Women should be drafted, too.

In 1807 a four-volume Family Shakespeare was published in Bath, England. Family was part of the title because, as its anonymous editor explained, “those words and expressions are omitted that cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family.” In Macbeth, for example, “Out, damn’d spot!” ad become “Out, crimson spot!” and in Romeo and Juliet, the heroine speech declaring her love for her suitor was reduced to less than half its original length.

Some calculating prodigies have been gifted mathematicians. Carl Friedrich Gauss, who was born in 1777, was one of the world’s most remarkable mathematical geniuses. His brilliant aptitude for figures was evident from an early age. On his first day in an arithmetic class at school he provided the answers to a series of problem before the teacher had finished dictating them. He published his theory of numbers in 1801 and later became a foremost mathematician of his age.

When Portuguese sailors first encountered a large flightless bird on the island of Mauritius, they were struck by its ludicrous clumsy appearance and the ease with which they were able to catch it. They christened it the doudo, the Portuguese word for stupid. Even the bird’s Latin name (Didus ineptus) emphasized its silliness. Since doudos, or dodos, tasted delicious, they were extinct – hence the origin of the expression “as dead as a dodo.”

What makes the Voynich Manuscript of particular interest is that no one has yet been able to read it in full; the text is written in a code that some of the world’s greatest cryptographers and linguistics experts have failed to decipher.
..The manuscript measures 53/4 by 81/2 inches and is some 200 pages long. Its vellum leaves are covered with extraordinary flowing writing – extraordinary because its author has used a completely unknown alphabet.

The report was strenuously denied. At the time it appeared, Cleveland was in the White House in Washington, D.C., and seemingly in good health. His speech was normal and he displayed no signs of any recent operation. All that his aides would admit was that the 56-year-old president had indeed been on the yacht and had suffered a slight toothache, which was the reason that a dentist had been summoned on board. Most people were satisfied with the official explanation. The argument caused by the report raged briefly but soon died down. The affair was quickly forgotten.

Many people regard clichés as indication of lazy thinking or writing because they are overused. In fact, clichés have become so much a part of the English language; often the original sources are forgotten…Some clichés derive from proverbs or popular sayings, while others are of literary origin. An additional group of clichés comes from writers or famous people whose words or reported sayings have become part of everyday speech…

It was to be the greatest journalistic scoop of all time and would give an unparalleled insight into the mind of the German dictator. Historians, former Nazis, and newspaperman expressed grave doubts the authenticity of documents, but Stern remained adamant that they were genuine. Then, on May 5, West German Forensic scientist announced that the precious manuscripts had failed their tests. The 62 volumes of Hitler’s diaries were fakes..

Nowadays teen don’t speak so much of dating. They talk about “going out.” Whatever you call it, a date is a prearranged time spent with someone of the opposite sex. It brings with it a lot of fears and worries..Dating is enjoyable and has some definite benefits, but there is also danger. The danger is that you will do something that hurt your chances for future happiness.

Renewable energy includes solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, wave energy, hydroelectric energy and biomass energy. Electrical energy and solar energy can be utilized to operate vehicles without polluting the environment. Solar cells can be used in homes and buildings to generate electrical energy..