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Laurel Thatcher was born July 11, 1938, [3] in Sugar City, Idaho, to John Kenneth Thatcher, schoolteacher and superintendent as well as state legislator and farmer; and Alice Siddoway Thatcher. [3] She graduated from the University of Utah , majoring in English and journalism, and gave the valedictory speech at commencement.
Outfielders often use the sound of bat-meeting-ball as a clue to how far a ball has been hit. As physicist Robert Adair has written, "When a baseball is hit straight at an outfielder he cannot quickly judge the angle of ascent and the distance the ball will travel. If he waits until the trajectory is well defined, he has waited too long and ...
The term ne'er-do-well was used in the nineteenth-century Australasian colonies to denote young British and Irish men seen as undesirable. These men were typically thought to be the younger sons of wealthy families who had somehow failed to fulfil their potential, so they were sent to the colonies to 'improve' themselves.
Bonner played 10 seasons in Phoenix after the Mercury selected her with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2009 WNBA draft before she was traded to the Sun in 2020. The USA TODAY app gets you to the ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Free feeding works well for some cats – particularly those who maintain a healthy weight and don’t overeat – but it’s not without its challenges. Credit: Getty Images/Kannika Paison.
Saint Basil visited colonies of hermits in Palestine and Egypt but was most strongly impressed by the organized communities developed under the guidance of Saint Pachomius. Saint Basil's ascetical writings set forth standards for well-disciplined community life and offered lessons in what became the ideal monastic virtue: humility.
Editor's Note: This article contains images that readers may find disturbing. Please read with caution. The Australian parents who severely malnourished their daughter on a strict diet, apparently ...