If it is possible to cut out a word, always cut it out. Never use the passive where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright ...
The wordkathakmeans a speaker, or a professional narrator of scriptural and mythological stories (Subhas Bhattacharya,Saṁsad Bengali English Dictionary, third edition (Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad, 2008), 172). The word originates from the Bengali nounkathā, which means words spoken or mode of s...
The text seems to be following the Tantrāloka (4.175), where the root kal in the sense of gatau (“to go” or “to know”) means entering into the nature of consciousness in the manner of reflection. MP (T) 9.41-45: Evaṃ madyavyasanino ye kecijjantavaḥ sthitāḥ/ teṣ...
Using this concept in urban policy and governance means that the critical success factor is speed of recovery to the system’s prior state, and that returning to a state of equilibrium is an indicator of persistence and stability, which are both desirable (Davoudi,2016). This concept however h...
“We’ll have to go back as planned and return only when we have a way of keeping the tunnel entrance clear. That means heaters must be installed.” Joss nodded and turned back. # The scholars ran with their new data. The great globe they had seen in the sky was said to be ‘Jupi...
American streets and college campuses are alive with protesters claiming Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza. Those who use this word obviously do not know what “genocide” means. Look it up. You will find “genocide” defined by Merriam-Webster as “the deliberate and systematic destruct...
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party 16 years ago and there were so few of us. To have somebody like H.E.R a part of this excites me because she still thinks it matters. That means that if a woman in her twenties sees how much we still have to do to get to where we need to be, that means it’s important...
salient cues and slower time organization can lead to better word encoding and, in turn, more accurate repetition in quiet and in noise, with such effect being more pronounced in musicians. Amusia screening as a new methodological approach
West Africa is also known as the “Bulge of Africa” and comprises the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. There are...