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Language, such concerned citizens fail to realize, is a living organism; languages have always grown, evolved, and eventually died out and will doubtless continue to do so. Today’s French, Italian and Spanish effectively “killed off” Latin. In mainland China, a simplified script...
Apart from the kangaroo, the koala and other enchanting marsupials, Australia seems short of identity icons. There is, of course, Ayers Rock, the most sublime stone on earth. There is also the incomparable Great Barrier Reef, a single coral organism some 1,250 miles long. We have two famous structures...
To say that Jimmy Eat World’s new album, “Chase This Light,” is “bad” doesn’t really do justice to this invasive, rash-inducing organism that festers in the drain of the alternative genre.
Such examples might be little more than anecdotal, but personality tests show that while firstborns score especially well on the dimension of temperament known as conscientiousness-a sense of general responsibility and follow-through-later-borns score higher on what's known as agreeableness, or the simple ability to get...
Many professional golfers have criticized Carnoustie for its severity - "Carnasty" is a preferred sobriquet - but their debt to the course is immense. The modern golf swing that has brought them unparalleled control of the ball (and untold riches) was invented here and came about as a direct response to the...