Word of the Day

CUPIDITY

Definition: greed

Example: The heiress’s demands for the mansion, fur coats, and ostentatious jewelry in her mother’s estate were signs of her CUPIDITY.

Synonyms: avarice, desire

This Day in History

May 12, 1949         After nearly 11 months, the Soviet Union lifted the blockade around Berlin, allowing rail, road, and water traffic to flow through East Germany into the beleaguered former German capital.

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Daily LaParable

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

Sophocles