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While the origins of this tradition are unknown, Texas A&M has a reputation as the friendliest University in the world and students greet each other and especially visitors with this official greeting.
What is “Howdy”?
Former President Bush was born in Milton, Massachusets and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was the son of Prescott and Dorthy Bush, and the younger brother to Prescott Bush Jr. The Bush family is one of the four families to have produced multiple presidents in the United States with the same surname: Bush, Adams, Roosevelt, and Harrison. But regarding his other names, the H.W. in Former President Bush’s name stands for this.
What is Herbert Walker?
First recommended in 1920 by the Texas Federation of Women’s Club and approved by Governor Dan Moody in 1927, this symbol of Texas fights to protect its home like any true Texan. Known scientifically as the Mimus Polyglottos which means “many-tongued mimic” in Latin, the common Texan would refer to it as this.
What is the mockingbird?
President Ronald Reagan famously called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall” – the Berlin Wall. But the wall actually came down early in the presidency of George H.W. Bush, in November 1989. During his four years in office, Bush presided over the end of the Cold War. When the Former President passed, Gorbachev remembered him, saying “I have a lot of memories associated with this man. We had a chance to work together during the years of tremendous changes. It was a dramatic time that demanded great responsibility from everyone. The result was an end to the Cold War” As part of this end, on July 31, 1991, Bush signed the START I treaty in Moscow. The purpose of this significant agreement was this.
What is to reduce US and Soviet strategic nuclear arsenals?
Known as the First Lady of Aggieland, Texas A&M’s official mascot made her appearance in January of 1931 when a group of cadets snuck her into the dorms. She blew her cover the following morning when the bugler played a song to wake the cadets. In honor of the story, she shares her name with the tune. This is the name of Texas A&M’s mascot and the tune that she was named for.
What is Reveille?
George H.W. Bush served extensively throughout his lifetime. He served in the House of Representatives, was Ambassador to the United Nations, worked as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and even served as Vice President to Ronald Regan from 1981 to 1989. He succeeded President Regan in 1989 and became President himself from 1989-1993. Numbering our presidents in order, upon his inauguration George H.W. Bush was the __ President of the United States.
Texas is the second largest state in the nation, both in population and in area, with about 28 million people and over 268,00 square miles. Texas is big, and the state's founders wanted to keep its local governments small. When Texas became a state in 1845, Texans needed to be close to those local governments, which were responsible for courts, jails, schools and roads. Therefore counties needed to be small enough that residents could travel to and from their courthouse in a day on horseback to do business as most farmers couldn’t afford to take more than one day off to travel to the county seat. After much evolution over time, Texas today is divided into this many counties.
What is 254?
Ambassador Carla Anderson Hills served as U.S. trade representative under President George H.W. Bush, and was the primary negotiator for a major international agreement. In remembering the work, she said, “The agreement really made an enormous difference. Our trade with our two neighbors north and south has quadrupled. And all three nations have benefited. We have supply chains that are interlinked that make us the most competitive region in the world.” Although it was negotiated under President Bush’s administration, this monumental trade agreement was signed into law by President Clinton on December 8, 1993.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
On Jan. 2, 1922, the heavily outgunned Aggies were facing the top-ranked Centre College Praying Colonels on the gridiron in the Dixie Classic in Dallas. An Aggie by the name of E. King Gill, was up in the press box helping reporters identify players on the field below. The Aggies found themselves plagued by injuries, with their reserves seemingly dwindling with every play. As Texas A&M Coach Dana X. Bible looked across his rapidly emptying bench, he suddenly remembered Gill’s presence in the stands. Bible waved Gill down to the sideline and told him to suit up.Gill returned to the sideline, where he stood ready to play for the entirety of the game. When the last play was run, the Aggies found that they had pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college football history, winning the game 22-14, and Gill remained standing, the only player left on the team’s bench. Nowadays the entire student body stands during the games to embody Gill’s spirit, and the has earned a special name. This numerical title is the official name of the student body at Texas A&M.
What is the 12th man?
President Bush may usually be remembered for his significant accomplishments in foreign affairs, but he also had many domestic achievements during his presidency. Perhaps his most significant was a piece of legislation signed on July 26, 1990. Much of the infrastructure that you and I interact with on a daily basis has been built specifically to comply with this law, and President Bush remembered it as one of his great successes.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Texas has a rich history, and the land that now makes up Texas has been governed by many nations throughout history. To be precise, Texas has been governed under six different flags. In order, these are the six flags that have flown over Texas.
What are Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States, and the United States of America?
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States under the administration of George H.W. Bush. The second phase of the operation with this sandy name came to a close with the American-led Liberation of Kuwait on 28 February 1991.
What is Operation Desert Storm?
Home of the Aggie football team since 1905, Kyle Field was named for Texas A&M professor of horticulture Edwin Jackson Kyle who spent $650 of his own money to purchase bleachers for the athletic field, giving it a capacity of 500 people. Ninety-nine years later Kyle Field saw its largest game attendance of all time with 110,633 spectators to watch the Aggies play the Ole Miss Rebels. Well over the official capacity for the field, this was the largest game attendance ever in the state of Texas. The official capacity of the stadium is still the largest in the SEC. Within +/- 1,000 fans, what is the official capacity of Kyle Field?
What is 102,733 fans?
As a young man, George H.W. Bush was highly engaged wherever he went. He attended high school at Phillips Academy where he served as president of the senior class, secretary of the student council, president of the community fund-raising group, a member of the editorial board of the school newspaper, and captain of the varsity baseball and soccer teams. When he enrolled at Yale, he captained the baseball team and played in the first two College World Series as a left-handed first baseman. Like his father, he was a member of the Yale cheerleading squad, and he graduated in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. However he did not transition directly from high school to college. On his 18th birthday, George H.W. Bush did this, which delayed his entry to Yale by three years.
What is enlist in the US Navy?
Texas is home to a great variety of beautiful lands, from the Gulf of Mexico to the desert in west Texas. There are 14 nationally protected areas across the state, but only two National Parks. These are the names of the two National Parks in Texas.
What is Big Bend National Park and Guadalupe National Park?
Known in China as the “June Fourth Incident”, this violent crackdown on student-led protests in Beijing, China led to economic sanctions and a strong debate regarding granting Most-Favored-Nation trading status to China. It also yielded one of the most widely-recognized photographs in international affairs which includes a lone Chinese man and a line of tanks.
What is the Tiananmen Square Massacre?
The Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing annual tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the college rivalry with the University of Texas at Austin. For 90 years, Texas A&M students built a bonfire on campus each autumn, known to the Aggie community simply as "Bonfire". Due to tragic circumstances, the bonfire was not actually burned on two different occasions. What are the only two years that the Bonfire did not burn?
What are 1963 (JFK's assassination) and 1999 (the bonfire collapse)?
Former President Bush had a strong vision when the Bush School was created, and left us with a charge that is often quoted around the school. Many reference the first half of the quote, and affirm that public service is a noble calling, but help us finish by filling in the blank.
“Public service is a noble calling, and we need men and women of _________ to believe in their communities, in their states, and in their country.”
What is character?
As a state, Texas is an economic powerhouse within the US. The GDP of the state itself is larger than the GDP of entire countries like Russia, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Australia, and Mexico. If the countries of the world were ranked by the size of their economies and Texas was considered as its own country, this would be its rank.
What is 9th?
During the H.W. Bush administration in order to depose the de facto dictator Manuel Noriega and inaugurate President-elect Guillermo Endara, the United States carried out Operation Just Cause, which involved the invasion of this Central American country.
What is Panama?