(I) Once, Michael Jackson not only ruled the world of music, but he also transformed it. (II) Despite his fame, Jackson was self-conscious of his dark skin, which caused him great misery. (HI) He was the Frank Sinatra of his day, singing and dancing, while composing hit after hit. (IV) But he was also the Elvis Presley of his time, doing things with his body that defied the laws of motion. (V) Blending Sinatra's cool and Elvis’ heat, Michael Jackson was a showman so talented that it seemed there was no audience he could not dazzle.  

(I) In 1848, in spite of every possible expression of his reluctance, Jean Pierre Beranger, the famous national song writer of France, was elected to the assembly. (II) He received such a large number of votes that he felt himself obliged to accept the office, (III) Not long afterwards, and with great difficulty, he obtained leave to resign. (IV) This was the last public event of Beranger's life. (V) In his private life, Beranger was noted for his generosity, ready to give help to his friends, but also to receive when he needed it.

(I) Considered the first black feminist novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston tracks a Southern black woman’s search for her true identity. (II) An anthropologist as well as a writer of fiction, Hurston delighted in describing the richness of black culture and folklore in her work, (III) She became a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, but then fell into obscurity. (IV) It was not until the 1960s that the feminist philosophy again gained both a significant group of spokeswomen and an audience. (V) Her work was rediscovered by feminists in the 1970s, and she is now considered one of the central writers of the African American literary tradition.

(I) Any criticism of Shakespeare must take into account that Shakespeare intended his plays to be acted. (II) Some literary critics claim that Shakespeare was illiterate, (III) If so, the supposition does not imply a scorn but an elaborate praise. (IV) If Shakespeare was unlearned, then he was the only instance of a human being to whom learning was unnecessary. (V) For he was the favourite child of Nature, produced and educated entirely by herself.

(I) The term psychoanalysis did not appear, or at least, was not indexed, in the Encyclopaedia Britannica until well into the 20th century. (II) It was mentioned in the Twelfth Edition, in 1922, in such articles as "Behaviorism" and "Psychotherapy''. (III) Behaviour theraphy and psychoteraphy have long been popular theraphy techniques. (IV) The first treatment of psychoanalysis as a subject by itself appeared in the Thirteenth Edition, in 1926. (V) And for the article, the editor went to the best possible authority, Sigmund Freud, the creator of psychoanalysis.

(I) Since they were domesticated, sheep have been so changed by breeding that their wild ancestors are hard to identify, (II) Domestic sheep depend on humans for protection because they are very timid, (III) A sheet of paper blown by the wind will frighten them, and a thunderstorm may throw them into a panic. (IV) They may drown without a struggle if they are scared while crossing a stream. (V) Fire in a building where sheep are kept may destroy a whole flock, because they are too frightened to flee.

(I) The development of bicycle racing as a popular summer spectator sport in much of Europe began in the 1890s. (II) Touring by bicycle increased in the United States as well, stimulated by the opinion that cycling is a healthy exercise. (III) The first races were the now-classic Bordeaux-Paris, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège races held annually. (IV) In 1903 the first Tour de France was held. (V) Since then it has been considered to be the world's most prestigious.

(I) The American cranberry is found wild in the greater part of the northeastern United States. (II) Most cranbeny products are consumed in the United States and Canada. (III) In regions where they are grown, cranberries are used as a popular pie filling. (IV) Their juice is also widely marketed as a beverage. (V) Yet Thanksgiving and Christmas meals are the most important feasts both in America and in Canada.

(I) High tropical mountainous ecosystems occur in equatorial regions. (II) These regions include the northern and central Andes, East Africa and the islands of Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula. (III) Seasonal changes are not pronounced there, and plants can grow throughout the year unless a dry season is experienced. (IV) It cannot be denied that drought is common in many countries in East Africa. (V) The change in temperature between night and day can vary substantially, with the potential for frost existing eveiy night at altitudes above 3,500 metres.

(I) German Otto Lilienthal was a pioneer in aeronautics, the science of flight, and his work gave inspiration to later engineers. (II) Reading of the experiments of Otto Lilienthal, Wilbur Wright and his brother became intensely interested in gliders, (III) Pursuing the same interests, the Wright brothers became inseparable, and neither ever married. (IV) Certain that his methods were incapable of meeting the requirements of flight, the brothers set about to develop a more effective system. (V) And they did so, after years of experimentation, and their system is now generally known as aileron control.