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Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Asian Loan Words IntroductionWords derived from: Chinese & Korean JapaneseMalay & TagalogPolynesianAmoy (eastern China) pekoe…The Olympic Games Summary
Olympic Games: Years and LocationWinter Games: Gold MedalsSummer Games: Gold Medals The first Olympic Games of which there is record were held in 776 B.C., and consisted of one event, a great…Fifty States and Fifty Fun Facts
StateHome ofAlabama George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanutsAlaska The longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states…Coleridge: Dejection: an Ode, Notes
France: an OdeYouth and AgeDejection: an Ode 55, 1 of motto-*yestreen*. Abbreviation of "yester-even," yesterday evening. 58, 82-*But now afflictions*, etc. In March 1801 Coleridge…Postal Information
/**/ The U.S. Post Office predates the Constitution, and has helped keep the public informed and in touch ever since. "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the…The Star-Spangled Banner
—Francis Scott Key, 1814O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,…Olympic Multitasker
Oscar Pistorius will compete in two Olympics in one summer by Catherine McNiff Oscar Pistorious Source: Wiki Commons Related Links 2012 Summer…Brewer's: Tria Juncta in Uno
The motto of the Order of the Bath. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TriadsTrevethy Stone A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: E Pluribus Unum
(Latin). One unity composed of many parts. The motto of the United States of America. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894EagerE.G. A B C D E F G H I J…Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday, May 5, 2016, is a day of remembrance for six million Jews who perished during the Holocaust by Gerry Brown The motto "Work Makes Free" is inscribed in the gates of the first Nazi…Trending
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