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  • New York-ese, or a Guide to the New York City Dialect

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    Aileen Marshall People come to New York City for different reasons. Many come as tourists, others come to live and work here, not only from other parts of the United States, but from every corner of the globe. American citizens study standard American English in school. Visitors from other countries usually learn British English. Then…

  • US Open Tennis Women’s Surprises

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    By Susan Russo The women’s final of the US Open Tennis tournament on Saturday, September 12th was almost anti-climactic. The exciting confrontation took place in the Arthur Ashe stadium in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens. Many of the spectators in packed stands had not followed the careers of the two Italian…

  • Quotable Quote

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     “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai, youngest Nobel Peace Prize awardee

  • Quotable quote

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    “Loblolly – A lout; a stupid, rude or awkward person Blatherskite – A person who talks foolishly at length Poltroon – A spiritless coward Cacafuego – A swaggering braggart or boaster Crepehanger – A killjoy; someone who takes a pessimistic view Slubberdegullion – A dirty rascal; scoundrel….” In Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved 4/15/15, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker

  • Tuning Attention and Focusing on the Moment

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    By Peng Kate Gao A few years ago, my friend and I took a road trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a typical mid-fall afternoon, when warm autumn colors began to paint the pastoral landscape of the Appalachian Highlands. The drive was not a difficult one; we had little fear of tumbling over…

  • Baby, It’s Cold Outside

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    By George Barany and Marcia Brott George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977). Marcia Brott is a human genome researcher by day, wordsmith by night. Both are currently at the University of Minnesota. For more about this specific puzzle, including a link to the answer, visit http://tinyurl.com/wonderlandpuz. More Barany and Friends crosswords are at http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle.

  • It’s Christmas Time in the City

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    By Aileen Marshall Like the old song says, the “city sidewalks, busy sidewalks” are “dressed in holiday style.” Besides the hustle and bustle of this busy shopping season, New York has many time-honored holiday activities. Here are just a few to help you feel that holiday cheer. The gigantic tree at Rockefeller Center is an…

  • April Fools!

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    By Aileen Marshall April Fools’ Day is celebrated on April 1. This is the day when it’s common to pull pranks on friends and false news stories run rampant. However, the truth is always revealed later that day. While not an official holiday, the practice is commonly accepted. No one really knows when the tradition…

  • Doubly Distinguished

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    By George Barany, Jed Fisher, Micheel Hanko, and Marjorie Russel GB is a Rockefeller alum (1977); JF is a native New Yorker transplanted to the mid-west, where at the University of Notre Dame he continues to read, think, and write about important minutiae at the interface between biology and chemistry; MH is a NYC voice…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Photo contributed by Elodie Pauwels, http://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com