Acropolis Leadership Academy RESOURCE SHEET 50 Brain Teasers and Lateral Thinking Puzzles Compiled by David Koutsoukis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What starts with an E‚ ends with an E and usually contains only one letter? ENVELOPE. Which word‚ if pronounced right‚ is wrong‚ but if pronounced wrong is right? Wrong! What belongs to you but other people use it
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like that we finally had power again. However‚ not all of society was feeling happy as to what was shown on television. American society in the 50s was very gilded because of the consumer goods being produced‚ lot’s of dating and babies‚ but also the depression women had faced in this era. Many good consumer goods started getting produced during the 50s which was a very positive thing because Americans didn’t have to worry about losing their money again. Car registrations soared along with birth
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The Past 50 Years The history of the telephone has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. When the telephone was originally invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876‚ communication across a phone line was only achievable by short distances and was only used to transmit voice data. With today’s technology‚ communications can span the globe and carry voice‚ data‚ and video. The earliest phone systems used rotary technology and a manual switching system requiring human intervention. It was not
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Throughout time in the NBA‚ the point guard has changed from the 50’s to the present. They have had some similarities‚ but there have been a ton of differences. Also how the fan base was in the 50’s compared to the present. When the NBA first started it had a lot of promise coming in and people were really excited. That was until they saw how bad the scoring was with an all-time low scoring in a game 18-19. This is when fewer people were starting to watch the games. Once 1950 came around people
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William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge spearheaded a philosophical writing movement in England in the late 18th and early 19th century. Although Wordsworth and S.T. Coleridge are often considered the fathers of the English Romantic movement‚ their collective theologies and philosophies were often criticized but rarely taken serious by the pair of writers due to their illustrious prestige as poets. The combined effort in the Lyrical Ballads catapulted their names into the mainstream of writers
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Throughout Jane Goodall’s 50 year study on chimpanzees she changed the beliefs about chimps forever. In 1960 Jane Goodall began to study the chimps in Gombe‚ Africa so she could learn more about her favorite animal. Thanks to Dr. Louis Leakey‚ an anthropologist and paleontologist‚ and her friend who had invited her to Africa she was able to follow her dream of going to Africa. Before Jane Goodall’s discoveries people didn’t know much about animals. They thought there were no similarities between
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Samuel Beckett’s play‚ “Happy Days‚” portrays a woman‚ Winnie‚ buried in the ground‚ first up to her waist‚ then up to her neck‚ determined to live out her meaningful life. Although her situation is hopeless because she has no idea how she got there‚ Winnie trusts that her life is meaningful and truly believes that there is nothing she can do to change it. Consequently‚ Winnie focuses on trivial details to pass each day. Beckett definitely succeeds in making this character’s life dramatic by consuming
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 50 YEAR RULE UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW IN UGANDA BY ASHABA-AHEBWA MARK 109-053011-03106 SUPERVISOR MR.OKWENYE TONNY SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF A BACHELORS DEGREE OF LAWS (LL.B) AT THE FACULTY OF LAW IN THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF UGANDA MBALE MAIN CAMPUS. MARCH 2012 When he was a little boy his uncle called him “Sparky”‚ after a comic-strip horse named Spark Plug. School was all but impossible for Sparky. He failed every
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Remembering Dr. King 50 Years After His Death Never Forget. Never Falter. The words of Dr. King live on. Embrace them for all eternity. Beneath the lush golden sky symbolizing the Deep South‚ a nostalgic haze looms across the terrain. On this evening‚ tourists visiting the Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Center are deep in thought‚ as they commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic leader’s assassination. Hence‚ in observing this notable tragedy‚ I thought it was only fitting‚ to pay
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Samuel Edelman describes his personal choices in nurturing and sustaining his Jewish cultural and religious identity in the face of the many pressures to assimilate and thereby blur the lines separating Jews from their non-Jewish neighbors and friends. Through descriptions of his journeys to Central Europe and to. his hometown in Pennsylvania‚ Sam explains the alternative possibilities facing Jews in the United States. This essay also provides a larger framework for understanding the experiences
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