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What is G.M.T.?

The Question: What does G.M.T. stand for? The Answer: It is Greenwich Mean Time (G.M.T.), now more officially known as Universal Time (UT).…

What's a Hoosier?

The Question: What does the name "Hoosier" mean? The Answer: The word "Hoosier" has been associated with the state of Indiana and its inhabitants…

What's a Klick?

The Question: What is the measurement used by the military called a "click"? Is it a mile? A tenth of a mile? The Answer: "Click" is actually…

What is a Peninsula?

What Exactly is a Peninsula? A peninsula is a landform that is mostly, but not completely, surrounded by water. A peninsula will be connected to a larger landmass, such as a continent or an island,…

What is Culture?

How we live In today’s society, words like corporate culture, popular culture, and culture shock are tossed around like candy but when you are looking for the definition of culture, you may find…

What Is Cancer?

Cancer is really a group of diseases. There are more than 100 different types of cancer, but they all are a disease of some of the body's cells. Healthy cells that make up the body's tissues…

What is Purim?

Celebration of the Deliverance of the Jews by Shmuel Ross Purim Dates (beginning at sundown on the following dates) 2016: March 23 2017: March 11 2018: February 28 2019: March…

What Congress Can Do; What A State Can Not

What Congress Can Do; What A State Can Notby "DELIBERATOR" appeared in The Freeman's Journal; or, The North-American Intelligencer, February 20, 1788.See also Federalist No. 44A writer in the…

What the Thunder Said

What the Thunder Said[41]After the torchlight red on sweaty faces After the frosty silence in the gardens After the agony in stony places The shouting and the crying Prison and palace and…

What Is the Stock Market?

Basics for bulls and bears by Holly Hartman The word stock simply refers to a supply. You may have a stock of T-shirts in your closet, or a stock of pencils in your desk. In the…