Emma Goldman (1869) Goldman was an American anarchist. She became active in the movement after 1889, and her speeches began to attract attention throughout the US. In 1893, she was imprisoned for inciting a riot. She was also imprisoned in […]
Today, June 27th at 6:30p.m. at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (1040 Grand Concourse), The Libra Group and the office of Assemblyman Michael Blake will announce the winners of the American Entrepreneurship Award. This is just the beginning as the […]
Cases of Interest for the Week of June 27, 2016 Monday, June 27, 2016 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Talty, E. Justice Iacovetta Part 15 Trial NASEAN BONIE Charged with Murder and Manslaughter for the […]
We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won,but exact their dues of work and self-denial,anxiety and discouragement. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
vapid Definition: (adjective) Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat. Synonyms: flavorless, insipid, savorless, bland, flat Usage: The bar was rundown and filthy, serving vapid beer and stale peanuts.
Violette Szabo (1921) Szabo was a British secret agent during WWII.After her husband died in the war, Szabo, who was fluent in French, offered her services to the British Special Operations Executive. After intensive training, she parachuted into German-occupied France to reorganize a French resistance […]
I never could have done what I have done,without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
tortuosity Definition: (noun) The quality or condition of being tortuous;twistedness or crookedness. Synonyms: crookedness, torsion, contortion Usage: The old tree was enormous, and they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs.
Sidney Lumet (1924) Lumet died April 11, 2009. Lumet was an American film and television director with over 50 films to his name, three of which received Academy Award nominations for Best Director. He began acting as a child, appearing in Yiddish productions and on […]
nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks This Week in Parks: Jun 24, 2016 – Jun 29, 2016 Citywide Highlights Summer Learn to Swim Classes Registration is open! Enter the lottery to take our free swimming classes, available for adults and kids. […]
Defendant Faces 15 Years on Top of Current 50 Years-to-Life Prison Term Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Rikers Island inmate has been convicted of setting a fire in his cell and assaulting a fellow […]
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
gamboge Definition: (noun) A strong yellow color. Synonyms: lemon yellow, maize, lemon Usage: His blood may be gamboge yellow with green spots, for all anybody knows.
Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795) Weber was a German physiologist who is known for his work on touch and for the formulation of Weber’s law—which states that the increase in stimulus necessary to produce an increase in sensation is not fixed […]
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