ERIN MERRYN’S LAW PASSES STATE SENATE Bill would provide sexual abuse education for students from kindergarten through grade eight Albany, NY – State Senators Jeff Klein (D-Bronx-Westchester) and David Valesky (D-Oneida), announced that Erin Merryn’s law passed the […]
APPLICATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2016 NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE NOW AVAILABLE NEW YORK, NY – Applications to participate in the 59th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade are now being accepted. Any groups interested in participating can download the application by […]
On Thursday, March 3, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. helped induct students into the Ruben Diaz Jr. La Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica at the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice. The induction ceremony for the club took place at […]
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
abidance Definition: (noun) Adherence. Synonyms: compliance, conformity Usage: In my parents’ household, strict abidance by the rules was required, so naturally I rebelled.
James Earl Ray (1928) Ray was a petty criminal who escaped from prison in 1967, while serving a sentence for armed robbery. On April 4, 1968, he is believed to have shot Martin Luther King, Jr., as King was emerging […]
A couple of horses at Pelham Bit Stables with Co-op City in the background. Photo by Debby Kawalick
In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd toaim at making proselytes by fire and sword.Heresies in either can rarely be cured bypersecution. Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)
chloasma Definition: (noun) A patchy brown or dark brown skindiscoloration that usually occurs on a woman’s faceand may result from hormonal changes, as inpregnancy. Synonyms: mask of pregnancy, melasma Usage: She developed chloasma on her face during herpregnancy, but it […]
Bobby Fischer (1943) Fischer was a chess legend who, at the age of15, became the youngest grandmaster inhistory at that time. In 1970 and 1971, he wonan unprecedented 20 straight games to qualifyto challenge Boris Spassky for the world championship. […]
Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this […]
deprecate Definition: (verb) To belittle. Synonyms: depreciate Usage: The teacher should not deprecate his student’s efforts.
André Michaux (1746) Michaux was a French botanist who traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, and North America. In 1785, the French government sent him to the US to spearhead the first organized investigation of North American plants that could be […]
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights joins the nation in acknowledging and commemorating the courage and determination of countless women who sacrificed and fought to participate fully in American democracy. Women have shaped our society to be more inclusive and […]
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