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The word lottery was used in a number of ways during the colonial period, including financing the Virginia Company and public works projects such as paving streets, building wharves, and constructing buildings at Harvard and Yale. Today, states continue to run state-sponsored lotteries to raise re...
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United Stat...
The word itself is thought to be derived from the Dutch verb lot, which means “to draw lots.” The modern state lottery began in 1769, with New York’s first lottery drawing held on July 4, 1770. In colonial America, public lotteries were common and played a major role in funding ...
1. A European spacecraft took off today to spearhead the search for another "Earth" among the stars. 2. The Corot space telescope blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan shortly after 2.20pm. 3. Corot, short for convection rotation and planetary ...
There was a statement made a few years ago that you can’t be healthy if you’re fat (sorry: I have no clue as to who coined this phrase – suggestions welcome). And looking purely at statistical records (observations – not interpretations or Wild ___ Guesses (WAGs) the number of ca...
Being in the Word reminds me of that truth. –Forgive. Often when a woman says, “I’m tired of waiting,” another “I’m tired of…” statement is not far behind: “I’m tired of forgiving.” I’ve been there many times and have even convinced myself that it was my forgiveness...
In the week before shooting I sent the runners out into the locality to buy 50 mugs from charity shops. I told them to buy a few base-white mugs in each one. Spread the word that a local had come back to make a film, WITHOUT the money thatHarry PotterandRobin Hoodhad had to throw...
People often say that a free market leads to huge economic disparities that are incompatible with Jefferson’s statement that “all men are created equal.” The best answer I have ever heard to this comes from Malcolm Muggeridge, a British author who was a very outspoken Christian. ...