“and next year’s words await another voice.” To that observation, we can add: this past year’s words also define the language, the conversations, or more accurately, the zeitgeist of the year. Editors of dictionaries take one of two approaches to determine the word of the year...
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In 1953, Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in response to the Red Scare to compare current events at the time to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Miller uses his allegorical tale to reveal the truths behind McCarthyism, presenting a serious warning to the Americans of the history of false ...
The year Harry Potter entered Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, there were forty students that started school. This seems to indicate a very low birth rate, or a very low number of witches and wizards in Great Britain and Ireland, or a combination of both. Also, J. K. Rowling ...
This year’s Quidditch World Cup promises to be as exciting as ever. The sixteen competing countries are: Brazil, Bulgaria, Chad, Fiji, Germany, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, USA and Wales. ...
1692年国际保密法的强制实施于魁地奇世界杯的历史而言是一个分水岭,因为保密法旨在掩藏魔法社会的存在。国际巫师联合会(ICW)将魁地奇世界杯视为最高级别的安全风险,因为这涉及了国际巫师界的大规模迁移和集会。招致大规模抗议及针对ICW的威胁之后,各方同意了比赛的进行,并设立了监管机构——ICWQC——来选取合适的比赛...
20.1.7: The Witch Trials Between the 15th and 18th centuries in Europe, many people were accused of and put on trial for practicing witchcraft. Learning Objective Demonstrate how natural events and pandemics contributed to the hysteria surrounding the witch trials of the 16th through 18th centuries...
During the Celtic Tiger years, Ireland was booming and the economy averaged over 9% growth a year. From what we read, the Irish, being accustomed to sending emigrants abroad for good jobs now were surprised to find immigrants arriving on their shores and into their economy. Things began to ...
“the dark half” of the year, with the following day being All Saint’s Day. The fall festival celebrated the final harvest of the year and also paid tribute to the dead. Bonfires were a staple at these events and it was the time when most cattle were slaughtered for food for the ...
Agreement requires Jamaica to produce an annual primary surplus of 7%, in an attempt to reduce its debt burden below 60% by 2025.Economic growth reached 1.6% in 2016, but declined to 0.9% in 2017 after intense rainfall, demonstrating the vulnerability of the economy to weather-related events....