What a year 2005 has been.What a year 2005 has been. Let me jog your memory: Around the world ... Insurgents' attacks on coalition soldiers and civilians in Iraq increased in ferocity, while elections and a new constitution provided some hope for the embattled country. Terrorists staged attacks in London and Egypt. Palestinians elected a new leader, and Israel dismantled its Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip Gaza Strip (gäz`ə), (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine. , rekindling dreams of peace in the Middle East. Millions mourned the death of Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła and welcomed the new Pope, Benedict XVI. In our own nation ... Hurricane Katrina devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. coastal areas of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. , Mississippi, and Alabama, flooding the city of New Orleans and rendering it uninhabitable. The storm left nearly a million people homeless and claimed thousands of lives. The federal government's slow response to the disaster complicated the challenges facing President George W. Bush, as worries over violence in Iraq and rising gas prices continued to mount. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court saw the end of an era with the death of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and the resignation of Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26 1930) is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was considered a strict constructionist. , the first female Justice on the Court. The astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery, the first shuttle to go into space since the Challenger disaster in 2003, completed their mission and returned safely to Earth. But Discovery's flight was marred by safety concerns that again halted the shuttle program. We live in an interdependent world. As educators, we must be well-informed so that we can help our students become knowledgeable individuals, critical thinkers, and responsible citizens. We at Junior Scholastic take our commitment to helping you accomplish these goals very seriously. We hope that you will find the 2005-2006 World Affairs Atlas and Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. issue, this Skills Manual, and each of the JS issues throughout the year to be valuable teaching tools in your classroom. Sincerely, Lois Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. 2005-2006 Skills Manual author |
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