1. To put in or restore to an upright or proper position: They righted their boat. 2. To put in order or set right; correct: measures designed to right generations of unfair labor practices. 3. To make reparation or amends for; redress: right a wrong. v.intr. To regain an upright...
Although, as her Wikipedia page puts it, Kerr “is largely unknown to contemporary readers and her books are long out of print,” she had ten novels to her name by the time she was enlisted to work on this project and was a frequent contributor of magazine fiction. In theory, The ...
I use the term loosely because this has been a several year long process and has been built up so dramatically over time that we all knew there was only one outcome to this scenario, and obviously it’s the outcome that every rich person gets. A short stint in a cushy Hollywood jail ...
I can, and I’m growing to love him more and more with each passing day. The one thing I do know is that you never get over trauma, it is something that I’ve learned is here to stay. You just learn how to dance with the limp. So that’s what I did, that’s what I’ve ...
The opposite of euphony,cacophonyis the term used to describe a combination of discordant tones that do not sound good together. Example:You’ll see this literary device used a lot in poetry, for instance, in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”: ...
Thus, it is possible that a moderate degree of warming may increase the capacity of living organisms to adapt to environmental changes and thus have positive effects on the development of tadpoles living at high altitudes. Keywords: warm temperature; UVB; tadpole; high altitude; development ...
ByChris Hedges/Original to ScheerPost Nearly all the words and phrases used by the Democrats, Republicans and the talking heads on the media to describe the unrest inside Israel and the heaviest Israeli assault against the Palestinians since the 2014 attacks on Gaza, which lasted 51 days and ki...
unemployment gives political air cover for the Fed to shift. He expects Wall Street to throw a tantrum (ie equities to drop) if this occurs, but it will do more for righting the global economic situation than a steady drop in the USD. So perhaps the fun is not tonight, but in two ...
Perhaps this is why I’m drawn to media by solo indie creators. Most of the time, I can figure out how it was made. If I like a part, I have enough information to try something similar myself. If I don’t like a part, I can guess why they did it and what went wrong. In ...
Similar proposals were made during the term of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad between 2005 and 2013. At the time, parliament voted to set up a special council to seek a replacement. However, a final decision on transferring the capital was never made. Pezeshkian was inaugurated as Iranian ...