Google tells me the word chukker is derived from a Hindi word meaning “circle” or “turn”. As far as I could tell most of the players in the game I watched were derived from Argentina. I came to this conclusion by moving over to the other side of the field, the one with a bunc...
only the number of transmission hours in English and Chinese is bigger than those in Russian. Russian probably ranks high in the schedules of China’s state broadcaster for a number of reasons: historical, for the sake of cooperation in “working for a multi-polar world”,and because of a ...
In theMarseille deck,the table has a square top and three legs. This is because the card represents, among many things, theGreat Pyramid of Giza, in Egypt.The Pyramid has sides of three and a base of four. The Magician’s table has three legs and square top. The letter associated with...
✪ Engström was dubbed “Skandia Man” by Lars Larsson because he worked in the Skandia Insurance Co tower building which fronts on to Sveavägen-Tunnelgatan◘ and perhaps in some measure jolting Swedes out of a lingering outlier complacency◕ among the considerable number of suspects ‘...
universal language to speak. This language, calledEsperanto(meaning “one who hopes”), is largely based on European languages. It never achieved Zamenhof’s ultimate goals, but throughout the 20th century, it played a significant role in some international affairs—and has an active community of...
But tomorrow matters because this nation’s sporting cupboard has an empty space. Cricket’s Cup has eluded them and as Andrew Alderson, a sportswriter with the New Zealand Herald says: “Yes, it’s the missing piece in the jigsaw.” To lose in the final for a second successive time wou...
1⃞ “Bombay” (meaning “good bay”) was the name the English adopted during the British Raj which derived from Bombaim, the name the Portuguese chose for the city during their occupation 2⃞ the new name, Mumbai, didn’t trigger a change in the name of the city’s famous fi...
It is important to point out that while some people may intend to take the vaccine, that is not necessarily the same as accepting it because some professions are required to take the vaccine, and in that case, they intend to take it (strictly to meet some job requirements) but do not ...
everything in the universe, love permeates every part, every aspect of creation. If there is one answer to the question, “How and why does this world exist?” the answer, in one word, is ‘Love’. Rather, the answer is ‘Pure Love’, since the word ‘love’ has lost its meaning...
But what I’m really mad about, if I’m being honest, is the confidence with which men assert this “universal truth” that “men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way”. Because when Billy Crystal said this inWhen Harry Met Sally,I believed him.Whe...