Drachm Definition: (noun) A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth a fluid ounce. Synonyms: Fluidram Usage: She measured out a drachm of the sweet-smelling elixir and administered it to the ailing child.
Tuesday, December 13 — The important holiday business of viewing such classics as “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Story” on home TVs owes much to a technological advance this month 78 years ago. In December 1938, Russian-American engineer Vladimir […]
Edvard Munch (1863) Best known as the painter of The Scream, Munch was a Norwegian artist and an important forerunner of expressionistic art. His early life was marked by the deaths of his mother and favorite sister, and he said […]
It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it? Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Runnel Definition: (noun) A small stream, a brook. Synonyms: Streamlet, Rill, Rivulet, Run Usage: He could tell from the impression carved into the landscape that the runnel’s flow had drifted a few feet to the north.
By Christopher Saunders The Yankees have agreed to a minor league contract with free-agent infielder Ruben Tejada, agent Peter Greenberg confirmed to ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick. Tejada will also have an invite to spring training as well. Tejada, 27, has spent […]
Space Jam 11 Lands At Fordham Road Foot Locker by David Greene Bronx NY — Jovanie Wyllie of Brooklyn joined about a dozen others who braved freezing temperatures and heavy winds, as they camped outside of Foot Locker on East Fordham […]
Bronx NY — One man is dead and a second remains in critical condition after a double shooting in the Mount Hope section. Police were called to East 175 Street and Weeks Avenue, at just after 7 p.m. on Sunday, […]
BRONX, NY – State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), in partnership with the Fleetwood Neighborhood Association, hosted their third annual tree lighting at Fleetwood Playground on Sunday, December 4. Community leaders, business owners and families enjoyed hot cocoa, holiday snacks, live […]
Monday, December 12 — Many Americans drive on their vacations, and if they don’t stay with relatives they often stay at one of the nation’s many motels. The term motel came to have meaning only when the automobile started to dominate […]
By William Coppola “Make the New York Yankees great again” is a refrain fans of the Bronx Bombers are chanting. This theme, “great again,” was heard over and over this summer. I guess Yankees management were also pulled into its hypnotic […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. Luke 2:8-14 KJV 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and […]
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