May 2013
49 posts
Sunday
Hope you’re having a great Sunday!
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And again this :)
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This is beautiful..
“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you...”
– Roald Dahl
TFI Daily News: Seeking College Edge, Chinese... →
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By Kyle Spencer, NY Times, May 12, 2013
Weiling Zhang, a sophomore at the Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, yearned to communicate with more conviction and verve than her peers back home—the “American way,” she said.
Yijia Shi, a freshman, wanted to increase her chances of an acceptance…
TFI Daily News: Word of the Day →
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sui generis \soo-eye-JEN-uh-ris\ adjective : constituting a class alone : unique, peculiar
Example: Among history’s greats, Leonardo da Vinci is often considered sui generis—a man of such stupendous genius that the world may never see his like again.
English contains many terms that…
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Star Trek Into The Darkness
Was amazing! Had a great time watching it yesterday. :)
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Diaspora…
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Listen
Anger management
I am usually quite a subdued person, very rarely will I get angry. I seek to maintain it that way.
Hulk
You bring out the worst in me sometimes, and it is my job to ensure that I don’t lose it. Stay calm.
Cool.
Chilled.
Don’t lose your cool.
A Guatemalan court has convicted a former dictator... →
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A Guatemalan court has convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison.
The 86-year-old former general is the first former Latin American leader ever found guilty of such a charge.
A three-judge tribunal issued the verdict after the nearly two-month trial in which dozens of victims testified...
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“I have a million things to talk to you about. A million things we have to talk...”
– Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
Yup, I remember reading this.
TFI Daily News: Unhappy with your life? You might... →
hahaha French!
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By Sara Miller Llana, Dheepthi Namasivayam, CS Monitor, May 2, 2013
Paris—In Southern Europe, unemployment is rampant. In the north, particularly Germany, the public is grumbling that they are bailing out the fiscally irresponsible. And everywhere on the continent, Europe’s vaunted welfare…
Thought of the Day
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“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.“—Vince Lombardi
Harper Lee wrote just one book, and now she's in a... →
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In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan, Lee says Samuel Pinkus, the son-in-law of Lee’s long-time agent, Eugene Winick, took advantage of her failing hearing and eyesight to transfer the rights on the book, which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and became an Oscar-winning film.
The 87-year-old says she has no memory of agreeing to relinquish her rights...
April 2013
22 posts
TFI Daily News: 10 things you can still ask for on... →
A tour of the cockpit?! Wow! :D
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Christine Sarkis, SmarterTravel.com, April 25, 2013 From shrinking seats to ever-dwindling in-flight amenities, the airline industry really earns its tight-fisted reputation. But if you know what to ask for, you’ll find that in-flight offerings are not quite as stingy as they seem. We asked…
