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“Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle” – George Washington

petiole : Definition: (noun) The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf. Synonyms: leafstalk. Usage: Beth pruned her plants methodically, snipping dead leaves at their petioles and throwing them in the compost. Discuss

The largest hydroelectric dam in the world, China’s Three Gorges Dam stretches 1.4 miles (2.3 km) across the Yangtze River. Begun in 1993 and largely completed by 2006, the controversial project displaced more than a million people and inundated huge tracts of land. However, it increased the river’s shipping capacity, reduced the threat of flooding, [...]

A passenger plane crashed yesterday while on its way from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital to a northeastern city, apparently upon encountering bad weather during landing. Initial reports suggested that there had been 112 people on board, more than 50 of whom had died. However, the transport ministry later released a statement saying that [...]

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -Lincoln, Abraham