1904-1991. most widely known as dr. seuss. beloved children’s poet, storyteller, illustrator, and much more. well-known works are the grinch who stole christmas and the cat in the hat. some stories and comics are known for their harsher political undertones associated with the 2nd world war and other significant historical events.
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theodor seuss geisel
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thomas hardy
a 19th-20th century author and poet. influenced by romanticism, namely the works of william wordsworth, he wrote many fine works. such works include tess of the d’urbervilles, far from the madding crowd, and several beautiful poems. (see: the darkling thrush)
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impostor syndrome
constant doubting of your own accomplishments and an internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud. severe feelings of inadequacy and anxiety about needing to be “perfect” in order to prove yourself in an environment where you otherwise have no need
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university of nevada, reno
(see: #449)
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donald trump
he is coming to our biggest little city*. he will speak at the reno-tahoe international airport saturday.
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confessions
even the worst outcome is better than uncertainty.
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indentured servants
many poor europeans paid for their passage to america by becoming indentured servants. they signed a document called the indenture, which committed them to work for the person who paid their passage for a period of time-usually seven years. indentured servants could be severely punished for breaking their contracts. at the end of the agreed-upon time period, they received land or money to help them start their lives in freedom.
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boycott
is a refusal to buy from or deal with another person, company, or nation.
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thomas edison
thomas edison was the most famous inventor during the great age of invention. in his lifetime, he was granted 1,093 patents. his inventions included a telegraph that would send and receive messages simultaneously over the same line; a transmitter for bell's telephone; the phonograph; the incandescent light bulb; the mimeograph machine; waxed paper; and the basic system for making motion pictures.
working at his laboratory in menlo park, new jersey, edison worked long hours, slept little, talked to himself, and became lost in his work. in fact, on his wedding night, he forgot about his bride and went back to his lab to work out a problem. -
tiktok
contrary to popular belief in turkey, there are amazing profiles that are worth watching everyday.
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roger clemens
roger clemens of the new york yankees, one of the game's greatest pitchers, was the most prominent player accused of illegal drug taking.
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twitter
"we found that 47% of local trends in turkey and 20% of global trends are fake, created from scratch by bots. between june 2015 and september 2019, we uncovered 108,000 bot accounts involved, the biggest bot dataset reported in a single paper. our research is the first to uncover the manipulation of twitter trends at this scale," elmas continued."
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walking
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walking is not sport. sport is a discipline, "an ethic, a labour". it is a performance. walking, on the other hand, "is the best way to go more slowly than any other method that has ever been found". if you want to go faster, don't walk. do something else: drive, slide, fly.
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(see: a philosophy of walking)
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connoisseur
expert.
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protein
the word protein comes from the greek word proteos, meaning primary, or taking first place – which is apropos because protein intake is the first thing we set.