Spotlight
On the road: In the right place at the right time
Hurry! Save $14 before going to the US
Thinking about visiting the US? Go online and fill out the ESTA (electronic visa) form right away. This security authorization lasts for two years and costs nothing. Wait until next month, however, and you'll have to pay $14 for it.
A little can say a lot
"Finally, Franklin removed 'hats' from the text"
"____________, the Republic of Ireland is not part of the British Isles."
cognitive
"As children grow older, their cognitive processes become sharper."
Hurricane season is about to heat up
The remainder of this year's hurricane season looks like being bad and busy. That was the prediction last week from weather forecasters. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is warning of 20 severe storms and six major hurricanes.
Schwarzenegger was here
Muscle Beach is just south of the Santa Monica Pier. Its role in the culture of bodybuilding dates back to the 1930's. If offers a free gymnastics training area equipped with chinning bars, parallel bars and a small jungle gym for children.
"How the Duchess of York could have run up debts of almost £5 million is ______ me."
zest
"Tony Jacobs retired from professional golf because he had lost his zest for winning."
vanquish
"And because Sir Hector vanquished the dragon, they lived happily ever after."
Get your degree (online) from the University of California
The University of California plans to become the first major US college to offer an online bachelor's degree comparable in quality to its campus qualification. The university will soon begin delivering its most popular courses over the internet.
prickly
"Don't mention the divorce. You know how prickly he is about it."
Two words: "humble" and "haughty". Are their meanings...
The same, and different
Eamonn Fitzgerald writes: "Autoantonyms are sometimes called Janus words."
refill
"When she refilled our wine glasses, I knew it was going to be a long evening."
The one thing America cannot do
refurbish
"The Savoy Hotel in London has been completely refurbished."
An apology for Bloody Sunday
One of the most violent episodes in the Northern Ireland conflict was Bloody Sunday, 30 January 1972. On that day, soldiers of the British army confronted Catholic demonstrators in the city of Londonderry. Thirteen of the demonstrators were shot and killed.
The beauty business is booming in Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Mohammad al-Habadan, an expert on Islam, recently suggested that Saudi women should show nothing more than one eye in public. The kingdom's female citizens, however, aren't listening. They're spending more than ever on cosmetics.
False hopes
Spotlight in the Classroom 8/2010