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1 day ago · Origin of the expression "The Storm Fiend" — Heading to Book II Chapter IX of Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus, 1898 illustration by E. J. Sullivan The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other ...
4 days ago · Inherent Vice due on 4/28, plus great new catalog BD announcements from Scream, Twilight Time & Olive
4 days ago · The uncertainty principle, also known as Heisenberg's indeterminacy principle, is a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics. It states that there is a limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties, such as position and momentum, can be simultaneously known.
2 days ago · It's been awhile since private eye Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with.
- Thomas Pynchon
3 days ago · As vice president, Calhoun cast a then-record 31 tie-breaking votes in the Senate, the most of any vice president in their capacity as Senate president until vice president Kamala Harris surpassed it in 2023.
3 days ago · Inherent Vice Exclusion Insurance to Value Innkeeper’s Liability Inchmaree Clause Individual and Family Health Insurance Impaired Life Annuity Implied Acceptance of ...
5 days ago · WASHINGTON — Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna plans to force a vote as early as next week to invoke the House’s rarely used power of “inherent contempt” to levy a daily fine ...
