anole

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ended the evening playing a little scrable at the Big Top, i lost horribly, but i played a word that and didn’t know, of course, they trusted me so, for their, and everyone else’s, edification, Often mistaken for chameleons, the green anole is a tree-dwelling lizard that is native to the southeastern United States and … Read more

Ryan v Paige

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Go, Jeffrey, go. March 4, 2004, 9:46PM Teacher of year upset by Paige’s comment Says he skipped awards in protest Associated Press BOSTON — The Massachusetts teacher of the year refused to attend an event in Washington honoring the nation’s top educators because U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige called the nation’s largest teachers union a … Read more

How popular are you?

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Or more specifically, how common is your name?. People often say to me about the last name Shirley, “boy, that’s not a very common name, is it?”. I often say, “no, actually it’s fairly common, what’s your last name?” And theirs is often less common. Sure, Smith and Jones, and even Nguyen are more common, … Read more