help narrow the search.
How Many Fathers? 70.1 million Estimated number of fathers across the nation in 2008, the most recent year for which data are available. 24.9 million Number of fathers who were part of married-couple families with children younger than 18 in 2015. 21 percent were raising three or more children younger than 18 (among married-couple family households only). 3 percent were living in someone else’s home with their families. 9 percent were raising three or more children younger than 18....
This isn’t because your heavy backpack has weighed you down. It happens because of a force called gravity. As you walk around during the day, gravity is pulling you down, or more correctly, toward the center of Earth. Lying down to sleep at night gives your spine a chance to stretch back to your full height. Pulling Us Down You might be wondering why gravity just shrinks you a little instead of flattening you like a pancake....
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See also: Current and historical biographies of U.S. congress members. Alabama 1987–2023 Richard Shelby (R) (1934) 2021–2027 Doug Jones (R) (1954) Alaska 2011–2023 Lisa Murkowski (R) (1957) 2020–2026 Daniel Sullivan (R) (1964) Arizona 2020–2026 Mark Kelly (D) (1964) 2019–2025 Kyrsten Sinema (D) (1976) Arkansas 2011-2023 John Boozman (R) (1950) 2015–2021 Tom Cotton (R) (1977) California 1993–2019 Dianne Feinstein (D) (1933) 2021-2027 Alex Padilla (D) (1973) Colorado 2009–2023 Michael Bennet (D) (1964) 2021–2027 John Hickenlooper (D) (1952) Connecticut 2011–2023 Richard Blumenthal (D) (1946) 2001–2025 Tom Carper (D) (1947) Delaware 2011–2021 Christopher Coons (D) (1963) 2001–2025 Thomas R....
Related Links Olympics Overview 2012Preview: Track & FieldBlack History The two men were Tommie Smith and John Carlos. Teammates at San Jose State University, Smith and Carlos were stirred by the suggestion of a young sociologist friend Harry Edwards, who asked them and all the other black American athletes to join together and boycott the games. The protest, Edwards hoped, would bring attention to the fact that America’s civil rights movement had not gone far enough to eliminate the injustices black Americans were facing....
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States Decide on Holidays The states are not obliged to adopt federal holidays, which only affect federal offices and agencies. While most states have adopted Washington’s Birthday, a dozen of them officially celebrate Presidents’ Day. A number of the states that celebrate Washington’s Birthday also recognize Lincoln’s Birthday as a separate legal holiday. When Was the First Public Celebration of Washington’s Birthday? Washington’s Birthday has a history as old as our country....
