A bit of a fixer-upper
Although my dad tried to play off his home renovation projects as mere ego-boosts, his money-saving strategy taught me something money could never buy.
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Summer doesn’t give us all a break
Off the Beat
Say what you will about the United States being a place to reinvent yourself as a multimillion-dollar business CEO; we all know that’s just a cruel myth.
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What’s so special about you? The weighted words of the happy birthday song
While much can be said about the legal ethics, or lack thereof, of copyrighting the “Happy Birthday to You” song we all love, something else can be asked about the situation itself: What made the song so valuable?
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Teeter-totters, tetherball and tongue twisters: Linguistics on the playground
The few masters of the toughest tongue twisters earned playground glory. But who knew there was more to Peter Piper’s pick or the woodchuck’s chucking?
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Actively defending the passive
While it’s considered a good rule of thumb to write in the active voice, writing in the passive voice can have its benefits.
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