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Quote of the day

Quote of the Day
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Manners are the happy way of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love—now repeated and hardened into usage. They form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is washed, and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning meadows.

This Day in History

This Day in History
  • Lakeview Gusher Starts Spewing Oil (1910)
    Modern oil-drilling technology includes safety features such as blowout preventers, but when the Lakeview Gusher exploded in 1910, such safeguards were nonexistent. The result was one of the largest oil spills in history. Located in Kern County, California, the out-of-control oil well created rivers of crude oil that workers rushed to contain with makeshift dams. Though it never caught fire, it eventually released some 9 million barrels of oil. When was it finally brought under control?

Word of the Day

Word of the Day
  • deprecatory
    Definition: (adjective) Tending to diminish or disparage. Synonyms: belittling, slighting. Usage: He depresses me by his abject submission and deprecatory self-abasement when he fears he has gone too far.

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