Word of the Day: January 15, 2020
balderdash Definition: (noun) Trivial nonsense. Synonyms: fiddle-faddle, piffle Usage: Our earnings reports prove that the rumors of our company’s imminent collapse are balderdash. Discuss.
balderdash Definition: (noun) Trivial nonsense. Synonyms: fiddle-faddle, piffle Usage: Our earnings reports prove that the rumors of our company’s imminent collapse are balderdash. Discuss.
John Dos Passos (1896) Dos Passos was an American writer whose World War I service as an ambulance driver and later work as a journalist led him to see the US as “two nations”—one for the rich and one for the poor. An artist to boot, he created many of the illustrations and covers for his books. His reputation as a social historian, radical critic of American life, and major novelist of the postwar “Lost Generation” rests primarily on his powerful U.S.A. trilogy, which includes what three novels? More…
Affection is the broadest basis of good in life. George Eliot (1819-1880)
so-called Definition: (adjective) Doubtful or suspect. Synonyms: alleged, supposed Usage: The so-called master detective tripped over the murder weapon just as he was declaring the case insolvable. Discuss.
Photo Credit: Ross Dehman Defending champion and American record-holder Ajeé Wilson is set for another magical run in the Jack and Lewis Rudin Women’s 800m during the 113th NYRR Millrose Games to take place February 8 at The Armory New Balance Track & Field Center. Wilson will be […]
By William Coppola: Contributing Columnist Bronx Chronicle Sports Wow, MLB has come down hard on the cheating Houston Astros after a through investigation into their use of electronic devices, a bat and a garbage pail to steal signs during the […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Early Monday the men’s basketball program at Fordham University suffered a major blow to their season when head coach Jeff Neubauer announced that Redshirt junior forward Chuba Ohams will miss the rest of the season. […]
Cases of Interest for the Week of January 13, 2020 Monday, January 13, 2020 ADAJudgePart #Status Defendant Name Case Details Waller, J.Hornstein96Appearance Marcus Gomez Charged with Attempted Murder in the second degree and additional charges. The defendant allegedly stabbed a 62-year-old […]
Antoinette Bourignon (1616) Bourignon was a Flemish Christian mystic. After spending a short time in a convent and as head of an orphanage, she gathered a fanatical following at Amsterdam, believing herself divinely directed to restore the pure spirit of the Gospel. Moving from place to place, she took her printing press with her and disseminated her teachings. Her mystical ideas found particular favor in Scotland, where Bourignianism was declared a heresy. Why did Bourignon flee her home in 1636? More…
All the learnin’ my father ever paid for was a bit o’ birch at one end and the alphabet at th’ other. George Eliot (1819-1880)
regnant Definition: (adjective) Exercising power or authority. Synonyms: reigning, ruling Usage: She became queen regnant upon the death of her father and soon gained a reputation for being a firm but fair ruler. Discuss.
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Gio Urshela or Miguel Andujar? That will the storyline when the Yankees assemble in Tampa for Spring Training in four weeks. Urshela and the Yankees reportedly agreed to a one-year contract of $2.475 million on […]
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning […]
By William Coppola: Contributor Bronx Chronicle Sports So much has been said about baseball having to be fair over the past number of years. Who ever said baseball has to be fair? You’re out or safe because an umpire says so. […]
By PROF. ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA PFA Twenty five years ago, we woke up to the phrase rapid refund! And many of the big income tax preparations companies advertised this misleading phrase–and the people ran there–to find out it was not […]
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