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schlep: Word of the day for July 24, 2017

schlep , v : (transitive, informal) To carry, drag, or lug. (intransitive, informal) To go, as on an errand or task. (intransitive, informal) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner. Isaac Bashevis Singer, the Polish-born Jewish author in Yiddish who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature, died on this day in 1991.

schlep: Word of the day for July 24, 2017

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Word of the day is schlep : (transitive, informal) To carry, drag, or lug. (intransitive, informal) To go, as on an errand or task. (intransitive, informal) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner. Isaac Bashevis Singer, the Polish-born Jewish author in Yiddish who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature, died on this day in 1991.

Article of the day for July 24, 2017

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

This Man Used His Inherited Fortune To Fund The Racist Right

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This Man Used His Inherited Fortune To Fund The Racist Right

Article of the day for July 24, 2017

The Article of the day for July 24, 2017 is Monte Ne . Monte Ne is a former health resort and planned community in the U.S. state of Arkansas, open from 1901 to the mid-1930s. It was owned and operated by William Hope Harvey, a financial theorist and writer, in the Ozark hills of the White River valley east of Rogers on the edge of Beaver Lake. Two of its hotels, Missouri Row and Oklahoma Row, were the largest log buildings in the world at the time, and Oklahoma Row's tower is one of the earliest examples of a multi-story concrete structure. The resort was not a financial success, due in part to Harvey's management style, and shortly after his death the property was sold off. The remainder of the resort and town was almost completely submerged after Beaver Lake was created in 1964. The severely vandalized Oklahoma Row tower is the only remaining structure that can be seen at normal lake levels. The area on the edge of Beaver Lake still referred to as Monte Ne, owned and manage

The New 'Thor: Ragnarok' Trailer Is Hell Of A Lot Of Fun

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The New 'Thor: Ragnarok' Trailer Is Hell Of A Lot Of Fun The new "Thor" movie appears to be a balancing act between very serious stuff (the Goddess of Death, the "end of everything"), and some very funny banter between Thor, the Hulk and Loki. And it looks like it's gonna work great. July 23, 2017 at 02:16AM

This Man Used His Inherited Fortune To Fund The Racist Right

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This Man Used His Inherited Fortune To Fund The Racist Right William Regnery II, a man who inherited millions but struggled in business, tried for 15 years to ignite a racist political movement — and failed. Then an unforeseen phenomenon named Donald Trump gave legitimacy to what Regnery had seeded long before: the alt-right.