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Quote of the day

Quote of the Day
  • Mark Twain
    It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

This Day in History

This Day in History
  • The "Beeching Axe" Decimates British Railways (1963)
    In an effort to reduce the cost of running the nationalized railway system of the UK, the British government commissioned a report to find ways to save money. Authored by Dr. Richard Beeching, the report concluded that many of the railway's lines were costing more to operate than they earned and called for the elimination of unprofitable routes and closure of a large percentage of railway stations. More than 2,000 stations were closed as a result of the "Beeching Axe." What became of Beeching?

Word of the Day

Word of the Day
  • purlieu
    Definition: (noun) An outer adjacent area of any place. Synonyms: environs. Usage: These skulking visitors would keep about the purlieus of the camp until daylight; when, on the first stir of life among the sleepers, they would scamper off until they reached some rising ground.

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