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1. Transcontinental Railroad -- American West
   With the transcontinental railroad completed, a person could now travel from New York City to San Francisco in seven days on a “strong band of iron.” The railroad unleashed a tidal wave of growth. Thousands of new towns sprang up and grew along the tracks. A new agricultural empire began as trains brought machinery to the West and crops to both coasts.
2. Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Symphony No
   Vaughan Williams's composing developed slowly and it was not until he was 30 that the song "Linden Lea" became his first publication. He mixed composition with conducting, lecturing and editing other music, notably that of Henry Purcell and the English Hymnal. He had further lessons with Max Bruch in Berlin in 1897 and later a big step forward in his orchestral style occurred when he studied in Paris with Maurice Ravel.
3. Absinthe -- Old Absinthe House
   For almost 200 years the Old Absinthe House bar has been a staple of life in the Vieux Carré. Located on the corner of Rue Bourbon and Rue Bienville, the cooper-topped wooden bar captivates patrons as they sip their favorite beverages and the sights and sounds of the French Quarter trickle into this comfy tavern.
4. Anno Domini -- Program
   Anno Domini is a Shareware program. This means that you can use the program for a period of 28 days to evaluate it's suitability before making a payment. After that period of time has elapsed, if you wish to continue using all of the program features you must register your copy of Anno Domini.
5. Romanticism in Literature -- Works
   Romanticism is a style of art that emphasizes the emotions over reason and imagination over logic. It periodically results as a revolt against classicism in art. However, as a single movement, romanticism prevailed mostly in the late 1700's and early 1800's. The Romantic Movement plays a large role in the various categories of British literature. Falling somewhere in between the Renaissance and the Restoration, the Romantic period in British literature produced some of the greatest works in the nation's history. One specific poet from the period was William Wordsworth.
6. Oregon Trail -- South Pass
   The Oregon Trail was never a clearly defined track. In places the wagons passed in columns that might be hundreds of yards apart; those traces shifted with the effects of weather and use. In the course of time nature obliterated many of the fainter traces. Road builders followed the deeper, more permanent traces because they marked the best route. The Oregon Trail was quickly being forgotten. In 1906,76-year old Ezra Meeker, Oregon settler in 1852 and a tireless champion of the trail, set out in a covered wagon to retrace the route from west to east.
7. Adonis -- Poetry
   In the interviews in Identité Inachevée, Adonis sets out his ideas on political, social and religious issues. The poet is a prophet and poetry is a force for social change and liberation. The poet-prophet fights on two fronts. First he opposes the dead weight of institutional Islam and the backward-looking and patriarchal nature of Arab culture. Society needs to be feminized. Second, Western materialism, globalization and a culture of dependency in the Middle East must be combated.
8. Spike Jonze -- Skateboarding
   Jonze was born Adam Spiegel in Rockville, Maryland, and raised in Bethesda, Maryland. His father, Arthur Spiegel III, was a distant relation of the Spiegel catalog family and founded APM Management Consultants. His mother, Sandy Granzow, is a publicist, writer (Our Dream: A World Free of Poverty, Oxford University Press and the World Bank), communications consultant in developing countries, and artist (MFA candidate, School of Visual Arts, 2007).[1] His brother Sam (aka Squeak E. Clean) is a producer and DJ. Jonze attended Walt Whitman High School.
9. Bridge
   The School Bridge League is a division of The League -- formed to empower young people to "get in the game" of giving. It is open to every school nationwide and is free and simple to join. To find out more, visit www.schoolbridgeleague.org or www.theleague.org.
10. American Poetry -- Native American
    Longfellow was the best known of the Fireside Poets, and it was with him that American poetry began its emergence from the shadow of its British parentage. His poetic narratives helped create a national historical myth, transforming colorful aspects of the American past into memorable romance. They include Evangeline (1847), which concerns lovers who are separated during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), and The Song of Hiawatha (1855), which derives its themes from Native American folklore. No American poet before or since was as widely celebrated during his or her lifetime as Longfellow. He became the first and only American poet to be honored with a bust in the revered Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey in London, England.

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