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Oscar-Worthy!

Oscar-Worthy!

Actress-comedienne Mo'Nique took home Academy Award honors for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Mary Jones in Lee Daniels' film Precious. Mo'Nique, pictured here with her husband Sidney...

Blacks in Wax

Blacks in Wax

Students at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center portrayed seminal figures in Black history during the 4th Annual Blacks In Wax program, Lift Every Voice and STAND, Fri. March 5. Courtesy Photo...

Michelle Obama Reads a Children’s Classic, Promotes Love of Books

Michelle Obama Reads a Children’s Classic, Promotes Love of Books

First Lady Michelle Obama reads "Cat in the Hat" during the Read Across America event, in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., March 2, 2010.(Official White...

Fenty’s Efforts at Snow Removal Critiqued

Fenty’s Efforts at Snow Removal Critiqued

D.C. Council member Jim Graham praised the work of city employees during the recent blizzards but said that snow removal must be improved. Photo by Jacques A. Benovil D.C. Council member Jim G...

Thomas Taps Trout to Investigate District Contracts

Thomas Taps Trout to Investigate District Contracts

Council member Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) Courtesy Photo D.C. Council member Harry Thomas secures renowned attorney to look into friends of D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty who have received lucrativ...

Ballou Boys and H.D. Woodson Girls Capture DCIAA Basketball Championships

Ballou Boys and H.D. Woodson Girls Capture DCIAA Basketball Championships

Woodson team members hold up five fingers -- indicating their fifth championship win. Photo by John E. De Freitas Parents, friends and basketball players came out to Coolidge Senior High Scho...

All Nations Baptist Church Hosts Annual Spelling Bee

All Nations Baptist Church Hosts Annual Spelling Bee

Leah Woody, first place winner, is one of the 18 students who vied for top honors at the All Nations Baptist Church Annual Spelling Bee. The annual event is coordinated by Sunday Enrichment School S...

Minority Student Day: Connecting a Generation to Their Future

Minority Student Day: Connecting a Generation to Their Future

Some of the attendees at Microsoft’s Minority Student Day event at Microsoft’s Chevy Chase headquarters. Microsoft educates young students on the importance of technology and innovation ...

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Word of the Week
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pro-cliv-i-ty

Pronunciation [proh-kliv-i-tee] –noun, plural -ties. natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.

Use in a sentence: Nigel has demonstrated a proclivity for entrepreneurship as a youth, so few were surprised when he opened his own business.

Origin: 1585–95; < L prōclīvitās tendency, lit., a steep descent, steepness, equiv. to prōclīv(is) sloping forward, steep (prō- pro- 1 + clīv(us) slope + -is adj. suffix) + -itās -ity


indelible -

in-del-uh-buhl – adjective- mpossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent: indelible ink. 2. Making a mark not easily erased or washed away: an indelible pen for labeling clothing. 3. Unable to be forgotten; memorable: an indelible memory.




oblige -

[uh-blahyj] - [no alternate pronunciation(s)] - a verb; constrain (as another or oneself) by physical, moral, or legal force :put under binding agreement to do or to forbear from doing something.

Use in a sentence: The new rules oblige students to wear prescribed uniforms to school. Ramon plans to protest the new rules that oblige him to take out the trash.

[Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, from Latin obligāre : ob-, to; see ob- + ligāre, to bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.]



quarantine \ kwawr-uh n-teen \ - a noun; a regulation restraining a ship from physical connections with the shore while suspected of offering a threat of contagion.

Use in a sentence: If it were it not for the quarantine, the port city might have experienced an outbreak of a deadly strain of influenza. The passengers recounted the harrowing days of the cruise ship’s subjection to quarantine, when they were forced to watch a hairy chest contest while listening to a calypso band under the tropical sun.

Origin: 1600–10; <It quarantina, var. of quarantena, orig. Upper Italy (Venetian): period of forty days, group of forty; derivative of quaranta forty> ≪ L quadraginta>
 

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