7.10.B Distinguish Factual Claims For Assertions And Opinions

It is even harder to imagine the loss to our nation if time or the elements were to destroy this beloved landmark.

Thanks to a company called CyArk, sites like Mount Rushmore can now be digitally preserved and explored for years to come.

The team then uses these data to create high-definition images of the site for storage.

Sites such as these are constantly at risk of destruction from continual exposure to water, sun, and wind or from natural disasters such as earthquakes.

The president’s plane is loaded with state-of-the-art navigation and communications equipment.

Technically speaking, Air Force One isn’t the name of a specific airplane.

Richard Nixon flew aboard the same plane on his historic visits abroad.

Ronald Reagan, though easy to get along with, was also somewhat of a loner.

It is no surprise that both Hunter and the World Peace Game are becoming well known beyond the borders of Virginia.

The students also participated in a mock news conference and asked the press secretary questions about real-world issues.

Time magazine named Hunter one of the 12 education activists to watch in 2012.

Hunter now spends part of his time teaching the World Peace Game to other teaching professionals through a partnership with schools in other Virginia counties.

One commission even suggested attaching helium balloons to the tower to hold it up, but the suggestion was never actually attempted.

An international commission of historians and experts then began an effort to save the tower.

If the tower leans significantly more, however, architectural experts and historians will surely once again come to the aid of the magnificent Leaning Tower of Pisa.

In 1990 experts determined that the tower was dangerously close to toppling over, and public entry into the tower was prohibited.