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[1] [4] [5] One of her most famous speeches which appears in the book is "Our House Is on Fire". [6] [7] [8] The first edition was published on 30 May 2019. An expanded edition was published on 21 November 2019 with five new speeches. [9] In November 2019, Thunberg was named author of the year by Waterstones for No One Is Too Small to Make a ...
Horace's Dona præsentis cape lætus horæ ac linque severe on the Villa Vizcaya, Miami, Florida Vita in motu on one of the sundials (right) at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Amicis qualibet hora. (Any hour for my friends.) [11] Dona præsentis cape lætus horæ [ac linque severe]. (Take the gifts of this hour joyfully [and leave them sternly ...
There are two different definitions of winter: meteorological and astronomical. One started Dec. 1; the other won't be here until Dec. 21.
A distinction without a difference is a type of logical fallacy where an author or speaker attempts to describe a distinction between two things where no discernible difference exists. [1] It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid.
A quotation or quote is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. [1] In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying.
The Grinch. The Grinch can't steal our Christmas spirit, but he sure can deliver laughs. In the 2018 adaptation of Dr. Seuss' beloved children's storybook, Benedict Cumberbatch brings the mean ol ...
The winter solstice occurs during the hemisphere's winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (December 21 or 22) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (June 20 or 21). Although the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment, the term also refers to the day on which it occurs.
Jack Frost is the alias of Dane McGowan one of the main characters from the 1990s Vertigo series The Invisibles. In Jack of Fables (a Fables spinoff) the titular character became Jack Frost for a period of time. A second Jack Frost ("Jack too, or Jack two") appears as the son of Jack Horner and The Snow Queen.