From the Trivia File “Moron” was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard from the Greek word moros, which…
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From the Trivia File The finger on which the wedding ring is to be worn is the fourth finger of…
Read More »Shedding Light It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put…
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Who is not familiar with the posters that have disseminated William Saroyan’s immortal words concerning the Armenian spirit? It is…
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“RADIOLUR,” the Public Radio of Armenia, carried an article on July 20 (reprinted below) which touched off a series of…
Read More »A Marvelous Mondegreen When our neighbor went to sign up for use of the township tennis courts, the clerk on…
Read More »Ben Franklin on Humility To be humble to superiors is duty; to equals, is courtesy; to inferiors, nobleness. Personally Speaking…
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Read More »No Exceptions The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself. … Marcel Pagnol…
Read More »From A Tramp Abroad It seems that the heavy work in the quarries and the new railway gradings [in Germany]…
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