Meanly Definition: (adverb) In a miserly manner. Synonyms: Humbly Usage: They lived meanly and without ostentation.

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (1917) Considered one of the main innovators of bebop along with Charlie Parker, Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. His virtuosity and comic wit—in addition to his trademark puffed cheeks and 45-degree […]

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Trump Administration’s Repeal of the Clean Power Plan (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after President Trump’s administration repealed the Clean Power Plan: “Climate change is undeniably real […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on the September Jobs Report (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement on the Labor Department report that the U.S. economy lost 33,000 jobs in September: “The U.S. economy is […]

Senator Jeff Klein Collects over 1,000 Signatures to Save Columbus Statue at Morris Park Columbus Day Parade; Petition Drive will Continue for Two Weeks Senators Klein & Savino, Assembly Members Gjonaj & Benedetto, Italian-American leaders & parade-goers rally to save […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Passage of the House Republican Budget (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the passage of the damaging House Republican Budget: “House Republicans passed a budget today that […]

John Andariese to Receive Johnny Bach Award at Fordham Basketball Tip-Off Dinner on Monday Night, October 30 at The Water Club in New York City Fordham Posthumously Honors Beloved Knicks Hall of Fame Analyst, Distinguished Fordham Alumnus New York, October […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Diwali (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement in celebration of Diwali: “Happy Diwali to the millions of Indian-Americans and all those celebrating this joyous festival of lights. This […]

Colloquial Definition: (adjective) Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation. Synonyms: Conversational Usage: She wrote her essays in a colloquial style that the teacher strongly criticized.

John McLoughlin (1784) A Canadian doctor and fur trader, McLoughlin became administrator of the far western region of England’s Hudson’s Bay Company in the 1820s. In spite of the strained relations between Britain and the US, “the Father of Oregon” […]

Quotation, n.: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Chairman Crowley Statement on President Trump’s Further Sabotage of Americans’ Health Care (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after President Trump issued an executive order designed to undermine our nation’s insurance markets: […]