Trouble is, mine knows only one word: ‘Goodbye.’ A young man asked an elderly rich man how he made his money. ‘Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last penny, so I invested that penny in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing ...
spending huge amounts of money on infrastructure to solidify its control, such as a railroad to Lhasa on which Beijing will spend more than what it has put towards healthcare and education in the entire 50+ years it has occupied Tibet. According to the UNDP in 2000, real GDP per capita ...
毫厘(háo lí)are two small measurement units for length. The whole idiom means “A miss is as good as a mile./The slightest difference leads to a huge loss./ A minimal error or deviation results in wide divergence. ” Once when I spoke to my parents on the phone, my mum told me ...
For those of us who do care deeply, there is a tendency to feel hopeless and powerless in the face of such a huge problem. It’s time for that to change. Wastefulness needs to become socially unacceptable. Actually doing something will be better for the earth, our descendants and, I am...
Until the rain starts.Tsuyu, a word poetically comprised of the characters for plum (梅) and rain (雨) is when shit gets real on the islands. Even if it doesn’t rain, you can be sure that it threatens to. Weather forecasters rejoice, and go on extended vacation after blocking out ...
000 in donation. Time to get moving and make a difference! Social Distance Runner This race is not designed to be a race per se where you compete with millions to see who comes out on top, rather it is motivation for you to challenge yourself, up your game and get fit for your own...
wait. That’s what you say when it’s your Bar Mitzvah. We still have twelve years until that whole deal. For now, you are still a baby. Officially a toddler. Just saying that word, “toddler,” makes my heart hurt a bit. Weren’t you just this wee little thing curled up on my...
To have created a palace for the poor, he must thought he had huge sins to cleanse. There was cynicism as to his motives for his grand project and suspicion as to howhe had amassed so much money. When Louis XI heard about the scheme he said “It is only right that Rolin after havin...
“Scrooge was better than his word…He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew…”– Charles Dickens,A Christmas Carol This Christmas, along with reading Dickens or watching George Bailey and Charlie Brown, an unlikely source can help cha...
Nothing she said seemed to make an iota of difference. least Used in names of very small animals and plants e g least shrew.That is the least of my concerns. little Used in names of animals and plants that are smaller than related kinds e g little grebe.When she was little she was ...