BRONX MAN INDICTED FOR FATALLY SHOOTING WOMAN IN CITY ISLAND CONSTRUCTION SITE Shooting Was Captured on Surveillance Video Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been indicted on Murder and additional charges for […]
Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918) Representing her native Netherlands, Blankers-Koen made her Olympic debut at the 1936 Berlin Games but failed to medal. Two years later, she set her first world record in track and field. Unfortunately for her, both the 1940 and 1944 Games were cancelled due to WWII, so she had to wait until 1948’s Summer Games in London to compete again. In addition to losing precious years, the athlete gave birth twice in the interim. Still, she went on to win four gold medals in London, earning what nickname? More…
Time has laid his healing hand upon the wound when we can look back upon the pain we once fainted under and no bitterness or despair rises in our hearts. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
levelheaded Definition: (adjective) Exercising or showing good judgment. Synonyms: sound, intelligent, healthy Usage: While I stood around bawling uselessly, my levelheaded sister calmly called a towing company and then our parents to let them know that the car had broken down. Discuss.
By Reverend J. Loren Russell Proverbs 24: 30-34 NKJV “I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding ;31 And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was […]
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The Home Room by Melissa Melkonian State Delivers Education Funding, But Fails Parents Seeking Education Choices With the Legislature having concluded this year’s state budget, it’s a good time to reflect on where our state leaders delivered on education […]
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BRONX WOMAN INDICTED FOR MURDER FOR FATALLY STABBING BOYFRIEND IN BUILDING HALLWAY Victim Was Hospitalized in Critical Condition; Died Weeks After Incident Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx woman has been indicted on Murder […]
MANHATTAN MAN INDICTED FOR POSSESSING 15 LBS. OF COCAINE IN HIS CAR AND FOR ATTEMPTING TO FLEE FROM POLICE IN BRONX Officers Found $2 Million in Drugs During Traffic Stop in Mount Eden Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark […]
Stephen A. Douglas (1813) Short and heavyset, Douglas was dubbed “the Little Giant” for his oratorical skill. In 1858, he engaged in a number of widely publicized debates with Abraham Lincoln in a close contest for the Senate seat in Illinois. The Democrats nominated Douglas for president in 1860, but a splinter group of Southerners chose a different nominee, which divided the Democratic vote and gave the presidency to Lincoln. What extraordinary gesture was Douglas said to have offered at Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861? More…
Appeal, v.t.: In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) bronx c
seclude Definition: (verb) Keep away from others. Synonyms: sequester, withdraw Usage: During my moody teenage years, I would often seclude myself in my room to brood. Discuss.
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909) A dual citizen of Italy and the US, Levi-Montalcini did her most important work with American biochemist Stanley Cohen. Studying mouse tumors implanted in chicken embryos, the pair isolated a nerve-growth factor in 1952, the first of many cell-growth factors found in animals. For this discovery, they were awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. In 2001, she was made a “senator for life” in the Italian senate. In what unusual place did Levi-Montalcini build her first laboratory? More…
Have you ever had a difference with a dear friend? How his letters, written in the period of love and confidence, sicken and rebuke you! What a dreary mourning it is to dwell upon those vehement protests of dead affection! William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
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