Abraham Lincoln is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to both his incredible impact

on the nation and his unique appeal. His is a remarkable story of the rise from humble beginnings

to achieve the highest office in the land; then, a sudden and tragic death at a time when his

country needed him most to complete the great task remaining before the nation. Lincoln's

distinctively human and humane personality and historical role as savior of the Union and

emancipator of the slaves creates a legacy that endures.

Disco is a genre of music containing elements of funk, soul, pop, salsa and psychedelic that was

most popular in the 1970s, though it has since enjoyed brief resurgences. The term is derived from

discotheque, French for "library of phonograph records", but subsequently used as proper name for

nightclubs in Paris. Its initial audiences were club-goers from the African American, Italian

American, Latino, and psychedelic communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late

1960s and early 1970s.

Most teenagers and young adults do not know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. It

is a big decision. There are a number of things you can do to narrow the choices. For example you

can take an interest test, do some research on your own about a career, try volunteer work in the

field in which you are interested, or "job-shadow", in which you spend a day with a person who is

working in a field that interests you. These are just a few helpful ideas as you begin to choose a

career.

McDonald's is the king of a subgroup of restaurants called fast-food restaurants. Chances are, no

matter where you live, there is a McDonald's restaurant near you. There are even McDonald's in

the Soviet Union. Now McDonald's is trying something new. It is called McDonald's Express and

there is a test site in Peabody, Massachusetts. It is part of a Mobil gas station. This allows you to

fill up with gas and fill up on food at the same time. What will they think of next?

Midas is the name of at least three members of the royal house of Phrygia. The most famous King

Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched

with his hand into gold. This came to be called the Golden touch, or the Midas touch. The Phrygian

city Midaeum was presumably named after this Midas, and this is probably also the Midas that

according to Pausanias founded Ancyra. According to Aristotle, legend held that Midas died of

starvation as a result of his "vain prayer" for the gold touch.

The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. A controversial novel originally published

for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and

alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. Around 250,000

copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel's protagonist

Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues

of identity, belonging, loss, connection, and alienation.

Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting. Today explorers still carry and eat this food.

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The Maracanazo

In 1950, the last game of soccer's World Cup was played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nearly two hundred thousand people squeezed into Rio's Maracanã stadium. Many expected the home team of Brazil to win easily. In one of the greatest upsets in soccer history, however, Uruguay won 2–1. Soccer is important in Brazil, and losing this game hurt Brazil's pride as a nation. Thus, the game came to be called the Maracanazo, meaning "the Maracanã blow." The word is still used to mean any game lost to a visiting team. Losing the 1950 World Cup had a lasting effect on the people of Brazil.