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Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: November 18, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: November 18, 2015

bourdon Definition: (noun) A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone. Synonyms: drone pipe Usage: The continuous note emanating from the bourdon was hypnotic and carried the listener off into another world.

by · November 18, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 18, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 18, 2015

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Mark Twain (1835-1910)  

by · November 18, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: November 13, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: November 13, 2015

dolmen Definition: (noun) A prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone. Synonyms: cromlech Usage: All that was left of the pre-historic community was a dolmen, an enigma that stood in nature like a letter from a lost […]

by · November 13, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 13, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 13, 2015

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent. E. M. Forster (1879-1970) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16752

by · November 13, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: November 12, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: November 12, 2015

apologist Definition: (noun) A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or institution. Synonyms: vindicator, justifier Usage: English youth have been so educated time out of mind, and we have hundreds of thousands […]

by · November 12, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 12, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 12, 2015

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on, projecting trait and trace through time to times anon, and leaping from place to place over oblivion. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16751

by · November 12, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: November 11, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: November 11, 2015

Vitriol Definition: (noun) Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will. Synonyms: invective, vituperation Usage: At first, she patiently listened to him vent his frustration, but when he began to spout vitriol, she […]

by · November 11, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 11, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 11, 2015

Pathos, piety, courage,—they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value. E. M. Forster (1879-1970) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16750

by · November 11, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 6, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: November 6, 2015

So, let us not be blind to our differences—but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16745

by · November 6, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 22, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 22, 2015

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank, and independent. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16730

by · October 22, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 19, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 19, 2015

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16727

by · October 19, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 14, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 14, 2015

A fool’s wild speech confounds the wise. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16722

by · October 14, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 13, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 13, 2015

Those who do not complain are never pitied. Jane Austen (1775-1817) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16721

by · October 13, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 10, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 10, 2015

Imagination is everything. Jane Austen (1775-1817) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16719  

by · October 10, 2015 · Uncategorized
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 5, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: October 5, 2015

Friends should be weighed, not told; who boasts to have won a multitude of friends has never had one. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16713

by · October 5, 2015 · Bulletin Board