Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, November 5, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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.jpg) BebopBebop is a jazz style characterized by harmonic complexity, overlapping melodic lines, and frequent shifting of rhythm—which its name mimics. It emerged in the 1940s as a group of musicians—including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker—rejected conventional swing to pioneer an extension of improvised jazz. In the 1950s, two genres grew out of bebop: the aggressive style of hard bop and the understated approach of cool jazz. What does "dropping bombs" mean in a bebop arrangement? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Susan B. Anthony Breaks US Law to Vote (1872)Anthony was an important figure in the 19th-century US women's suffrage movement. In 1869, Anthony, together with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded an association dedicated to securing voting rights for women. Three years later, she defied US law and voted in the presidential election, asserting that the 14th Amendment entitled her to do so. She was arrested and fined, but her actions drew considerable attention to the women's rights movement. Why was she expelled from the National Labor Union? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Ida Tarbell (1857)Tarbell's investigative journalism earned her a reputation as a leading "muckraker"—one who investigates and exposes issues of corruption and misconduct. Her 19-part exposé for McClure's Magazine, later published in a book titled The History of the Standard Oil Company, led to the breakup of the Standard Oil monopoly and is seen as a model for journalism today. Where did this book rank on a 1999 list of the top 100 works of American journalism in the 20th century? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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fashionably late— Arriving after the arranged time to a meeting or event that does not require strict punctuality, especially so as to give the appearance of nonchalance or having been preoccupied by other social engagements. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Día del Puno (2022)Each year a festival takes place in Puno, Peru, during the first week in November to mark the legendary birth of the first Inca ruler, Manco Capac, and his wife, Mama Ocllo. On November 5, the date associated with their birth, a parade of reed boats, called balsas, accompanies an elaborately decorated boat that takes a couple playing the roles of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo to an island in the lake. There, the birth is dramatically reenacted. Festivities include performances by traditional dance and musical groups, sporting events, exhibits, and a crafts fair. More... | |