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This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry. Sonnet on a failure Some people won’t perceive an act of violenceIn putting curfews on historic factsOr inmates of the Great Australian SilenceAlready shut up by official actsExiled from the purified white mindBy politicians pundits tabloid grubsTo places more befitting for their kindThe empty […]
More than any other emotion, there are levels of fear that are best experienced as a spectrum. Like, if you want a movie to make people happy, you obviously hire John Goodman, but you don’t really benefit from slowly ramping up the Goodman factor. You can blow your Goodwad early and often. Likewise, you can induce fear in […]
Margaret “The Unsinkable Molly” Brown was a passenger on the RMS Titanic which sank in 1912 and unsuccessfully urged the crew in Lifeboat No. 6 to return to the debris field to look for survivors. Historically, an immigrant’s life has rarely been easy. A foreigner in the land they’ve chosen to make their home, the odds […]
How Warriors made NBA history with blazing two-game start originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors have coasted to a pair of blowout wins to open the 2024-25 NBA season, following up a 140-104 victory Wednesday over the Portland Trail Blazers with an even more dominant 127-86 drubbing of the Utah Jazz on […]
Colours are muted – sage greens and matt ochres with the ribbon of a glossy brown balustrade weaving its way upwards from ground level, defining the sculptural stairway. It is undoubtedly quiet good taste but with flourishes that indicate it is anything but dull. The room Generous bedrooms combine modern comfort with traditional Portuguese craftsmanship. […]
William A. Pinkerton with railroad special agents Pat Connell (left) and Sam Finley (right) from the Library of Congress. Even if you’ve only watched a handful of “Wild West” films or TV shows, you’ve probably encountered the Pinkertons. These hired guns are often mistaken for police, but they rarely carry official badges. Instead, Pinkerton detectives […]
The Candidates The candidates were a reform-minded Democrat and a Reconstructionist Republican. Rutherford B. Hayes was the governor of Ohio and was the Republican candidate. His campaign focused on reform and a commitment to civil rights, particularly for African Americans in the South. Before the war he had been a Cincinnati lawyer and abolitionist. He […]
There are perfectly good celebrity style moments, and then there are the looks that really stick with you, the ones you try desperately to recreate at home. In ‘Great Outfits in Fashion History,’ Fashionista editors are revisiting their all-time favorite lewks. Here at Fashionista, we don’t use the … Continue reading Source link
(ANALYSIS) The Religion Guy’s answer: Before the final session of a Synod of Bishops that concludes at the Vatican October 27, much printer’s ink was spilled because Pope Francis removed the issue of allowing women deacons from the agenda. Jesuit Father Thomas Reese, the Catholic columnist for Religion News Service, reminds us that the pope […]