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With Hollywood for years being a haven for the long-haired blond and brunette, it’s hard to be a sex symbol…

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We’re only human and equally subject to the chronic brainwashing that inevitably instills varying degrees of bigotry. Racism, sexism, homophobia,…

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Times are hard especially financially, however, my girlfriend does not seem to realize the whole world is undergoing something called…

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I remember exactly where I was that night that history was made. I was fast asleep in my bed and…

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It was proven best in the fashionable documentary The September Issue, that Fall is the New Year’s of fashion. Fashion…

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I vividly remember the day I got my first relaxer. I was 7 years old, and there I sat in…

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Brilliance is defined as: having or showing great intelligence, talent, and quality. Well, if you’ve ever had the privilege of watching…

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Once upon a time (i.e. this past spring), Spike Lee put Tyler Perry on blast:

“Each artist should be allowed to…

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I remember way back when… Reminisce with me. Life was less complicated for a youngster. My Huffy Bike was valet’d in the driveway, Saturday morning cartoons were in heavy rotation, Puma wasn’t just an animal at the zoo…

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Who can take out a housemaid with a single Smackberry? Who can rock community service hours in New York City’s…

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Who sold this idea to women that it is the sole responsibility of a man to always have condoms at…

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It seems like every week a new skin care cream hits the shelf. Products for frown lines, laugh lines, crows…

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Talent aside (ahem), there have been very few celebrities who warrant as much media coverage as Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Sure,…

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You can kill the revolutionary, but you can’t kill the revolution. – Fred Hampton, Nov. 3, 1969

This week I came across…

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The conflict in the Congo is a much overlooked atrocity that is claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of…

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I remember when I was in high school. When it came to fitting in with all the different peer groups…

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Have you ever come across a group of juveniles whose fundraising practices consist of canvassing commercial hubs, or expressway entry…

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So you spent a lot of the governments change (not the free kind) getting your education, you haven’t gotten into…

word of the day

December 26, 2008

Vocab: beneficence

Vocab – Word of the Day: beneficence \buh-NEFF-i-suhns\, noun — The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity..

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December 24, 2008

Vocab: chichi

Vocab – Word of the Day: chichi \SHEE-shee\, adjective –Affectedly trendy.

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December 23, 2008

Vocab: polymath

Vocab – Word of the Day: polymath \POL-ee-math\, noun — A person of great or varied learning; one acquainted with various subjects of study.

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December 22, 2008

Vocab: egregious

Vocab – Word of the Day: egregious \ih-GREE-juhs\, adjective — Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.

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December 19, 2008

Vocab: soi-disant

Vocab – Word of the Day: soi-disant \swah-dee-ZAHN\, adjective — Self-styled; so-called.

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December 18, 2008

Vocab: Gravitas

Vocab – Word of the Day: Gravitas \GRAV-uh-tahs\, noun — High seriousness (as in a person’s bearing or in the treatment of a subject).

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December 17, 2008

Vocab: Chortle

Vocab – Word of the Day: Chortle \CHOR-tl\, transitive and intransitive verb — To utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.

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December 16, 2008

Vocab: Arcane

Vocab – Word of the Day: Arcane \ar-KAYN\, adjective: — Understood or known by only a few.

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December 15, 2008

Vocab: Inimical

Vocab – Word of the Day: Inimical \ih-NIM-ih-kul\, adjective — Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable.

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December 12, 2008

Vocab: Accede

Vocab – Word of the Day: accede \ak-SEED\, intransitive verb — To agree or assent; to give in to a request or demand.

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December 11, 2008

Vocab: Argus-eyed

Vocab – Word of the Day: Argus-eyed \AR-guhs-ide\, adjective — Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.

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December 10, 2008

Vocab: Schadenfreude

Vocab – Word of the Day: Schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\, noun — A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.

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December 9, 2008

Vocab: Titivate

Vocab – Word of the Day: Titivate \TIT-uh-vayt\, transitive and intransitive verb — To smarten up; to spruce up.

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December 8, 2008

Vocab: Quandary

Vocab – Word of the Day: Quandary \KWAHN-duh-ree; -dree\, noun — A state of difficulty, perplexity, doubt, or uncertainty.

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December 5, 2008

Vocab: Exegete

Vocab – Word of the Day: Exegete \EK-suh-jeet\, noun — A person who explains or interprets difficult parts of written works.

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