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Word of the day
Quackle KWAK-uhl (verb) To suffocate, to choke — dictionary.com
Website of the Day
“Mohandas Gandhi”
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988159,00.html
Read Salman Rushdie’s profile of Mohandas Gandhi, published in Time magazine in 1998.
Number to Know
80,000: Approximate number of Indian protestors arrested by British police as a result of Gandhi’s Salt March.
This Day in History
Jan. 30, 1948: Mohandas Gandhi is shot and killed as he walks through a crowd to lead a prayer group. The assassination comes ten days after teh militant group responsible tried to kill him by blowing up the house he was in.
Today’s Featured Birthday
Actor Christian Bale (39)
Daily Quote
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” — Mohandas Gandhi
Word of the day
Quackle KWAK-uhl (verb) To suffocate, to choke — dictionary.com
Website of the Day
“Mohandas Gandhi”
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988159,00.html
Read Salman Rushdie’s profile of Mohandas Gandhi, published in Time magazine in 1998.
Number to Know
80,000: Approximate number of Indian protestors arrested by British police as a result of Gandhi’s Salt March.
This Day in History
Jan. 30, 1948: Mohandas Gandhi is shot and killed as he walks through a crowd to lead a prayer group. The assassination comes ten days after teh militant group responsible tried to kill him by blowing up the house he was in.
Today’s Featured Birthday
Actor Christian Bale (39)
Daily Quote
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” — Mohandas Gandhi
