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Picture of the day for December 30, 2017

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A juvenile green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) from The Gambia..

cognate accusative: Word of the day for December 30, 2017

cognate accusative , n : (grammar) An object of kindred sense or derivation; specifically, that which may adverbially follow an intransitive verb (for example, the word death in “to die the death”).

Article of the day for December 30, 2017

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Article of the day is William Borah. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Picture of the day for December 30, 2017

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Picture of the day on December 30, 2017: A juvenile green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) from The Gambia.

The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth

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The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth How excessive staffing, little competition, generous contracts and archaic rules dramatically inflate capital costs for transit in New York.

Driver Speeds Out Of Bank Drive-Through, Hits Embankment, Flies Over Another Car

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Driver Speeds Out Of Bank Drive-Through, Hits Embankment, Flies Over Another Car

cognate accusative: Word of the day for December 30, 2017

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Word of the day is cognate accusative : (grammar) An object of kindred sense or derivation; specifically, that which may adverbially follow an intransitive verb (for example, the word death in “to die the death”).

The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth

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The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth

Article of the day for December 30, 2017

The Article of the day for December 30, 2017 is William Borah . William Borah (1865–1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator from the state of Idaho. A progressive who served in the Senate from 1907 until his death, he is often considered an isolationist. He reluctantly voted for U.S. entry into World War I in 1917 and, once the war ended, fought successfully against Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, which would have made the U.S. part of the League of Nations. Remaining a maverick, he often fought with the Republican presidents in office between 1921 and 1933, though Coolidge offered to make Borah his running mate in 1924. Deprived of his post as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when the Democrats took control in 1933, Borah supported some New Deal legislation, but opposed other proposals. In his final years, he felt he might be able to settle differences in Europe by meeting with Hitler; though he did not go, this has not enhanced his ...

Driver Speeds Out Of Bank Drive-Through, Hits Embankment, Flies Over Another Car

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Driver Speeds Out Of Bank Drive-Through, Hits Embankment, Flies Over Another Car We have no idea what's going on here and neither does the guy who filmed it, who can only offer a "I fuckin' don't believe it." December 29, 2017 at 05:31PM