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Looks at responses to disasters in history with an emphasis on research and writing. Over the semester, we have examined various disasters from different perspectives. First of all, the psychological and physical problems from jamestown. Disasters, responses to fires, hurricanes, and epidemics in colonial america, famine suffered by the donner party en route to california, irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine and the ability to create new lives in this country, disaster tourism, the johnstown flood of 1889, the impact of the fire in new york city, and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So, today, we are discussing david oceanfys Pulitzer Prize winning book polio an american story. You all received questions that i posted and im really interested in the topic because i also teach a seminar on the 1950s and of course thats when this takes place and i think just looking at polio, really, so many different issue ....
Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 64, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , i have four requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have a approval of the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Thune madam president , before i begin, i want to acknowledge the tremendous news released yesterday that early ....
Juanito, run. It is midday and you have important business. It is midday. It is time for refreshments, jokes, and laughter. Quietness, forr pleasant games and gentle amusements. It is a fine day. School is out. , ands midday, juanito you have had your life, but your father is hungry. It is for this reason that you run, leaving behind the games into the amusements. Run for the food your mother has prepared that your father may also eat, rest, and refresh himself. This is the story of juanito mr. Buttigieg ,his is the story of juanito his father, his mother, his sister, and the baby. This is a story of a part of the united states, the island of puerto rico, the story of the people who live on that island. This is a land where many live by farming, wears a mans living comes from tobacco, coffee, citrus, or sugar. A mans living comes from tobacco, coffee, citrus or sugar. Whatever the crop, the work is hard, the sun is hot. The work is hard, the land is poor. It is difficult for a man to e ....
Each week, America History tvs real america rings he archival films that provide context for todays Public Affairs issues. Ive just had my say in the government of our country, my own private say. And if you, or the policeman over there, or the president of the United States asks me how i voted, i can say thats none of your business. As an american, i have that right. Every one of these people has that right. You have it. And its something special. Americans have a heritage of the vote no other nation on earth can match because in the modern world, we were the first, the first to build a working system of government on foundation of the vote. Websters dictionary says vote the right to exercise a wish, choice, or expression of will. here in berlin, one of these men is about to vote in about the only effective way he can, ....
And pig barbecue and delta township, Kendra Patterson the coowner of michigan barn wood and salvage animation while mason, michigan. Yesterday the epidemic ordered that the department of health and Human Services issued limiting indoor gatherings were covid19 easily spread went into effect. I want to remind everyone that these actions are both targeted and intended to be temporary. These steps are with the Public Health experts tell us we need to take to avoid overwhelm the hospitals and death counseling we saw in the spring. Doing this will also protect our medical workers, our First Responders, and other essential workers who put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us. People usually call front liner liners. But i hesitate to use that phrase because ....