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WHEN Prince Edward came to Shildon and Darlington to attend the bicentennial celebrations of the Stockton & Darlington Railway last weekend, ...

75. Any individual whatever is an individual by an individual difference of its own called a thishereness. 446. The wayfarer’s theology – as the wayfarer’s – must be called unqualifiedly practical.

Court papers in Nashville cite irreconcilable differences. Both stars keep working as a parenting plan supports steady ...

Public concern about the insidious spread of illicit drugs has intensified following the recent arrest of several members of ...

This phrase has its own hand motion, of course, in which the speaker pretends to take a shot. As Mr. Lindsay explains, any objection could be used to complete this motion, not exclusively a beverage.

"Communities are known to create huge, always-on 'speech labs' where new phrases can be invented," Ryann Sutera told Newsweek ...

Recounts a meeting with Rohana Wijeweera after his release from prison in 1977 Well-known Australian monk, Bhante S. Dhammika ...

Answering the same question over and over and over again can get grating. But there are important developmental reasons behind why young children are so into asking "why." ...

Shakey Grounds is what I would call a “little movie.” The budget was small, the actors (except for a cameo by the always good ...