Quote of the Day: February 7, 2019
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
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Word of the Day: February 7, 2019
fritter Definition: (verb) Spend frivolously and unwisely. Synonyms: fool away, dissipate, shoot Usage: Our English youth fritters away its time in idleness and pleasure-seeking. Discuss.
Public Advocate candidates down to 17
It’s Down to 17 Candidates for the Special Election for Public Advocate By Robert Press It began with twenty-three people handing in petitions to run for the vacant NYC Public Advocate Special Election called for February 26, 2019. Through various […]
Whose Birthday Is It? February 6, 2019
Eva Braun (1912) Braun, a saleswoman in the shop of Adolf Hitler’s photographer, became Hitler’s mistress in the 1930s. Although she lived in homes provided by Hitler throughout their courtship—first in a house in Munich and later in his Berchtesgaden […]
Quote of the Day: February 6, 2019
The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)
Word of the Day: February 6, 2019
lordosis Definition: (noun) An abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column. Synonyms: hollow-back Usage: Ethan’s lordosis made it difficult for him to maintain an erect posture. Discuss.
Whose Birthday Is It? February 5, 2019
Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900) Stevenson was an American politician and lawyer. After serving as assistant to the Secretary of the Navy during WWII and as a member of the US mission to the UN, he was elected governor of Illinois […]
Quote of the Day: February 5, 2019
Towns are excrescences, gray fluxions, where men, hurrying to find one another, have lost themselves. E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
Word of the Day: February 5, 2019
discourtesy Definition: (noun) A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. Synonyms: offense Usage: Over-much civility is sometimes no better than over-much discourtesy, for, as the saying is, one can choke a […]
Bronx DA: Bronx Prosecutor Receives Morgenthau Award
Executive ADA Odalys C. Alonso Will Be Honored By DAASNY Today Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that Executive Assistant District Attorney Odalys C. Alonso is a recipient of the Morgenthau Award from the District Attorneys Association of […]
BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ CO-HOSTS ELEMENT OF HIP-HOP AWARDS 2019
BP Diaz Honored Fat Joe, Angie Martinez, Willie Colon, Shawn Costner, and Andre Trenier On Tuesday, January 29, 2019, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Windows of Hip-Hop co-hosted their annual Element of Hip-Hop Awards at Pier 132 in […]
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of February 4, 2018
Cases of Interest for the Week of February 4, 2018 Monday, February 4, 2019 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Villaverde, M. Villegas SCA Update Serenity Dunham Charged with Attempted Assault in the first-degree, second-degree Assault, […]
The Bronx Chronicle Veteran of the Week
J. Leo Glynn Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 J. Leo Glynn has earned a place among New York State’s elite veterans with his honorable service in the U.S. Navy and his outstanding efforts to improve his community as […]
Whose Birthday Is It? February 4, 2019
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (1917) Yahya Khan was the president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971. As president, he inherited a two-decade old constitutional problem of interethnic rivalry, complicated by economic grievances and the problem of transforming a virtual autocracy […]
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