Change the text background color. 1  Select a shape. 2  On the Format menu, click Text, and then click the Text Block tab. 3  Under Text background, click Solid color, and then select a color from the list.  To make the background transparent, move the transparency slider to the right.
Spartacus Educational. Teapot Dome Scandal. In the early part of the 20th century large oil reserves were discovered at Elk Hills, California and Teapot Dome, Wyoming. In 1912 President William Taft decided that this government owned land and its oil reserves should be set aside for the use of the United States Navy.
Teapots usually have an opening with a lid at their top, where the dry tea and hot water are added, a handle for holding by hand and a spout through which the tea is served. Some teapots have a strainer built-in on the inner edge of the spout. Russell's teapot, is an analogy, devised by Bertrand Russell, which attacks the unfalsifiability of religious claims, comparing them to the eponymous teapot. 2  The concept in turn inspired the title of the 1973 album Flying Teapot by the Franco-British rock band Gong.