“If you don’t know whose signs these are, you can’t have driven very far.” – Burma-Shave Small red signs with white letters dot the roadside near I-90 west of Wall. “There once was a girl from Pierre, She only drank Firehouse beer; Because when she drinks liquor She...
Bronchogenic carcinoma: A malignant neoplasm of the lung arising from the epithelium of the bronchus or bronchiole. Lung cancer accounts for 30 percent of all cancer deaths in the U.S., most of which are directly attributable to cigarette use. – Loyola University...
Dog Days of Summer: The hottest days of summer. A literal translation from the Latin caniculares dies. The ancient Romans ascribed the apex of summer heat to the ascendancy of the dog star, or Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens. It is in the...
Orator: Someone who makes speeches in public, especially someone who is good at doing this. – MacMillan Dictionary Both the Democrat and Republican national conventions are now history, and as a certified political junkie, I can tell you that neither candidate...
Racism: A belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. — Merriam Webster Dictionary George Track stood well over 6 feet with a barrel chest,...
Conflict of interest: “A situation in which someone who has to make a decision in an official capacity stands to profit personally from the decision. For example, a judge who rules on a case involving a corporation in which he or she owns stock has a conflict of...
