Friday, December 4, 2015
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blackguard discuss | |
| Definition: | (noun) Someone who is morally reprehensible. |
| Synonyms: | bounder, cad, hound, heel, dog |
| Usage: | There, you low blackguard, that will teach you to be impertinent to a lady. |
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glasshouse discuss | |
| Definition: | (noun) A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions. |
| Synonyms: | greenhouse, nursery |
| Usage: | This kind of plant is very delicate and needs to be grown in a glasshouse. |
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  ImagismImagism was a movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that rejected the sentiment and artifice typical of Romantic and Victorian poetry and instead favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language. The Imagists were influenced by classicism, by Chinese and Japanese poetry, and by the French Symbolists. Despite the movement's short life, it deeply influenced the course of modernist poetry in English. Who were some prominent Imagist poets? More... Discuss |
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 US Supreme Court Rules in Miranda v. Arizona (1966)Miranda v. Arizona was a landmark US Supreme Court decision that led to the institution of the Miranda warning, a set of rights that police officers must read to arrestees. One of the petitioners in the case, Ernesto Miranda, had been convicted of rape in 1963 based on a confession he made while in police custody—without knowing he had a right to see a lawyer. He appealed, and the Supreme Court ruled in his favor. What happened when he was retried using evidence other than his confession? More... Discuss |
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 Margaret Bourke-White (1904)One of the original staff photographers at Time, Life, and Fortune magazines, Bourke-White was noted for her coverage of World War II. The first woman photographer to serve with US armed forces, she photographed the liberation of Buchenwald and was the only foreign correspondent in Moscow during the German invasion. Her pictures of the rural American South and her portraits of world leaders are also celebrated. What actress portrayed her in the movie Gandhi? More... Discuss |
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 The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.George Eliot (1819-1880) Discuss |
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