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Word of the Day.

conversazione

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Ron

PRONUNCIATION: (kon-vuhr-sayt-see-O-nee, kahn-, -nay) http://wordsmith.org/words/conversazione.mp3 MEANING: (noun). A formal gathering for conversation, especially on arts, literature, etc. This new system of buying with affordable costs can be obtained by the ED patients to avail a healthy treatment through these medications. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (December 19th): 1777: Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army began a winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pa. 1820: Birthdays: Women’s suffrage leader Mary Livermore. 1868: Birthdays: Novelist Eleanor Porter (Pollyanna). 1902: Birthdays: British actor Ralph Richardson. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (December 18th): 1778: Birthdays: Britain’s Joseph Grimaldi, known as the greatest clown in history. 1788: Birthdays: British Methodist leader and hymnist Charles Wesley. 1856: Birthdays: English physicist Joseph Thomson, discoverer of the electron. 1863: Birthdays: Austro-Hungarian Archduke … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (December 17th): 1760: Birthdays: American Revolutionary War soldier Deborah Sampson, who fought as a man under the alias Robert Shurtleff. 1790: The Aztec Calendar or Solar Stone was uncovered by workmen repairing Mexico City’s Central Plaza. 1807: … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (December 16th): 1485: Birthdays: Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of England’s King Henry VIII. 1770: Birthdays: German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. 1773: Some 50 American patriots, protesting the British tax on tea, dumped 342 chests of … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (December 15th): 0037: Birthdays: The Roman Emperor Nero. 1791: The Bill of Rights, comprising the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, took effect. 1832: Birthdays: French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, builder of the Paris tower that … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (December 14th): 1287: More than 50,000 people died in the flood caused by the collapse of the Zuider Zee dike in the Netherlands. 1503: Birthdays: French astrologer and prophet Nostradamus. 1546: Birthdays: Danish astronomer and mathematician Tycho … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (December 13th): 1545: The Council of Trent began. 1642: Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand. 1816: The United States’ first savings bank, the Provident Institution for Savings, opened in Boston. 1818: Birthdays: Former U.S. first lady … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (December 12th): 1745: Birthdays: John Jay, first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 1781: The HMS Victory defeated the French fleet during the Revolutionary War. 1787: Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Ron

Today in History (December 11th): 1725: Birthdays: U.S. statesman George Mason. 1781: Birthdays: Scottish physicist and kaleidoscope inventor David Brewster. 1789: The North Carolina legislature chartered the University of North Carolina. 1803: Birthdays: French composer Hector Berlioz. 1816: Indiana joined … Continue reading →

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