Accursed Definition: (adjective) Under a curse. Synonyms: Maledict Usage: Depraved as a girl, adulterous as a wife, an unnatural sister, homicide, poisoner, execrated by all who knew her, by every nation that had been visited by her, she died accursed […]
Life and Debt – Film Screening Tuesday, March 6th, 6:00 – 9:00 pm The New School – Theresa Lang Student Center 55 West 13th Street Join the Institute For Transformative Mentoring‘s monthly Social Justice film screening. RSVP here. Life and […]
Alice Hamilton (1869) A pioneer in industrial toxicology and the first female faculty member at Harvard University, Hamilton became an authority on lead poisoning and a worldwide specialist in occupational diseases. Her services as an authority on industrial conditions, ailments, […]
When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people’s time, not one’s own. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Ex-Council Candidate Arrested Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the arrest of former New York City Council candidate Albert Alvarez for allegedly accepting straw donations and stealing thousands of dollars in New York City public […]
The state Legislature is in session. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Ulster County and Albany. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is in New York City with no public schedule. 9:00 AM – Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement. […]
The Bronx Jewish Center invites you to a Purim party that will dazzle your mind, body and soul.
Chairman Crowley and Councilman Constantinides Demand Answers from Amtrak on Public Safety Risks (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) and NYC Council Member Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) are demanding answers from Amtrak on its failure […]
Tuesday, February 27th. On this date in 1872, America’s third female law student was graduated. But this third was a first. Charlotte Ray was a freeborn African-American, and the first black woman to graduate law school. With her degree from […]
John Harvey Kellogg (1852) Remembered today as the co-creator of corn flakes, Kellogg was a physician and food reformer. He founded a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, based on the principles of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in conjunction with his […]
Cruelty was the devil’s own trade-mark, and if we saw any one who took pleasure in cruelty we might know who he belonged to … On the other hand, where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind […]
Skeptic Definition: (noun) Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs. Synonyms: Doubter Usage: Johnson was one of the skeptics who vigorously denounced Macpherson as a shameless imposter.
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