Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: November 28, 2015
prate Definition: (verb) To talk idly and at length; chatter. Synonyms: blabber, palaver, piffle, prattle Usage: I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously.
prate Definition: (verb) To talk idly and at length; chatter. Synonyms: blabber, palaver, piffle, prattle Usage: I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously.
I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
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The Bronx Chronicle joins Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj in wishing all of our Albanian readers a happy and thoughtful Independence Day
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A promise must never be broken. Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)
transient Definition: (adjective) Enduring a very short time. Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transitory Usage: The elderly woman was depressed and spent her days lamenting the transient beauty of youth.
Season Greetings, Many people think of the Friday after Thanksgiving Day as a good shopping day, but for more than a dozen Bronx youth it’s a great day to share love and build relationships with people born “Generations” before. Members of the […]
phloem Definition: (noun) The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids. Synonyms: bast Usage: “Girdling” a tree, or cutting through its phloem tubes, results in the starvation of the roots and, ultimately, the death […]
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
On a chilly November morning, volunteers and friends gathered together inside of Saint Clare of Assisi School as instructions were given on the roles of each volunteer. Inside of the school’s cafeteria were tables full of different food items, from […]
The Bronx Chronicle would like to wish all of our readers and their families a Happy Thanksgiving.
In a news release this morning, South Bronx community activist Julio Pabón announced that he is running in a yet-to-be-called special election in light of Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo plan to resign her City Council post effective December 31. […]
2015 Bronx Thanksgiving Community Meals Thursday, November 26, 2015 Friendly Baptist Church 962 Ogden Avenue Bronx, NY 10452 12 p.m.-3 p.m. Christ Church United Church of Christ 860 Forest Avenue Bronx, NY 10456 12 p.m.-3 p.m. Harvest Hands, Westchester Square […]
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