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Several of the ideas in the Constitution were new, and a large number of ideas were drawn from the literature of Republicanism in the United States, from the experiences of the 13 states, and from the British experience with mixed government. The most important influence from the European continent was from Montesquieu, who emphasized the need to have balanced forces pushing against each other to prevent tyranny.
Though she made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999). Jolie achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of videogame heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. She had her biggest commercial success with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005).
Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as a biological daughter, Shiloh. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through UNHCR.
- September 30: Woman slashed to death, man steals $6 for beer
- September 30: George Bush: Rescue plan will get through
- September 29: US House of Representatives rejects bail out bill in vote
- September 29: SpaceX rocket successfully orbits on fourth attempt
- September 28: US pastors plan to defy law and endorse candidates
- September 28: McCain and Obama face off in U.S. presidential candidate debate
- September 27: Category:Chili Finger Incident
- September 27: Hollywood legend Paul Newman dies of cancer age 83
- September 26: Controversial Florida attorney Jack Thompson disbarred
- September 26: Controversial evangelist leader Tony Alamo arrested in child sex investigation
- September 26: Spies warn of October Al-Qaeda operations
- September 25: Pakistani, United States troops in gun battle
- September 25: Voluntary sterilization of poor women proposed by Louisiana state legislator
- September 25: Nine children abandoned at hospital emergency room in Nebraska, USA
- September 25: McCain delays campaign, Obama says continue the debates
- September 25: UN inspectors banned from North Korean nuclear facility
- September 25: FBI begins widespread financial probe of 26 firms
- September 25: Bush addresses nation on economic crisis; Congress debates bailout
- September 24: Wikinews interviews Frank McEnulty, New American Independent Party nominee for President of the United States
- September 24: President Bush: U.S. respects Pakistan's sovereignty
On December 1, 1955, Parks became famous for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. This action of civil disobedience started the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which is one of the largest movements against racial segregation. In addition, this launched Martin Luther King, Jr., who was involved with the boycott, to prominence in the civil rights movement. She has had a lasting legacy worldwide.
Although Parks' autobiography recounts that some of her earliest memories are of the kindness of white strangers, her situation made it impossible to ignore racism. When the Ku Klux Klan marched down the street in front of her house, Parks recalls her grandfather guarding the front door with a shotgun. The Montgomery Industrial School, founded and staffed by white northerners for black children, was burned twice by arsonists, and its faculty was ostracized by the white community.
Parks received most of her national accolades very late in life, with relatively few awards and honors being given to her until many decades after the Montgomery Bus Boycott. For example, the Rosa Parks Congressional Gold Medal bears the legend "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement".
In 1630, Puritan colonists from England founded the city on the Shawmut Peninsula. During the American Revolution the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston all occurred within the city and surrounding areas. After American independence was attained Boston became a major shipping port and manufacturing center, and its rich history now attracts 16.3 million visitors annually. The city was the site of America's first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and first college, Harvard College (1636), in neighboring Cambridge. Boston was also home to the first subway system in the United States.
Through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the peninsula. With many colleges and universities within the city and surrounding area, Boston is a center of higher education and a center for health care. The city's economy is also based on research, finance, and technology — principally biotechnology.
- ...that the Indiana Historical Society (pictured) is the oldest state historical society west of the Allegheny Mountains?
- ...that in the 1958 court case Trop v. Dulles, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that it was unconstitutional for the government to cancel the citizenship of a U.S. citizen as a punishment?
- ...that political illustrator Steve Brodner has caricatured American Presidents going back to Richard Nixon?
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- WikiProject United States cleanup listing
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