Does anybody know how "real estate" is distinguished from "fake estate"?

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The Russian word for "comrade" is товарищ (tovariszcz), which also means "friend" or "peer," and archaically could denote "helper." Its root is товар (tovar) which means "goods," "commodities" or "freight." (By the way, does anyone know what its Spanish cognate--perhaps a false one--as in this hotel, means? The etymology of the word is thought ( Read more... )

The Latin word vir (man) gave logical rise to the word virile, and also to the word virtue, which referred to manliness and moral strength, at the time (and more frequently nowadays than people think) considered synonymous. In 1432, virtual was used to mean "capable of producing an effect." By 1654, the word referred to something capable of ( Read more... )

7/25/06

THE WORLD SHOULD NEVER FORGET WHAT EVIL WERE DONE TO GOD'S PEOPLE AT HOLOCAUST BY MAD HITLER & HIS ARMY. GOD WOULD CERTAINLY NOT FORGET. THE SAME WAY THAT HITLER WAS STOPPED, TODAY'S ISLAMOFASCIST WOULD HAVE TO BE STOPPED AS WELL

GOD BLESS AMERICA & ALL THE PEOPLE IN IT

T.M. FROM IRAN

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Today I noticed this bulletin board at the local high school, and was impressed. I walked up to it and read about different ways in which oil can be mined and refined, how much the US and the world use, how much is left, and suggestions such as carpooling and buying a car with good fuel economy. The board also discussed alternative fuels and why ( Read more... )

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I guess now we know where it's at.

I got an anonymous request to fix the photo links for this entry. I replied to it and got barraged by E-mails. I didn't know people were still reading that! The pictures are back. Enjoy.

The Declaration of Independence holds that it is "self-evident" that we are "endowed...with certain unalienable [r]ights." Since then, people have been all over these "rights." Critics of the PATRIOT Act worry that it violates our "right to privacy." A picture of a pro-choice rally shows a sign reading "ABORTION IS HEALTHCARE. HEALTHCARE IS A ( Read more... )