Moises and Gneoun, missionaries on deck to foreign fields (by special request from Berean Career Group)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
umbrageous discuss | |
Definition: | (adjective) Affording or forming shade. |
Synonyms: | shadowed, shady |
Usage: | The chief beauty of trees consists in the deep shadow of their umbrageous boughs. |
![]() ![]() The RackAn ancient torture device, the rack was used to stretch its victims' joints to the breaking point. A prisoner's hands and feet would be fastened to rollers located at either end of the device's rectangular frame, and during interrogations, a ratchet would gradually increase the tension on the chains. The excruciating torture inspired such terrible fear that some prisoners would confess after merely watching someone else being stretched on the rack. Who were some of the device's famous victims? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() US President Zachary Taylor Dies in Office (1850)On a hot 4th of July in Washington, DC, Taylor—who had been US president for just 16 months—enjoyed a cool snack of cherries and milk. Five days later, he was dead. The official cause of death was listed as gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestines that can be caused by food poisoning. His remains were exhumed in 1991 and showed no evidence of foul play. According to one historian, Taylor could have recovered had he not been bled, blistered, and given what cocktail of drugs? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Oliver Wolf Sacks (1933)Sacks is a British-American neurologist and writer. He immigrated to the US in 1960 to study neurology at the University of California, and in 1965 he joined the faculty at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Many of his books relate case histories of neurologically damaged people, particularly those afflicted with unusual conditions. His 1973 book Awakenings, which was made into a film in 1990, chronicles his efforts to treat the survivors of what mysterious sickness? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Discuss |
No comments:
Post a Comment