Daily Content Archive
(as of Thursday, March 9, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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affectation
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Irregular Superlative AdverbsJust as there are irregular adverbs, there are irregular superlative adverbs. "Least" is an example of an irregular superlative adverb. What are some others? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 QuinoaQuinoa is a tall annual herb whose seeds have provided a staple food for peoples of the higher Andes since pre-Columbian times. In the Inca Empire, where only the potato was more widely grown, quinoa is said to have been sacred. The year's first furrows were opened ceremoniously with a gold implement. In the US and other non-Andean nations, quinoa is now a popular alternative to rice and other grains for its higher protein content. What is typically removed from freshly harvested quinoa seeds? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Edward R. Murrow's See It Now Airs McCarthyism Episode (1954)In the early 1950s, US Senator Joseph McCarthy persecuted scores of people he deemed subversive in a series of widely-publicized hearings that whipped the public into an anti-Communist frenzy. In 1954, journalist Edward R. Murrow produced an episode of his TV show See It Now that criticized the Red Scare and turned public opinion against McCarthy using the senator's own words. Murrow later invited McCarthy to respond. What happened when the senator accepted? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Vita Sackville-West (1892)Sackville-West was an aristocratic English writer and gardener who married the diplomat and author Harold Nicolson in 1913. Their complicated relationship is chronicled in Portrait of a Marriage, a biography inspired by her journals and written by their son Nigel. The gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, which she designed, are among the most visited in England. However, she is perhaps best remembered for her love affair with author Virginia Woolf, which inspired which of Woolf's novels? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.Rene Descartes (1596-1650) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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manoeuvre the apostles— obsolete To borrow or take money from one person or source to repay the debt of another (i.e., rob Peter to pay Paul). More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Forty Martyrs' Day (2025)The "Forty Martyrs of Sebaste" were Roman soldiers quartered in Armenia in 320 CE; they are greatly revered in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In Greece, special foods are prepared, such as cake with 40 layers of pastry and stew with 40 herbs. In Romania, little cakes called sfintisori ("little mints") are baked and given to and received from every passerby. Coliva is also traditional. Farm tools are readied for work, and hearth ashes are spread around the cottage to keep the serpent from entering. (Each home is said to have a serpent protecting it). More... | |
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