Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, June 4, 2016)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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inebriety
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Substituting Modal VerbsModal auxiliary verbs can be quite similar in how they are used, and it is sometimes unclear when it is appropriate to use one instead of another. For instance, "will," "can," "could," and "would" can all be used to make a request of someone, with differing degrees of what? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Al-Azhar UniversityLocated in Cairo, Egypt, Al-Azhar University was founded in 972 CE as a madrasa—a place of Islamic learning. By teaching numerous subjects in the same place, it was one of the first universities in the world and the only one to survive as a modern university. Historically, students primarily studied the Qur'an and Islamic law. Today, the university is the world's chief center of Arabic literature and Islamic learning. When did it begin teaching a wide range of secular subjects? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Riot at Ten-Cent Beer Night (1974)In a disastrous effort to increase ticket sales, the Cleveland Indians decided to hold a "Ten-Cent Beer Night," allowing attendees to purchase unlimited cups of beer for just 10 cents each, during a home game against the Texas Rangers. The promotion did boost attendance, however, it also created a stadium full of drunken spectators who disrupted early innings of the game with streaking and flashing. Eventually, a violent mob flooded the field and clashed with players. How did the game end? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867)Mannerheim was a Finnish-born soldier and statesman. A career officer in the Russian imperial army from 1889 to 1917, he went on to command the anti-Bolshevik forces in the Finnish Civil War and expelled the Soviet forces, serving as regent of Finland until the new republic was declared. He served as commander-in-chief of Finnish forces in the Russo-Finnish War and was named president of Finland in 1944, after which he negotiated a peace agreement with the Soviets. Why did he resign in 1946? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 The very essence of an instinct is that it is followed independently of reason.Charles Darwin (1809-1882) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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have a heart of glass— To have or be in a state of extreme emotional fragility or susceptibility, one that is easily influenced or affected by others. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Tiananmen Square Anniversary (2019)Each year thousands of people in Hong Kong, China, gather on June 4 to commemorate the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre with a candlelight vigil. On that day in 1989, Chinese government tanks rolled into Beijing's Tiananman Square, killing hundreds of demonstrators calling for democratic reforms in China, and injuring 10,000 more. Since 1997, the Chinese government has discouraged the Hong Kong commemorations and pressured foreign news correspondents not to cover the yearly event. In the year 2002 about 45,000 people attended the vigil. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: passionacokoinonia - Sex without passion or desire. More... excandescence - The state of being glowing hot, anger or passion. More... incense - Once meant to kindle any passion, good or bad. More... wrangle - To wrangle can mean "to scream with passion." More... | |