surcease Definition: (noun) A stopping. Synonyms: cessation Usage: More than anything else in the world, my frayed and frazzled mind wanted surcease from weariness in the way it knew surcease would come.
fanfare Definition: (noun) A spectacular public display. Synonyms: ostentation Usage: Because they were considered hometown heroes, thereturning astronauts were greeted with much fanfare.
God’s creature is one. He makes man, notmen. His true creature is unitary and infinite,revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form,but compromised by none. Henry James (1843-1916)
James Joyce (1882) Joyce was an Irish novelist—perhaps themost influential and significant novelist of the20th century. After publishing his storycollection, The Dubliners, and theautobiographical novel Portrait of the Artist asa Young Man, he spent seven years writingUlysses, which is now widely regarded bymany as the greatest English-language novel of the 20th century.It embodies a highly experimental use of language andexploration of new literary methods such as what? More…
Free Activities for Patients, Community and Associates Support Heart Healthy Lifestyles NEW YORK (January 28, 2016) – The Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care will be inviting community members and employees to join in a robust number of […]
In celebration of Sesame Street Live “Let’s Dance!” coming to The Theater at Madison Square Garden February 11-21, favorite Sesame Street friends Elmo and Grover made an appearance at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital last Wednesday, January 27. Elmo and Grover […]
By Jeremy Warneke There have been efforts to reduce non-hostile deaths in the U.S. military, but have those efforts really paid off? The only person who died during my deployment to Iraq in 2003 to 2004 was U.S. Army Sgt. Landis […]
Langston Hughes (1902) Hughes was an American poet and a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. His writing is largely concerned with depicting African-American life, particularly the experience of the urban African American, and often uses dialect and jazz rhythms. […]
Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy. E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
cadge Definition: (verb) Ask for and get free; be a parasite. Synonyms: bum, grub, mooch, sponge Usage: Though she had a pantry full of groceries, Sheila loved to cadge her meals from her sister.
In February, Bronxites are invited to join the Rotary Club of the Bronx in its celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH. “Our club will be observing this month as part of our engagement with the community,” said TOBA Adeyemi LaCrown, President, […]
PROGRAMS AT THE CITY ISLAND LIBRARY 718-885-1703 Our hours are: Mondays and Thursdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. FEBRUARY 2016 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Puppet Play […]
rhetorician Definition: (noun) A person who delivers a speech or oration. Synonyms: orator, speechifier, speechmaker Usage: They continued to correspond, she in the unweighed language of unwavering affection, he in the chilly phraseology of the polished rhetorician.
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