In this line from Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, what element denotes that it is from the Revolutionary era?

What is one way that the author makes a distinction between the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental passenger flights in 1936

What is the central idea in this advice from branch rickey to jackie robinson?  

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." again rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. the door opened then, opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring, and rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out. the first thing rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man rainsford had ever seen—a gigantic creature, solidly made and black bearded to the waist. in his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at rainsford's heart. the details of this excerpt show that rainsford sees ivan as a(n) individual.