Quote of the Day: October 17, 2017
Alliance, n.: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted into each others’ pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. Ambrose Bierce (1842- 1914)
Alliance, n.: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted into each others’ pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. Ambrose Bierce (1842- 1914)
ELLEN LEVITT SPEAKS ON “LOST SYNAGOGUES OF THE BRONX” Book Signing And Lecture Ellen Levitt is a lifelong New Yorker (Brooklyn, to be exact) who is the author of The Lost Synagogues of New York City series of books published […]
BP DIAZ & THE BRONX TOURISM COUNCIL ENCOURAGE RIDERS TO TAKE PART IN TOUR DE BRONX 2017! Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted a press conference at Woodlawn Cemetery to encourage cyclists to participate in the upcoming Tour […]
Bravo Italia! Italy’s Twister Bi Sets World Record in $1-Million Yonkers International Trot at Empire City Casino on October 14th Christoffer Eriksson Drove five-year-old champ, American Expatriate Jerry Riordan trained winner Yonkers, NY— A twister hit Empire City Casino at […]
Chairman Crowley, House Democrats Urge Congress to Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Comprehensive Relief to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY), along with 18 Democratic members of Congress, sent […]
Monitory Definition: (adjective) Conveying an admonition or a warning. Synonyms: Admonitory, Cautionary, Exemplary, Warning Usage: She shot him a monitory glance and he quickly changed the subject to one less controversial.
Eugene Gladstone O’Neill (1888) One of America’s greatest playwrights, O’Neill spent his youth as a heavy-drinking, itinerant seaman, then began writing plays while recovering from tuberculosis in 1912. Within a decade, he had won his first of four Pulitzer Prizes. […]
Give a girl an education, and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Chairman Crowley Statement on National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement marking National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: “National Latino AIDS Awareness Day allows for us to remember those […]
Sir Pelham Grenville “P. G.” Wodehouse (1881) Wodehouse was an English-American comic writer who enjoyed enormous success during his more than 70-year career. His works are set in Edwardian England and feature idiotic youths, feckless debutantes, redoubtable aunts, and stuffy […]
Frisson Definition: (noun) A moment of intense excitement. Synonyms: Chill, Quiver, Shiver, Shudder, Thrill, Tingle Usage: The story’s ending arouses a frisson of terror.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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