WhileBillieHolidaydidnotinventthemusiccalled"theblues",shemostassuredlyhelpedpopularizeit.
Formulatedin1823,theMonroeDoctrineassertedthattheAmericaswerenolongeropentoEuropeancolonization.
Themegaphone(microphone)makesthevoicesoundlouderbecauseitpointssoundwavesinonedirectionandkeepsthemfromspreadingoutinalldirections.
DoubleEagleinthefirsttransatlanticballoon,wasgreetedbyavidcrowdsinFrance.
EllaGrasso,electedgovernorofConnecticutin1974,supportedtheenactment(given,granted)ofafreedom-of-informationlaw.
Formerly,intheUnitedStates,manynursesworkedasprivatedutynursesratherthaninhospitals.