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Why the Silence Breakers Are TIME's Person of the Year 2017

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Why the Silence Breakers Are TIME's Person of the Year 2017

afflatus: Word of the day for December 7, 2017

afflatus , n : A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence. The Roman orator and philosopher Cicero, who first used the related Latin word adflātū in the “inspiration” sense in his work De Natura Deorum (The Nature of the Gods, 44 B.C.E.), died on this day in 43 B.C.E.

Why the Silence Breakers Are TIME's Person of the Year 2017

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Why the Silence Breakers Are TIME's Person of the Year 2017 Donald Trump was on the shortlist, but the women who bravely spoke up about sexual harassment and started the current movement are Time's Person of the Year.

Picture of the day for December 7, 2017

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HMS Belfast (C35) ship on the River Thames and Tower Bridge in London before sunrise.

State Rep. Freaks Out After Colleague Touches His Arm In Meeting, Whole Room Cracks Up At Him

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State Rep. Freaks Out After Colleague Touches His Arm In Meeting, Whole Room Cracks Up At Him Pennsylvania GOP state rep. Daryl Metcalfe wants Rep. Matt Bradford and everyone else to know: "I'm a heterosexual, I have a wife, I love my wife, I don't like men as you might, stop touching me." December 6, 2017 at 09:41PM

State Rep. Freaks Out After Colleague Touches His Arm In Meeting, Whole Room Cracks Up At Him

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State Rep. Freaks Out After Colleague Touches His Arm In Meeting, Whole Room Cracks Up At Him

Picture of the day for December 7, 2017

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Picture of the day on December 7, 2017: HMS Belfast (C35) ship on the River Thames and Tower Bridge in London before sunrise