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.
Mr. Lucky was created by Blake Edwards, the man responsible for Peter Gunn, which debuted on CBS in September 1958 and ended the 1958-1959 season in the Top Twenty. It was loosely adapted from a 1943 movie of the same name which had starred Cary Grant.