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My grandniece got a job when she turned 16. She worked in a local supermarket. She is lazy, and was not a fast worker. The manager reduced her hours, then let her go. She was disappointed, but said she would work harder at the next job. |
The Incongruous Spy: Two Novels of Suspense (1964), by John le Carré, is an omnibus edition of le Carré's first two novels Call for the Dead (1961) and A Murder of Quality (1962). The omnibus, about George Smiley, was released after his third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963). |
Jenny Hanley (born 15 August 1947) is an English actress. She remains best known for being one of the presenters of the ITV children's magazine programme Magpie. |
Live! is a live album by Chuck Berry, released in 1994 by Columbia River Entertainment Group. |
Mercedes "Misty" Knight is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Tony Isabella and Arvell Jones, the character was first mentioned in Marvel Premiere #20 (January 1975) and first appeared in Marvel Premiere #21 (March 1975). |
Government financial statements are annual financial statements or reports for the year. The financial statements, in contrast to budget, present the revenue collected and amounts spent. The government financial statements usually include a statement of activities (similar to an income statement in the private sector),... |
Every Thanksgiving, Josie broke the wishbone with her father. It was their tradition since she was three years old. She waited patiently as her whole family sat down to their meal. She got up from her seat when her mother started clearing the table. She got the wishbone and went to find her father. |
U.S. Route 25E (US 25E) is the eastern branch of US 25 from Newport, Tennessee, where US 25 splits into US 25E and US 25W, to North Corbin, Kentucky, where the two highways rejoin. The highway, however, continues as US 25E for roughly until it joins Interstate 75 (I-75) in the Laurel County community of North Corbin a... |
The 6th PGA Golden Laurel Awards, honoring the best film and television producers of 1994, were held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, California on March 8, 1995. The nominees were announced on January 26, 1995. |
Khmer (; , UNGEGN: ) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Khmer people, and the official and national language of Cambodia. Khmer has been influenced considerably by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious registers, through Hinduism and Buddhism. It is also the earliest recorded and earliest wr... |
John looked outside. He saw that it was cloudy. Knowing it would probably rain soon, he decided to leave for work now. He ended up getting rained on then. He regretted his decision to leave early. |
Katie wanted a new dress. She didn't have enough money for the one she wanted. She decided to keep shopping. She finally found another one. She ended up liking it even more. |
Literary nonsense (or nonsense literature) is a broad categorization of literature that balances elements that make sense with some that do not, with the effect of subverting language conventions or logical reasoning. Even though the most well-known form of literary nonsense is nonsense verse, the genre is present in m... |
"NoMa" is a moniker for the area north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station in Washington, D.C. NoMa includes the neighborhoods of Sursum Corda, Eckington, and Near Northeast and includes a section historically known as Swampoodle. |
Wright is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the 19th century South Australian architect Edmund Wright, it is a suburban electorate in Adelaide's outer north-east, taking in the suburbs of Brahma Lodge, Gulfview Heights, Modbury Heights, Redwood Park, Salisbury S... |
She said I should not give that kind of gift. I was headed out of town for a few months. Things had been sour between us. I left a chocolate pie on her doorstep. I wanted to tell her I was going. |
Adrian got in the car with Melissa and headed down the street. They both had been drinking heavily. Adrian noticed they were going the wrong way down a one way street. Melissa hit a u-turn without looking were she was and hit a pole. Adrian smacked his head into the windshield and broke the rear view. |
This summer I got a job as a student teacher. I'm helping summer school students this year. Not even 10 minutes into the job, I've had boogers wiped on me. Someone else decided to pee their pants, which I had to clean up. Now I feel like the kid who won't stop crying for his mother. |
Ricky Kanee Schachter, FRCP(C), CM (December 23, 1918 – July 1, 2007) was a dermatologist who practiced in the Toronto area, and was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998, as "a researcher, teacher, administrator and healer, whose work in the areas of skin cancer and psoriasis has improved the lives of he... |
