rejoinder Definition: (noun) A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one). Synonyms: riposte, comeback, retort, replication, counter, return Usage: Her eyes darkened, and he expected an indignant rejoinder.
Ella Fitzgerald (1917) After winning an amateur contest at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in 1934, Fitzgerald started singing with Chick Webb’s big band and soon became its star. She recorded her first hit, “A Tisket-A Tasket,” in 1938 and went on […]
Featured Veteran: Yesterday’s Immigrants Are Tomorrow’s Soldiers by Gonzalo Duran This week’s featured Veteran is Specialist Jose Javier Castro of the New York State Guard (NYSG). Jose was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx. He is […]
‘The Jungle Book’ dominates at the multiplex this weekend with a bear-sized $156.8 million and pushes this pre-summer season hit film to over the half billion mark through Sunday.
On this date in 1954, Bell Laboratories in New York announced the prototype manufacture of a new solar battery.
Cases of Interest for the Week of April 25, 2016 Monday, April 25, 2016 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Piergrossi, L. Judge Barrett Part 60 (Room LL250) Ongoing Trial ELISEO PEREZ, VAUGHN, RIVERA, POLLARD, PARRA, […]
As the viper, though it kills with it, does not deserve to be blamed for the poison it carries, as it is a gift of nature, neither do I deserve reproach for being beautiful. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
feckless Definition: (adjective) Generally incompetent and ineffectual. Synonyms: inept Usage: Much to his wife’s dismay, Jim refused to call aprofessional, and continued his feckless attempts atrepairing the plumbing in the house.
William Joyce (1906) Born in the US and taken to the UK as a child,Joyce became involved with the fascist movement as a teen and fled to Germany before the outbreak of WWII. He remained there throughout the war, broadcasting Nazi propaganda in English […]
Old Faces, New Places By Christopher Saunders I’m sure you know by now that baseball is back. Every crack of a bat and pop of a glove brings joy to fans of the sport, young and old alike. For some […]
Fordham Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jeff Neubauer Receives Contract Extension Neubauer contract extended through 2020-2021 season Fordham University head men’s basketball coach Jeff Neubauer has agreed to a contract extension Dave Roach, director of athletics, announced today. The extension will run […]
A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS by Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. Psalm 34:1-22 (Vv. 1-3, 22) NKJV I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make […]
Love is invisible, and comes in and goes outas he likes, without anyone calling him toaccount for what he does. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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