A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank. dowagerism noun (n.) The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively....
Burkina Faso is struggling with a violent insurgency waged by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that began in neighbouring Mali in 2012 and has spread to other countries south of the Sahara Desert. The violence has killed thousands, displaced nearly two million and fuelled poli...
The local government in Sonora, Mexico, prevents children from being registered with names that might be construed as derogatory, pejorative, discriminatory, or devoid of meaning—or that would expose kids to ridicule. We can only imagine the mean rhymes the classmates of little “All Power” wou...
One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward). hydrostatician noun (n.) One who is versed or skilled ...
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A lot of things in life are considerably easier than they used to be. Naming a baby is not one of them. Unless you're locked into a family favorite, there are more and more names, featuring a seemingly never-ending amount of spelling variations, than ever before.Get...
Background: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the integrated Practical Approach to Lung Health in South Africa (PALSA) guideline in identifying patients requiringbacteriological screening for tuberculosis (TB), and to determine which clinical features best predict suspected and bacteriologically confir...
Marx in theGrundrissesees the future of capitalism as the End of History, or as he termed it the monopoly capitalist was ultimately seeking the elimination of space and time in a global system of absolute control: “In as much as the circuits which capital travels in order to go from one...
prominent slave trade depot, the large presence of African slaves gave off the impression of it being like Africa itself. Algiers is the capital city of Algeria, and there is a legend that General “Bloody” O’Reilly suggested the name after recently fighting Algerian pirates in Mediterranean ...
Critics have warned this can stigmatise countries where variants are first found and some have warned the rise in coverage of the so-called Indian variant as it becomes more widespread could fuel racism against Indian people.Human Rights Watch said that "political parties and group...