Harbord Collegiate celebrates 125 years as Toronto’s famous immigrant launching pad MARCUS GEE PUBLISHED APRIL 7, 2017 This article was published more than 6 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. SHARE GIVE THIS ARTICLE When they hand out awards for school spirit, Murray Rubin should be a shoo-in for top prize. He belts Continue Reading
Why do so many Jews win the Nobel prize. You tell me and we will both know.? Please do not say Jews are more clever naturally. That is not possible because for centuries Jews have been dominated and intermarried. There is no such thing as a Jew without a heritage and maybe the genes are Continue Reading
Russian Idiom Literal Translation Similar English Idiom Figurative Meaning Когда рак на горе свистнет When a lobster whistles on the top of a mountain. When pigs fly It’s never going to happen Ни пуха ни пера Neither down nor feather Break a leg Good luck Руки не доходят My hands don’t reach it None Continue Reading
There are many problems ,where because of their complexity it takes a solution which is straightforward, yet not devious and underhand. Providing there is good-will on all sides these intractable situations can be resolved. What are the problems? Holy Places. There are three religions involved, Christianity, Islam and Judaism, all monotheistic and derived from this Continue Reading
In my lifetime there was only one dictator who made his mark in the world. That of course was Adolf Hitler, but to be honest Joseph Stalin came a close second. I mention him even though he was our ally in the second world war, and if the Germans had not attacked the Soviet Union Continue Reading
IDIOM– a group of words , established by usage, as having a meaning not deducible from those of the meaning of the individual words expressed. Are they different in other languages? What make English the richest fusion language in the world? It’s idioms; the words and phrases we use to short form every emotional, cultural, Continue Reading