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TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- He's been labeled by many as the "reformist," a man who can take Iran beyond the truculent anti-Western rhetoric of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Moussavi was not seen as a reformer during his stint as prime minister during the 1980s.

So, when Iran's government announced over the weekend that Mir Hossein Moussavi had lost in his bid to become the country's next president, young Iranians took to the streets by the thousands alleging ballot fraud.

Thousands of others around the globe championed the cause on social-networking Web sites and agreed to wear green on Monday in solidarity with Moussavi's supporters.

But what is often lost in the outrage is whether Iran would look different under a Moussavi presidency. Watch more about the vote "

Though the 67-year old is credited for successfully navigating the Iranian economy as prime minister during a bloody eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s, he also was a hard-liner whom the Economist described as a "firm radical."

He, like most Iranians in power, does not believe in the existence of Israel. He defended the taking of hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Iran in 1979, which led to the break in ties between the countries.

He was part of a regime that regularly executed dissidents and backed the fatwa against British author Salman Rushdie.

And as late as April, he opposed suspending the country's nuclear-enrichment program but said it would not be diverted to weapons use.

"I wouldn't go as far as (call it) a 'Velvet Revolution,'" Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, said of the phrase many are using to describe the rallies in Iran.

1. Why did the Iranian youth get so angry?
2. Was Moussavi a good leader?
3. Does he support Israel?
4. Does he support the Nuclear Ban Treaty?
5. What is the significance of the color green?
6. How are the protests being perceived?
7. How did he treat people who were against him?
8. How did the youth coordinate support?
9. Did he support the verdict against the English writer?
10. What was his view of the seizing of Americans?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Mir Hossein Moussavi had lost in his bid to become the country's next president - Moussavi lost the election
2. Economist described as a "firm radical." - he had radical ideas
3. does not believe in the existence of Israel - No
4. he opposed - No
5. agreed to wear green on Monday in solidarity with Moussavi's supporters - To show support
6. I wouldn't go as far as (call it) a 'Velvet Revolution - not a revolution
7. regularly executed dissidents - had them killed
8. championed the cause on social-networking - Social Networking
9. backed the fatwa against British author Salman Rushdie - Yes
10. defended the taking of hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Iran - Supported it

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Maybe you've heard of many musical bands, but have you heard of Little Big Town, a country musical group? There are four members in this band, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet. They had a hard time when they began their band at first, but they didn't give up. Now it becomes very popular. "We take care of each other and we take care of the music," Karen Fairchild once said after one of their shows. As a fan of this band, I once had a chance to hang out with the members of Little Big Town. We talked about their hard beginning. At that time, they even didn't have their own stage. Fairchild also told me how the four of them were together when they were in trouble. Not only did they stand together on stage but also in their daily life. For example, they were right there when Phillip Sweet was caring for his daughter for the first time. They encouraged Kimberly Schlapman when they found her husband _ . At that time Kimberly was very sad to lose her husband. "When we have lived such a hard life together, it bonds us tightly," Phillip Sweet said. "We find true happiness is the joy of doing what we do for a living. We love the hard beginning. We also love the wonderful future."

1. Who did the author get to hang out with?
2. How many people are in the band?
3. What's the first one's name?
4. The second?
5. The third?
6. The fourth?
7. What sort of genre do they sing?
8. Did they have an easy start?
9. What were they missing at first?
10. How did they get through their rough start?
11. Did one of them have a son?
12. What do they say true pleasure is?
13. Are they friends or just tolerate each other?
14. What did one of them grieve for that was hard?
15. What was his name?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. the members of Little Big Town
2. Four
3. Karen Fairchild
4. Kimberly Schlapman
5. Jimi Westbrook
6. Phillip Sweet
7. country
8. no
9. A stage
10. Stood together
11. No
12. doing what they do for a living
13. Friends
14. Losing a husband
15. Phillip

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Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name in the world is Levi's.Levi Strauss & Co.is the producer of blue denim jeans.Here's how it happened. In the mid 1800s many people went to California to look for gold.A young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on business.He sold canvas to the workers for tents.But the workers said they needed pants more,because their pants were easy to wear out.Instead of selling his canvas for tent-making,he turned it into pants.These kinds of pants were very popular with workers.He was very happy and named the kind of pants"denims".And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss & Co. Twenty years later the company began using a design with pockets.During the working,Strauss _ the process for putting metal rivets in the eans for strength. On May 20,1873,they received the U.S.Patent No.139,121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday of"blue jeans". Today the company still has its factories in San Francisco,California.Over 11,000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year.

1. What nationality is Levi Strauss?
2. Where did he travel to?
3. Why?
4. How did he help?
5. Did that inspire him to start a business?
6. Howso?
7. Why did they need pants?
8. What did Levi craft his pants out of?
9. What did he call them?
10. Did they have pockets at that time?
11. When were they added?
12. Approximately when did Levi start making pants?
13. When did he found the company?
14. Is the design patented?
15. When did they get that?
16. What do they refer to that date as now?
17. What patent number did it get?
18. Where are the factories currently located?
19. How many people work there?
20. Is it the most famous clothing braND?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. German
2. San Francisco
3. to help his brother's business
4. sold canvas for tents
5. yes
6. he workers needed pants
7. theirs were wearing out too quickly
8. tent canvas
9. denims
10. no
11. Twenty years later
12. mid 1800s
13. 1853
14. yes
15. May 20,1873
16. the birthday of blue jeans
17. 139,121
18. SanFrancisco
19. more than 11,000 people
20. perhaps