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Word of the Day for Friday, June 18, 2010hegira \he-JAY-ruh\, noun: 1. A journey to a more desirable or congenial place. I do not mean to suggest a back-to-the-future hegira to a mythical golden age of wise and benevolent institutions, canonical disciplines, and noble professions but rather a reinvigoration of our disciplines, institutions, and professions around what we do not know about how we should think. With a sublime indifference to popular superstition, or rather because they did not think of it till all their arrangements were completed, the Misses Leaf had accomplished their grand hegira on a Friday. Consequently, their first day at No. 15 was Sunday. Hegira, whether referring to the event in the history of Islam or a general sense of the word, comes from the Arabic hajara, "to depart." | |||||||||
  What is a Celtic? And what lakes are the Lakers named after?Game seven of the NBA Finals.�A familiar rivalry�that�actually becomes more exciting because the teams have so much basketball history. Let's step back from the oomph and ebullience of the�Finals for a minute. How much do you know about the basics behind the Celtics/Lakers battle? What is a Celtic, and why�the�Boston Celtics? The Celts were various peoples who lived�across... | |||||||||
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