jalopy Definition: (noun) An old, dilapidated motor vehicle, especially an automobile. Synonyms: heap Usage: The jalopy didn’t even make it to the junkyard, breaking into a thousand pieces as soon as we climbed inside.
Louis Bonaparte (1778) Louis was the younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, the first Emperor of France. He accompanied Napoleon on the Italian campaign and was his aide-de-camp in Egypt. At Napoleon’s insistence, he married Hortense de Beauharnais, but the union […]
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
tractable Definition: (adjective) Easily managed or controlled; governable. Synonyms: manipulable Usage: I felt him become suddenly tractable again like an animal, like a good-tempered horse when the object that scares him is removed.
Join Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj for a fun-filled Sunday at Battery Park as history is made with the canonization of Mother Teresa. The events commence officially at 4 a.m. where a celebratory mass will be simulcast from Rome at the Battery […]
Rocky Marciano (1923) Marciano turned to professional boxing in 1947, after failing to become a professional baseball player. On his climb to the heavyweight title, he became the second boxer ever to knock out Joe Louis. He won the title […]
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)
presentiment Definition: (noun) A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition. Synonyms: boding, premonition Usage: We’ve gone and lost your father’s flat, Diana, and I have a presentiment that we’ll not be allowed to row on the pond […]
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821) Helmholtz was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. He made fundamental contributions to physiology, optics, electrodynamics, mathematics, acoustics, and meteorology, but he is best known for formulating the mathematical law of conservation of […]
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
compunction Definition: (noun) A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt. Synonyms: remorse, self-reproach Usage: This child had taken and lost her treasured amethyst brooch and now sat there calmly without the least apparent compunction or repentance.
Senator Klein Helps Deliver Bundle of Refrigerators to Sack Wern Houses State Senator Jeff Klein, New York City Housing Authority Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, and Councilwoman Annabel Palma joined tenants of the Sack Wern Houses to […]
Regional Aid for Interim Needs will be hosting the 52nd anniversary of its Founder’s Ball dinner at Marina del Rey restaurant on Thursday, October 27. The gathering will honor select New York City officials for their public service including Commissioner […]
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