

Happy Wordless Wednesday
![]() ![]() The ChekaEstablished by Vladimir Lenin in 1917, the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage, also known as the Cheka, was the first in a succession of Soviet state security organizations. Its troops policed labor camps, ran the Gulag system, put down worker riots, and orchestrated the campaign of repression that came to be known as the "Red Terror." Early Chekists made wearing what apparel fashionable among Western Communists? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Copyright Act of 1790 Signed into US Law (1790)After the US Constitution was ratified in 1788, one of the first issues that the fledgling government faced was the lack of a copyright law. Without it, Congress would be swamped with individual petitions for protection from piracy. Modeled on Britain's Statute of Anne, the Copyright Act of 1790 was soon signed into law by President Washington. Instituted to encourage learning by securing US authors the sole rights to their work for 14-year periods, it drew what complaint from Charles Dickens? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443)Beaufort was an English noblewoman, wife of Edmund Tudor, and the mother of Henry VII, founder of the Tudor Dynasty. She gave birth to Henry at 13, shortly after being widowed, and developed a close bond with her only child. Renowned for her philanthropy, she endowed professorships of divinity at Oxford and Cambridge and with the help of her confessor, John Fisher, founded Christ's College and St. John's College, Cambridge. She later acted as regent for Henry VIII. How many times did she marry? More... Discuss |
disputable discuss | |
Definition: | (adjective) Open to argument or debate. |
Synonyms: | arguable, debatable, moot |
Usage: | He certainly looked at her friend a great deal, but the expression of that look was disputable. |
![]() ![]() Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Discuss |
4 comments:
I saw Rosie replied to you again last night! Go Patty!
Thank you, Brian.
Yes she did!
How cool is that?
And...I got more than just a one word reply.
I saw your questions too.
Add a number or something to your blogger name to identify you from other guys named Brian that she answers. Or, maybe use Brian P as your name.
Thanks for the visit and comment.
That looks like something for traveling from one dream to the next...
San, yes it does look like something out of a dream.
Why didn't I think of that?
Love your way with words.
Post a Comment