VOCABULARY STORY 87 HOW TO BE A GREAT BOXER SEE IF YOU CAN PARAPHRASE MY STORY: Rocky Marciano had an irreproachable reputation as a boxer. People showed great deference to him inside and outside the ring. He augmented his great native talent with rigorous training in compliance with boxing theories. He listened to the pedantic advice of an old coach. He was adroit in the ring. Some partisans say arbitrary deleterious things about his style but he was undefeated. People lamented his early death. Rocky Marciano had a faultless reputation as a boxer. People showed great respect for him inside and outside the ring. He boosted his great native talent with strenuous training in line with boxing theories. He listened to the abstruse advice of an old coach. He was quick in the ring. Some biased observers say random bad things about his style but he was undefeated. People mourned his early death.

MUSIC PLAYED WITH SAMPLED VIOLIN NOTES WHAT VIOLIN SAMPLED NOTES ARE: Violin sampled notes are notes recorded from an actual violin. What is done here is, I downloaded the notes. I trimed them into monoaural 1 second files. I found the notes of songs. Then when playing a song, I play the appropriate files. This is superior to other methods of recreating a violin because it is an actual violin playing.

VOCABULARY STORY 88 TESLA’S GREAT GIFT TO HUMANITY SEE IF YOU CAN PARAPHRASE MY STORY: Tesla was a hardy man of giant cerebral power. He had a kind of detachment. His innovations produced graphic progress in the fields of electricity and motive power. When given a document surrendering his royalties (worth trillions) he did not vacillate. He acquiesced to ratify the deal! Was he discerning, wanting to bring in the modern world? Tesla was a health man of giant intellectual power. He had a kind of remoteness. His inventions produced striking progress in the fields of electricity and motive power. When given a paper surrendering his royalties (worth trillions) he did not hesitate. He agreed to sign the deal! Was he far seeing, wanting to bring in the modern world?

VOCABULARY STORY 86 WHY THE PILGRIMS CAME TO AMERICA SEE IF YOU CAN PARAPHRASE MY STORY: The Pilgrims colony in America stems from a benevolent solution. Pilgrims were accused of heresy in England. The devious official church had priests who only qualified by allegiance to the King and his ideas. Opportunists were among them. The persecution fluctuated, it got worse then subsided. The Pilgrims could not live with the assertions against them and fled to Holland and then America. The Pilgrims colony in America originated from a friendly solution. Pilgrims were charged with improper in England. The crooked official church had priests who only eligible by loyalty to the King and his ideas. People taking advantage were among them. The harassment varied, it got worse then cooled down. The Pilgrims could not live with the charges against them and fled to Holland and then America.

WHAT IS RAGTIME? An infectious type of music Not many things can surprise, but I was recently surprised by finding a “new” type of music - Ragtime. While writing piano music for my computer. I decided to look for a program to write music notation. I found MUSESCORE4 which does the job. They also have a libraby of music scores that can play. Some of it has graciously been made public domane. There I found a collection of Ragtime pieces arranged by year. It was hugely unknown to me. In 1897, Scott Joplin wrote down a piano piece in Ragtime. He needed extra study to do so. It was a big hit in the USA and the world. In the following thirty years, similar pieces were written and sold mostly as sheet music and piano rolls. This was obviously an age of piano music. People had pianos, played pianos, listened to them, danced to them. Ragtime music seeks piano novelty within its two handed happy framework. It is American Music and as such has a newness, freshness, freedom. It is optimistic. It died out in the late 1920's. People had enough? Classical music also ended. Ragtime has had revivals. Two of Scott Joplins "rags" were made popular in the 70's. However it did not extend to the others in the inventors. There are probably hundreds, if not thousands of them. Finding these is similar to the discovery of dinosaurs - there was a whole lost world. Ragtime music is nice background music sounding, like music from a Western Saloon. It is surprisingly complicated. What I have done: I made a player to make the music available. I am not a sophisticated music player user but I made a player that seems useful to me. It can play in the background of talk shows using one computer; this is why I made it partial screen with adjustable volume. There are eleven Ragtime players on TES with twenty tunes each, including the rags arranged in years as put there by CEANTHIC in a set. I hope you like this music; it was very popular once upon a time. Paul Skittone

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VOCABULARY STORY 81 THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR The reprehensible attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii left battleships inundated and inverted. The base commander got a reprimand and resigned. The reserves were called up. The resolve of the U.S. people was sparked. They were now resigned for war. They would be inured to hardship and show restraint in spending on personal goods. A resolution declaring war was needly unanimous. The evil attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii left battleships submerged and flipped over. The base commander got a scolding and quit. The troops were called up. The determination of the U.S. people was sparked. They now accepted the need for war. They would get used to hardship and show self-control in spending on personal goods. A vote declaring war was needly a total yes vote.

VOCABULARY STORY 82 THE RIFLEMAN The Rifleman is a Western saga set in rudimentary Kansas. They show robust rigorous people with a rigid will to survive. Present-day people have rescinded approval of Rifleman values; reproving the violence; repudiating the taking of the West. They would never sanction such actions. They fail to see the satirical side of the Rifleman story. The Rifleman is a Western story set in primitive Kansas. They show strong active people with a steely will to survive. Present-day people have taken back approval of Rifleman values; deploring the violence; rejecting the taking of the West. They would never approve such actions. They fail to see the comical side of the Rifleman story.

VOCABULARY STORY 85 HOW EINSTEIN ACTED SEE IF YOU CAN PARAPHRASE MY STORY: Einstein was cerebral and charismatic but also a skeptic and circumspect. To cite one example: Late in life, to mollify and mitigate requests of disputatious censorious people wanting him to support their iffy causes, he hesitated and delayed. That he was a communist has been debunked. Einstein was brainy and charming but also a cynic and cautious. To give one example: Late in life, to appease and lessen requests of argumentative fault-finding people wanting him to support their iffy causes, he checked himself and waited. That he was a communist has been disproved.

VOCABULARY STORY 84 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WAS NOT PERFECT SEE IF YOU CAN PARAPHRASE MY STORY: Franklin Roosevelt won acclaim as a paragon of presidents, so it is a paradox that assertions of serious wrong doing have been made. (it is naivete to think anyone is perfect). He intervened against pacifist congressmen to intimidate and censure them. Franklin Roosevelt won praise as a model of presidents, so it is puzzling that accusations of serious wrong doing have been made. (it is simple-minded to think anyone is perfect). He got involved against congressmen who preferred peace to threated and reprimand them.

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VOCABULARY STORY 83 PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S FATAL FLAW SEE IF YOU CAN PARAPHRASE MY STORY: It is generally acknowledged President Kennedy was articulate with great rhetorical skills, never being silent with a lack of an answer. We must be reverent of the dead, but it must also be admitted that he went around with scanty security. He did not retain enough guards, retracting them to give access to the public. Scrupulous scrutiny of Dallas was not done on that tragic day, November 22, 1963. It is widely accepted President Kennedy was a great speaker with great debating skills, never being silent with a lack of a comeback. We must be respectful of the dead, but it must also be admitted that he went around with light security. He did not keep enough guards, pulling them back to give contact to the public. A thorough look at Dallas was not done on that sad day, November 22, 1963.

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