adjudge  Definition: (verb) To pronounce formally. Synonyms: declare, hold Usage: It was a tight race, but Frankie was ultimately adjudged the winner. Discuss.

Cases of Interest for the Week of November 18, 2019 Monday, November 18, 2019 ADAJudgePart #Status Defendant Name Case Details Feldberg, H.CarterT19Sentencing Alvon Pierre Pleaded guilty to Operating as a Major Trafficker and third-degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance on […]

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832) Nordenskiöld was a Finnish-born Swedish geologist, mineralogist, geographer, and explorer who wrote several valuable books on geography, cartography, and travel. In 1858, he settled in Stockholm and became professor and curator of mineralogy at the Swedish State Museum. He led several expeditions to the Arctic island of Spitsbergen between 1864 and 1873 and later became the first to sail from Norway to Alaska through the Northeast Passage. He was also the first to break through what ice barrier? More…

There is peace, in so far as the absence of slaughter may be called by that name, but there is necessarily little harmony of tastes or pursuits. Edwin Abbott (1838-1926) 

embrasure  Definition: (noun) An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through. Synonyms: porthole Usage: As they passed over the drawbridge, Alleyne marked the gleam of arms in the embrasures to right and left. Discuss.

This years Bronx Chamber of Commerce Veteran’s Luncheon went so well that President Lisa Sorin said we are ahead of schedule this year. It seemed the speeches were short and the atmosphere in the room was one of comradely. Master […]

Felix Frankfurter (1882)Frankfurter was a US Supreme Court justice and presidential adviser. He served as secretary of war under President William H. Taft, advised President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, and advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt on many New Deal programs. In 1939, Roosevelt named him to the Supreme Court, where he served until 1962. In 1920, Frankfurter helped found the American Civil Liberties Union and argued in favor of what infamous pair of defendants? More…

Having learned the trick of beating and loving and suffering, the poor faithful heart persisted, although it lived on memories and carried on its sentimental operations mostly in secret. Kate Wiggin (1856-1923) 

dramatist  Definition: (noun) Someone who writes plays. Synonyms: playwright Usage: My goal as a dramatist is to have my plays live on long after I am gone. Discuss.