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Humblebrag – a statement that purports to be modest while delivering a boast. Hypallage – a literary device that reverses the syntactic relation of two words (as in "her beauty's face"). Hyperbaton – a figure of speech in which words that naturally belong together are separated from each other for emphasis or effect.
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Warlords also leveraged the media as a tool for propaganda and psychological warfare. Before launching military campaigns, they often flooded the press with statements condemning their rivals on moral and political grounds while issuing military threats. Once victorious, the winning faction typically suppressed the opposing warlord's media outlets.
The guy asked to make another statement after getting a tongue lashing from the judge. And he did it again - telling her to go f**k herself. And got another 6 months.
Justice James C. McReynolds's dissent emphasized a body of case law, with sweeping statements about state control of education before suggesting the possibility that despite the majority opinion, Missouri could still deny Gaines admission. The decision did not quite strike down separate but equal facilities, upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896 ...
Watson settled a civil lawsuit with his accuser in October. The confidentiality of the agreement prevented the NFL from getting evidence for its investigation.
The statement also made reference to "blackbirding", a term for people from places including the Pacific Islands being deceived, coerced or kidnapped to work on plantations in Australia and elsewhere.
Sweep Away All Cow Demons and Snake Spirits [1] (Chinese: 横扫一切牛鬼蛇神; pinyin: Héngsǎo yīqiè níuguǐ shéshén [2]), alternatively translated as Obliterate All Ox Demons and Snake Spirits, [3] Sweep Away All Ox-ghosts and Snake-spirits, [4] is an editorial published by the People's Daily on June 1, 1966, [5] calling on the masses to rise up and "sweep away all cow demons and ...