Big Girl's Blouse was an Australian skit program that aired in the mid-1990s on the Seven Network. The show was created by Gina Riley, Jane Turner and Magda Szubanski who all went on to star in Kath & Kim and the characters Kath, Kim and Sharon all feature together in several sketches on the show. There were four one-h... |
Wendy Burge (born October 1, 1957) is an American former competitive figure skater. Born in Alaska, she won the silver medal at the 1975 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed 6th at the 1976 Winter Olympics. She retired in Orange County, California after working as a professional coach for over twenty years. |
Midnight and Jeremiah () is a 1943 children's book written by Sterling North and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. It concerns a boy named Jeremiah who adopts a black baby lamb and as the story progresses they share a strong bond. Midnight and Jeremiah was the basis for the 1948 film So Dear to My Heart, whose title was used ... |
Aaron had diabetes. He used a diabetic pump. The batteries went out. He got new ones. He changed them out. |
It was Shane's turn to ride the zip line. He grabbed the bar and raced down. He wasn't ready for the sudden jolting stop. He fell off and landed on his hands. He broke both of his arms. |
Bart got a skateboard for Christmas. Bart tried to ride the skateboard. Bart fell off the skateboard. Bart was scared of the skateboard. Bart hid the skateboard in his closet. |
Halloween was approaching, and Ms Clark's class was having a contest. The teacher would give candy to whoever had the most original costume. As she inspected them, she saw princesses, ninjas and many others. Finally she spotted Dan, dressed as a pineapple with large holes. Dan won first place for his 'pineapple jack-o-... |
KYRV (93.7 FM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Roseville, California and broadcasts to the Sacramento metropolitan area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a classic rock radio format. The KYRV studios are located in North Sacramento near Arden Fair Mall, and its transmitter is in Granite Ba... |
Craigmyle is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Starland County. It is located between the towns of Delia and Hanna. It was named in 1912 by a Canadian Northern Railway ahead of the train's arrival in April 1914. The name is said to be based on a Scottish estate. Previously incorporated as a village, Craigmyle dissolv... |
Simon invited his friend Joey over for a play-date. He was looking forward to playing Minecraft with his friend. Right before Joey arrived, the internet went out. Simon tried resetting the router, but it didn't help. Simon and Joey played outside until the router was back online. |
Harvard High School may refer to: |
My dog sheds a lot. I find dog hair everywhere it seems. When I try to brush him he tries to eat the hair that brushes off. So last night I tried while he was asleep. It worked, and I think I can craft another dog with the hair. |
Sacramento Pride is an American women's soccer team, founded in 2001. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the third tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the North Division of the Pacific Conference. |
Jen ran out of the house with her bag and cup. She was running late for work. When she got to work she could not find her cup. She searched in her car and in her bag. Then she realized she put it on top of her car. |
Family Rosary Crusade is a worldwide campaign that eventually became a Catholic movement, which was founded by Patrick Peyton, an Irish-American priest who is being considered for sainthood by the Vatican. The endeavor came to be a personal mission to undertake the promotion of the praying of the Rosary by families as ... |
Aporia nabellica, the dusky blackvein, is a mid-sized to large butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India and Pakistan in the western Himalayas: Kashmir to Naini Tal from . It has a wingspan of 6 to 7 cm. |
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Koge-Donbo about a seventh grade girl named Karin who finds out that she can transform into a goddess. The series began as a manga first serialized in January 2003. Kamichama Karin was serialized in the Japanese shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi and published by Kodansha. Whi... |
There is a large ethnic marketplace a few miles from my house. I can get some pretty interesting international dishes there. I am planning to make a new seafood dish for an upcoming dinner party. I fear my friends will consider the cuisine too exotic for them. I will simply be enthusiastic and pressure them into trying... |
Salem Hanna Khamis () (November 22, 1919 – June 16, 2005) was a Palestinian economic statistician for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization who helped formalise the Geary-Khamis method of computing purchasing power parity of currencies. |
