So you think you can spell? Youngsters in modern spelling bees are expected to memorize a wide range of words, from chemical processes to names of rare animals. Also: In many languages, the word for “mother” begins with the letter M —...
Sending someone a care package shows you care, of course. But the first care packages were boxes of food and personal items for survivors of World War II. They were from the Committee for American Remittances to Europe, the acronym for which is CARE...
Adair in Fort Worth, Texas, heard her mother describe a frightening drive in Louisiana by saying she and her husband nearly bought the ranch. That ranch version is a less common variant of buy the farm, meaning to die, especially in a crash or other...