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Holus Bolus: “The Square People” gathering at the old Times Square

BY Author pubare4 | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Definition, Holus Bolus, Manhattan

picture-1.pngThe Square People gathering at night to enjoy restaurants, movies, theaters. All sorts of wonderful entertainment in one colorful square. A square that would become a celebration point for all America. The VE Day celebrations there would echo around the world. All this can only mean one square, the Times Square before the New York Times built a new building on 43rd Street in 1904. To give the name Times Square it was known as Longacre SquareEarlier the turn of the century a somewhat dangerous place, a  place where only villains and the like would dare enter – Reginald Stanley Birch

Selenography: Definition

BY Author Susan Agliata | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Definition, Selenography, Words

Selenography: The study of the surface and physical features of the Moon. Historically, the principal concern of selenographists was the mapping and naming of the lunar maria, craters, mountain ranges, and other various features. This task was largely finished when high resolution images of the near and far sides of the Moon were obtained by orbiting spacecraft during the early space era. Nevertheless, some regions of the Moon remain poorly imaged (especially near the poles) and the exact locations of many features are uncertain by several kilometers. Today, selenograhy is considered to be a subdiscipline of selenology, which itself is most often referred to as just “lunar science.” The word selenography is derived from the Greek lunar deity Selene-ography (to write).

Elutriate: Definition

BY Author Susan Agliata | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Definition, Elutriate

Elutriate (v.):

  1. To purify, separate, or remove (ore, for example) by washing, decanting, and settling.
  2. To wash away the lighter or finer particles of (soil, for example).

[Latin (from *elutrium, vat, bath, from Greek *elutrion; see elytron) or elutriare (from elutor, one who washes, from eluere, to wash out; see elute).]