Garadjari (Karajarri, many other spellings; see below) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Karajarri people. The language is a member of the Marrngu subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan family. It is spoken along the coast of northwestern Australia. |
The Lovers of Teruel () is a romance story that is alleged to have taken place in 1217 in the city of Teruel (Aragón). |
David is very competitive. He always tries to beat everyone he competes with. One day, David's brother challenges him to a game of chess. David lost the chess match to his brother. Now, David tries to be less competitive and more understanding. |
Elizabeth College was a private Lutheran women's college in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Salem, Virginia, that operated between 1896 and 1922. |
A banshee ( ; Modern Irish , from , "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Her name is connected to the mythologically important tumuli or "mounds" that dot the Irish countryside, ... |
Remarks on Certain Passages in the Thirty-Nine Articles, better known as Tract 90, was a theological pamphlet written by the English theologian and churchman John Henry Newman and published in 1841. It is the most famous and the most controversial of the Tracts for the Times produced by the first generation of the Angl... |
Judy was coming home from work. She decided to stop by a gas station to fill up. She overheard people talking about the big jackpot. She decided to take a chance and bought a ticket. The next morning to Judy's surprise she had won the jackpot! |
Charles was a very serious man and didn't laugh a lot. His friends tried to tell jokes but he remained untouched. To make him lose his composure, his friends decided to trick him. They invited him to a conference which was in a fact a clown party. Charles wasn't happy, but a smile turned the corner of his lips. |
Pauline Croze (born 4 May 1979, in Noisy-le-Sec) is a French pop/folk singer and musician. |
Mary Carol Winkler (born on December 10, 1973) is an American woman who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 2006 shooting of her husband, Matthew Winkler, the pulpit minister at the Fourth Street Church of Christ in the small town of Selmer, Tennessee. |
I was trying to work. I couldn't concentrate with the dog staring at me. She started to howl. I told her to be quiet. She just got louder until I petted her. |
The district of Kodagu in present-day Karnataka comprises the area of the former princely state of the same name. |
Manga, in the sense of narrative multi-panel cartoons made in Japan, originated from Euro-American-style cartoons featured in late 19th-century Japanese publications. The form of manga as speech-balloon-based comics more specifically originated from translations of American comic strips in the 1920s, with several early... |
An astronomical interferometer or telescope array is a set of separate telescopes, mirror segments, or radio telescope antennas that work together as a single telescope to provide higher resolution images of astronomical objects such as stars, nebulas and galaxies by means of interferometry. The advantage of this tech... |
Mar Sargis Yousip, is the Assyrian Church of the East's Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq. Born in 1950 in Baghdad, he was consecrated a bishop at the age of 17 by Mar Yosip Khnanisho on 2 March 1967 at the Mar Zaia Cathedral in Baghdad. In 2002 the bishop left for the United States and has since been unable to return to his dio... |
State Route 14 (SR 14) is a major east-to-west state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama. Spanning , the highway begins at the Mississippi state line at the terminus of Mississippi Highway 69 (MS 69) and connects the cities of Selma and Prattville before ending at SR 147 on the western side of Auburn. |
Trichonephila clavipes (formerly known as Nephila clavipes), commonly known as the golden silk orb-weaver, golden silk spider, or colloquially banana spider (a name shared with several others), is an orb-weaving spider species which inhabits forests and wooded areas ranging from the southern US to Argentina. It is ind... |
Aspera Hiems Symfonia (Latin for "Harsh Winter Symphony") is the debut studio album by the Norwegian avant-garde metal band Arcturus. Aspera is the only album Arcturus released to showcase a melodic black metal sound, though it still contains many of the experimental elements that would be expanded upon on their follow... |
Elena went to a trivia competition at a pub. Everybody else was a on teams, but Elena didn't know anybody. She decided to play alone. Nobody believed that she would win the contest. She did win, and got a 50 dollar gift card as a prize. |
