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Definition:	(noun) A store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere.
Synonyms:	liquor store, package store
Usage:	He went into an off-licence to buy a bottle of cider.

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The Shrine of the Book The Shrine of the Book is the wing of Jerusalem's Israel Museum that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of ancient documents found between 1947 and 1956 in caves on the Dead Sea's northwest shore, at Qumran. Funded by the family of David Samuel Gottesman, a philanthropist who purchased the scrolls as a gift to Israel, the shrine features an unusual white dome that covers an underground structure. How does the museum ensure that the fragile scrolls survive the rigors of being displayed? More... Discuss

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Buchenwald Concentration Camp Liberated by American Troops (1945) Buchenwald was one of the first and largest concentration camps in Nazi Germany. As US forces closed in on the camp near the end of WWII, the Nazis began evacuating its prisoners, forcing them on "death marches" during which an estimated 13,500 were killed. On April 9, inmates at the camp used a makeshift radio transmitter to inform the Allies about the evacuations and beg for help. What did the prisoners do when they received word that the Americans were coming to liberate them? More... Discuss

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Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (1862) Hughes was an American statesman and jurist. He served as governor of New York and as a Supreme Court justice before losing the 1916 presidential race, one of the closest in US history. It has been reported that, on the night of the election, Hughes went to bed believing he had won. According to the story, a reporter later called and was told that "the president is asleep," to which he responded, "When he wakes up, tell him he isn't the president." What did Hughes do after losing the election? More... Discuss

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There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Discuss

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n. an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money

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