The 48 mile-long (77 km) international waterway known as the Panama Canal allows ships to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, saving about 8000 miles (12,875 km) from a journey around the southern tip of South America, Cape Horn.
It is a story that is as much fun to think about as it is to read. Learn how the author uses foreshadowing, irony and deep themes. slide 1 of 7. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson first appeared in the New Yorker in 1948. A modern parable, this story is often classified as a horror story. It tells the story of a small town that holds a lottery each year. The person picked by this lottery is then stoned to death by the town.
About the Michigan Lottery. The Michigan lottery was approved by voters on May 16, 1972, and the 50-cent green game ticket first went on sale on November 13, in the same year. In the following years, the MI lottery results have created many millionaires, with the first $1 million prize going to Hermus Millsaps from Taylor on February 22, 1973.