Statistics Canada conducts a country-wide census that collects demographic data every five years on the first and sixth year of each decade. The 2021 Canadian census enumerated a total population of 36,991,981, an increase of around 5.2 percent over the 2016 figure, Between 2011 and May 2016, Canada's population grew b... |
Viqueque (, ) is a city in the south-east of East Timor, 183 km from Dili, the national capital. Viqueque is the capital of Viqueque Municipality and Viqueque Administrative Post, and has five sucos under its control. They are: Uatu-Lari, Uatu-Carbau, Viqueque, Lacluta and Ossu. The city has a population of 6,859 (2015... |
Hesperocallis is a genus of flowering plants that includes a single species, Hesperocallis undulata, known as the desert lily or ajo lily. |
Lara is a district of Antalya city, Turkey. Lara is a balneoclimatic and balneoclimateric location bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It is home to many luxury-themed hotels, mainly at the popular Lara Beach area which includes the Lara, Kundu, Aksu and Muratpaşa municipalities of Antalya province. Most of the hotels are... |
Amy woke one night with a toothache. The next day, eating made it worse. She realized she had a cavity. Slightly nervous, she visited the dentist. She left with a perfect smile! |
I love having fresh flowers in my house. I used to go buy fresh cut flowers every week at the store. Then I noticed my neighbor cutting her flowers. She said I was welcome to make my own bouquet out her garden. Now I have free fresh bouquets every week! |
Morgan usually followed the rules. She didn't like to lie to her parents or upset them. One night, she snuck out to see her boyfriend. Her parents caught her and were so mad. Morgan felt terrible about the stress she'd caused them. |
Klingenberg am Main is a town in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 6,200 and is located on both banks of the river Main. |
While I was in my room I heard the doorbell ring. I heard my wife answer the door. When I came out I saw the mailman at the door. We had received a package in the mail. He needed a signature in order to give us the package. |
The Stade de la Frontière is a multi-purpose stadium in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Jeunesse Esch. The stadium holds 4,000 people. |
My building has a buzzer system to control the front door. I am supposed to be able to speak with and allow entry to people. I can speak with them alright but the unlocking function is broken. Now I have to use the talk button to tell them to wait. Then I simply go down and let them in manually. |
Beau Wirick ( , born April 30, 1986) is an American actor known for playing the role of Sean Donahue on the sitcom The Middle. He has also appeared in guest roles on the TV series 7th Heaven, Arrested Development, NCIS, The Office, Drake & Josh and Jack & Bobby. He portrayed Julian Crane in a flashback sequence on the ... |
The Gulf of Argostoli () is a gulf of the Ionian Sea on the island of Cephalonia, western Greece. It separates the Paliki peninsula from mainland Cephalonia, and opens toward the Ionian Sea in the south. The gulf is long (north to south) and wide. Lixouri, the second-largest town of Cephalonia, is situated on its wes... |
Luka Špik (born 9 February 1979 in Kranj, SR Slovenia) is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist. |
"The Baby Shower" is the tenth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and the show's 15th episode overall. In the episode, Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) throws a baby shower for her friend Leslie (Christine Dunford) at Jerry's (Jerry Seinfeld) apartment, while he is out of town. Jerry's friend Ge... |
Sohni Mahiwal or Suhni Mehar (Sindhi:; ) is one of the seven popular tragic romances of Sindh. The other six are Umar Marvi, Momal Rano, Sassui Punnhun, Lilan Chanesar, Sorath Rai Diyach, and Noori Jam Tamachi. In Punjab, it is four of the most popular romances. The other three are Heer Ranjha, Sassui Punnhun and Mirza... |
Archie was disgusted with his dinner. He had thrown a fit when he was supposed to eat it. As a result, it got cold. His father told him he couldn't leave the table until it was gone. Archie might be there for a long time. |
Devin just got his licenses. He asks his parents for permission to out driving. While out driving he agrees to race one of his friends. Devin steps on the gas and races in his parents car. Devin wins the race and goes home. |
Tammy started her car. One of the lights flashed on. She looked at her dashboard. A message popped up. One of her tires had low air. |
Nemophila pedunculata is a common annual wildflower found throughout western North America. Its common names include littlefoot nemophila and meadow nemophila. |
Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama/film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott, also featuring Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, this was Crawford's first starring role for Warner Bros., after leaving Metro-Gol... |
