Sunday, December 21, 2008
192. Pop goes the sequence...
Velocity and Acceleration. What follows are the popular terms for the higher order derivatives of distance wrt time!!
190. Mind Your Language..
X = Percival Christopher Wren
Y = H Martin
Together they wrote the grammar bibles (High School English Grammar and Composition being one) which most Indian children encounter as a rite of passage!
Y = H Martin
Together they wrote the grammar bibles (High School English Grammar and Composition being one) which most Indian children encounter as a rite of passage!
189. On the road to Moreh....
Incredibly enough, the bulk of Moreh's population is constituted by Tamils
Saturday, December 6, 2008
187. True Humility....
Curate's Egg : something that is partly good and partly bad, but as a result is entirely spoiled, something having a mix of good and bad qualities!
183. Favouring the odds?
Gerrymander
Printed in 1812, this political cartoon illustrates the electoral districts drawn by the Massachusetts legislature to favor the incumbent Democratic-Republican party candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists, from which the term is derived.
Printed in 1812, this political cartoon illustrates the electoral districts drawn by the Massachusetts legislature to favor the incumbent Democratic-Republican party candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists, from which the term is derived.
181. The Set-Jet?
The trend of people visiting places/countries/locations which have been used as background settings for a movie. A la Bruges, Switzerland et al.
179. Here's looking at you, Brit...
The "white" cliffs of Dover.
Albion being the archaic name as to an approaching ship, Britain would appear all "white"!
Albion being the archaic name as to an approaching ship, Britain would appear all "white"!
178. Devil on Horseback?
The Janjaweed (which is not derived as some would like to, from ganja and weed!!)
176. Fact or Fiction?
Winnemac, the fictional US state which is the setting for many of Sinclair Lewis's novels: Babbit, Arrowsmith et al.
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