I believe, my dears, that I am the proudest story-teller that ever lived…To have pleased you, to have interested you, to have won your friendship, and perhaps your love, through my stories, is to my mind as great an achievement […]
vibist Definition: (noun) A musician who plays the vibraphone. Synonyms: vibraphonist Usage: The singing group hired a vibist to spruce up one of the tracks on their latest record.
Milton Berle (1908) Berle was an American comedian and the first major US television star. He began acting in vaudeville at age 10 and went on to perform in more than 50 silent films, on radio, and as a nightclub […]
NEW YORK STATE TO POKÉMON GO HUNTERS: POPULAR NEW APP IS NOT MEANT TO BE USED WHILE DRIVING State Traffic Safety Agencies Remind Motorists That Playing Pokémon GO and Driving – and Walking – Don’t Mix The New York State […]
MAYOR DE BLASIO, MAYOR’S FUND TO ADVANCE NYC, U.S. SOCCER FOUNDATION, NYC FOOTBALL CLUB AND ADIDAS LAUNCH NYC SOCCER INITIATIVE – BRINGING 50 NEW SOCCER FIELDS TO UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS Over the next five years, public-private partnership will invest $3 […]
Historian Frederick Jackson Turner delivered a landmark academic paper declaring that the closing of the American frontier ended the formative national experience.
Mason Brings 30 Years of Government and Corporate Experience to Post Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that Teresa Mason has joined the Bronx District Attorney’s Office as Chief of Staff. District Attorney Clark said, “Teresa Mason […]
A steady hand in governing of military affairs is more requisite than in times of peace,because an error committed in war may,perhaps, prove irremediable. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
contumely Definition: (noun) A rude expression intended to offend or hurt. Synonyms: insult, revilement, vilification, abuse Usage: I can bear Dishonor, public insult, many shames,Shrill scorn, and open contumely, but he Who filches from me something that is mine … he […]
Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561) Góngora was a poet of the Spanish Golden Age who successfully wove Renaissance and popular poetry into an original and elegant form. Very influential in his era, he developed the difficult, complex poetic style that became known as Gongorism. […]
Forget the hyperbole, consider the daily stress of the racial double standard faced by African Americans (even trying to have fun).
The successful relay of a transatlantic TV signal by Telstar, the first privately owned satellite launched this week in 1962.
The Nationals, with one of the top three records in the National League, are sitting pretty as the better team over the Mets.
Cases of Interest for the Week of July 11, 2016 Monday, July 11, 2016 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Borko, N. Justice Boyle Part 32 Appearance TENISHA FEARON Charged with Murder for the death of […]
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