Wiang Chiang Khong (, ) is a small town (thesaban tambon) on the Mekong River in the northeast of Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, the central town of Chiang Khong District. It is the northernmost border crossing of the country into Laos (with Houayxay on the opposite shore of the Mekong). the town had a population of ... |
A Volksgarten (meaning "folks' park") is a public park founded by the nation in Germany or Austria, and may refer to: |
Carl woke up ready for a good day. He looked out his window and the sun was shining. The sunshine made him want to exercise. He put on his shoes and ate a quick breakfast. Then he went to the park and had a great day! |
I went on a trip with my class in college. We took some canoes. We saw fish a foot long. They were swimming around our feet. We were unable to grab one. |
The Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) is a scientific membership organization. MSA was founded in 1919 for the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, and petrology, and promotion of their uses in other sciences, industry, and the arts. It encourages fundamental research about natural materials; ... |
The EMG 81 is a popular active humbucker guitar pickup manufactured by EMG, Inc. It is usually considered a lead pickup for use in the bridge position, paired with EMG's 85 as a rhythm pickup in neck position (Zakk Wylde is famous for this configuration). It's not uncommon, however, to see a guitar with two EMG 81s in ... |
Rafael C. Castillo was the first editor of ViAztlan: an international journal of Arts and Letters established in San Antonio, Texas in 1979. The journal was funded through the City of San Antonio and the culture-based arts organization, Centro Cultural de Aztlan. A veteran free-lance writer, Castillo authored articles ... |
Sandy is trying out for soccer. Sandy doesn't do well. Sandy is told to get better. Sandy thought she played good enough. Sandy is crushed she didn't make the team. |
Houmt Souk ( ), meaning literally: "The Market neighbourhood", is a commune and the main town of the island of Djerba, Tunisia. A popular tourist destination, it is best known for its traditional souk and the Aghlabid fortress. |
Jan Skrzetuski is a fictional character created by Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz in the novel With Fire and Sword. He is a man of honour, always faithful to his master, duke Jeremi Wiśniowiecki. He loves Helena Kurcewiczówna, who was kidnapped by the Ukrainian Cossack Yuri Bohun, who is also in love with her. Skrz... |
Zacharias I (c. 722) was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. |
Tom's aunt passed away. Her body wasn't found for days. Tom was responsible for cleaning the apartment. It was disgusting in every way imaginable. Tom spent days properly cleaning it. |
Sir Thomas Metham (died 1573 in York Castle) was an English Roman Catholic knight, imprisoned with his second wife for their beliefs. |
is a Japanese novel written by Rieko Yoshihara. Originally serialized in the magazine Shōsetsu June between December 1986 and October 1987, the story was collected into a hardbound novel that was released in Japan in 1990, and eventually expanded on and released in 6 paperback volumes. |
Queen Bian (; personal name unknown) was an empress of the Xianbei-led Chinese Western Qin dynasty. Her husband was Qifu Gangui (King Wuyuan). |
Tiruttani is a town in the Tiruvallur district, a suburb of Chennai within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, located in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The town is renowned for the Tiruttani Murugan Temple, which is one of the Arupadaiveedu and is dedicated to Kartikeya (Murugan). Tiruttani was added to the Chennai Metrop... |
Taciturn or Taciturnity may refer to: |
Storytelling Giant is a 1988 compilation album of music videos by Talking Heads during the 1980s. The videos are linked by real people (not actors) telling stories from their lives; the stories have no logical connection to the videos. |
Iota Leonis, Latinized from ι Leonis, is a triple star system in the constellation Leo. The system is fairly close to the Sun, at only 79 light-years (24.2 parsecs) away, based on its parallax. The system has a combined apparent magnitude of 4.00 making it faintly visible to the naked eye. It is moving closer to the Su... |
Deepak Mohoni, is an Indian stock market analyst. In 1989 that he coined the term SENSEX for the Bombay stock exchange index. |
The Chebdar is a river in Altai Republic in Russia. It is long, and its drainage basin covers . |
Mark wanted to be able to do twenty pull-ups. Right now he can only do about ten. He started to practice them each night before bed. He would add one more rep every week to his workout. Two months later he was able to do twenty pull-ups. |
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