STATEN ISLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATAL BRONX SHOOTING Defendant Pleaded Guilty to Manslaughter   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Staten Island man has beensentenced to 13 years in prison for fatally shooting a Bronx man in the Butler Houses in October 2017.     District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant […]

Béla Bartók (1881) Bartók was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, and collector of folk music. In 1904, having discovered that the folk-music repertory generally accepted as Hungarian was in fact largely urban Roma—Gypsy—music, he set about researching Hungarian folk music. […]

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)  

politesse Definition: (noun) Courteous formality; politeness. Synonyms: chivalry, gallantry Usage: Carl held the door for Ashley as they entered the restaurant, and she was immediately impressed with his politesse. Discuss.  

Marcel Marceau (1923) Marceau was a French actor and mime who gained renown in 1947 with the creation of Bip, a sad, white-faced clown with a tall, battered hat—reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp. Noted for his eloquent, deceptively simple portrayals, […]

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)  

first-class Definition: (adjective) Very good; of the highest quality. Synonyms: excellent, fantabulous, splendid Usage: The power of the lantern seemed increased a hundredfold, like a lamp through the lenticular plates of a first-class lighthouse. Discuss.  

Joseph Fourier (1768) Fourier was a French mathematician and Egyptologist. As an engineer on the Egyptian expedition led by Napoleon—who later made him a baron—he conducted anthropological investigations and wrote the preface to the monumental Description de l’Égypte, whose publication […]

A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. Mark Twain (1835-1910)  

corpuscle Definition: (noun) (Nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything. Synonyms: mote, particle, speck, atom, molecule Usage: I would not touch one corpuscle of that germ-ridden filth. Discuss.