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Origins of Common Expressions, No. 8: Read The Riot Act
The Riot Act Meaning: to reprimand severely with the added sense of a stern warning.Origin: These days, angry parents might threaten to “read the riot act” to their unruly children. But in 18th-century...
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Vanishing Languages
Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus, soon could be extinct, according to a recent report. In existence for some 3,000 years and once commonly used all across the Middle East, this ancient tongue is...
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Paul Freeman: Controversal Photographer
Paul Freeman grew up in Tasmania, the small island state of Australia and moved to Sydney in his early twenties. After graduating from university with a degree in English Literature and History , he...
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The Mental State of President Trump
Smooth-talking con artists are familiar figures in American folklore. The well-dressed hustler arrives in an unsuspecting town. He pitches some miracle cure or get-rich-quick scheme, door-to-door or...
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
On February 18,1885, Mark Twain (1835-1910) published his famous and controversial novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain (the pen name of Samuel Clemens) first introduced Huck Finn as the...
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Great Thinkers, Great Thoughts: Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky (aka: Avram Noam Chomsky) was bornon December. 7, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., U.S. He is an American theoretical linguist whose work from the 1950s revolutionized...
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Common Expressions and Their Origins, No. 9: Let Your Hair Down
Let Your Hair DownMeaning: To relax or be at easeHistory: Parisian nobles risked condemnation from their peers if they appeared in public without an elaborate hairdo. Some of the more intricate styles...
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The Battle Of Iwo Jima
On February 20 1945, Operation Detachment, the U.S. Marines’ invasion of Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, is launched. Iwo Jima was a barren Pacific island guarded by Japanese artillery, but to...
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A Little Bit Of Humor
The American Medical Association has weighed in on Trump's health care package.The Allergists were in favor of scratching it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.The...
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Facts About the Solar System
Our place in spaceThe solar system is a bizarre place with its alien planets, mysterious moons and strange phenomena that are so out-of-this-world they elude explanation. Scientists have discovered...
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Do These 10 Things, And Trump Will Be Toast
Michel Mooreby Michel MooreFriends, I welcome you to “The Michael Moore Easy-to-Follow 10-Point Plan to Stop Trump.”First, let’s acknowledge what we all know to be true: Trump is in deep, deep trouble...
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The Photography of Alfred Cheney Johnston
Alfred Cheney Johnston (known as "Cheney" to his friends and associates) (April 8, 1885 – April 17, 1971) was a New York City-based photographer known for his portraits of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls as...
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The Battle of the Alamo
The Alamo, 1854Spanish settlers built the Mission San Antonio de Valero, named for St. Anthony of Padua, on the banks of the San Antonio River around 1718. They also established the nearby military...
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Facts about Time
In physical science, time is defined as a measurement, or as what the clock face reads. With the advent of atomic timekeeping and the International System of Units, time is measured in units of seconds...
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Facts about Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of Lent in Western Christianity. It occurs 46 days (40 fasting days, if the six Sundays, which are not days of fast, are excluded) before Easter and...
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The Post Tortoise
The Post Tortoise While stitching a cut on the hand of a 75-year-old farmer, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Donald Trump and his role as the...
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A Christian Reminder for Trump Supporters
Just a reminder to my Christian brothers and sisters that liberals and most of the American people are going through a rough time and that many people are pretty low on hope these days.We care deeply...
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Andersonville Prison
Andersonville Prison, GeorgiaOn February 27, 1864, the first of the captured Union Forces inmates began arriving at Andersonville prison, which was still under construction in southern Georgia....
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