3. The Best-case Scenario: I phrase this timidly as the current state of the Republican Party and its bargaining position is still a bad one. Undercut in the “fiscal cliff” deal by minority leader Senator McConnell, Vice-President Biden and the Senate Democrats, Speaker Boehner had no rea...
Thus, though the historical record is unclear as to the exact origin of the term “useful idiots,” Lenin is said to have deemed them as such, whether or not he actually used the phrase. *** At least initially, American communists only saw the righteousness of the Bolshevik cause. Equalit...
I like the phrase “multi-platform publishing.” It’s more direct and not as self important sounding as “I am a hybrid author.” Sheogorath July 12, 2014 at 7:50 am Higher prices would mean you wouldn’t be selling books for very long in this economy. That’s part of the reason...
I’ve been thinking a lot about that phrase, and started to believe there is a point to it, that perhaps “their sacrifice” is a correct way to describe what happened – just not in the way that it’s taken to mean. Those who were killed in the First World War did not sacrifice ...
Lastly, as you reflect on summer’s energies and invitations, you may wish to set an intention for the season, which may be one word or phrase that can guide you over the next few months. Intentions that were voiced included rest, savor, balance, and play. Intentions help us focus on ...
Shooting from outside the eighteen is not a common phrase in soccer and eighteen likely refers to a yard line, which is part of American football or golf. So the best answer is: (A) Implausible. [Incorrect] This phenomenon is similar to the implicit social bias that sometimes makes ...
and I used the phrase my grandma had given me, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words can never hurt me.” She was surprised. I’d never talked back to her before. She and her friends turned and walked away, leaving me there with tears streaming down my face. For ...
2. ANAPHORA: the repetition of a word or phrase in successive clauses. “I think of you at the blowing windI think of you at the dazzling sunlight” –Can’t Stop “My heart stops at this cold love, my heart breaks into piecesMy breath stops at this sick love, my breath slowly die...
“All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.” ―Samuel Beckett “[Waiting for Godot] has achieved a theoretical impossibility—a pl...
When they are a little more confident with sound spelling they might write a short phrase or sentence about each picture. Here is a sample: or another idea: Here is the paper I used, and the simpler one line version. Just copy these 2 pages back to back. Cut them in half horizontally...