Eventually, Cherono’s story fell apart, and in July, the 37-year-old was banned for seven years. All of those success stories, and the others that have taken out some of Kenya’s biggest stars, have hurt, Korir said. But he also said the “bad apples” must not overshado...
Brown's death was shortly followed by the fatal police encounters of Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and others -- which continued the growing popularity of the phrase and its use in protest and activist circles for many years to come, according to research from Ohio State University on the rhetoric...
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The Origin of Philosophy:The Attributes of Mythic/Mythopoeic ThoughtThe pioneering work on this subject was The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man, An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East by Henri Frankfort, H.A. Frankfort, John A. Wilson, Thorkild Jacobsen, and William A. ...
These cakes were exclusive to the wealthy, as sugar was not readily available and very expensive.With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, sugar was more affordable and cakes were seen at all levels of income. During the 1700s candles were added to the cakes. The candles totaled the...
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, 'nitty gritty' now refers to “the basic facts of a situation”. But it is believed the phrase once had less palatable connotations, with many considering the term to have roots to be in the slave trade – its use is already banned in institutions ...
I knew the smears were coming, because I knew history. What blocked my writing bound my intellectualism. What finally set me free to be an intellectual was the face of death, a face I still stare at to amass the courage to be an intellectual. ...
Ken: Unfortunately. Unfortunately, I was banned from watching TV as a child. 肯:不幸的是,我小时候家里不让我看电视。 Wendi: Are you serious? 温迪:真的吗? Ken: Yeah, so. 肯:对。 Wendi: Were you really? 温迪:真的? Ken: I did not grow up watching TV. Yeah. I was not raised on...
"Desperado" was the last song The Eagles ever performed on tour. It closed their show out on July 29, 2015, and six months later their lead singer, Glenn Frey, was dead. While the song is a fan favorite, it was never released as a single, which helped to boost album sales. 'Stairw...
Whitelist” was birthed after the word “blacklist” was adopted in the early 17th century to mean “a list of personswho are disapproved of or are to be punished or boycotted; a list of banned or excluded things of disreputable character.” That’s according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary....