In the only monograph on the subject, John Cooper Mendenhall describes aureate terms as "words designed to achieve sententiousness and sonorous ornamentation of style principally through their being new, rare, or uncommon, and approved by the critical opinion of their time." Since the...
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Our guest today is Charlie Hamilton, a photographer who spent a month and a half in the Amazon. He’s going to share with us the challenges and responsibilities of his work. Charlie, the Amazon people have rarely seen people from outside, and you look so different. How do you approach ...
and loving the people who are doing the oppressing”. Today, you will not find a clearer example of the phenomenon Macolm X was referring to than Israel’s wholesale slaughter of Gaza and the mesmerising cover provided by truth-discordant imperial apologia we sometimes call “the...
A.The meaning of some words may not be the same as in English today. B.Some of the words are no longer used today. C.Words about microcomputers are not heard. D.The sounds of speech are completely different from those used today. ...
Rare book dealers have a reputation to protect, so will rarely overcharge, and visiting a store or individual in person means you can see and maybe even handle the investment books before buying. This gives you a much better sense of the condition of the item, and if your rare or old bo...
I was honoured to be given this painting for my work with mountain rescue. I was very humbled and gave a few words very emotional to do. It is a huge award but should be for the efforts of so many over the years. I was inundated by letters emails and words how their lives changed...
Heart beats rarely, then frequently, though... Like before you're not wrathful, not vengeful, oh no! And your eyes are the same, full of woe. These are dreams. To us both the night is still dear, Bravely breaking all barriers so. But the image of her that could not lie, my frien...
Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath. —Gail Sheehy 48 Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves. —Mary Berry ...
For the ‘lifetime’ payment example (below) I used the scenario that:1. They are paid ‘lifetime’ salaries the same as their last working year and2. After retiring, the ‘average’ pollie’s life expectancy is an additional 20 years (which is not unreasonable)....