In the Roman Catholic Church, the chancellor of a diocese is responsible for keeping the records of the diocese and is normally a priest. In the Anglican communion, the chancellor of a diocese is the legal advisor to the bishop, and is normally a lawyer.
In Australian universities the *Chancellor *is the ceremonial head of the university. It is the Vice-Chancellor who actually runs the university. Both have their offices in the *Chancellery *building.
The word “university” is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, which roughly means “community of teachers and scholars.”
The Latin verb ‘to teach’ is *docere *(past participle doctus: ‘learned’ or ‘skilled’), from which the English word ‘doctor’ is derived.
The study of the history and origin of words, and changes in their form and meaning over time, is known as etymology.
The Juris Doctor (J.D.) is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law. “Juris Doctor” literally means “Teacher of Law”, while the Latin for “Doctor of Jurisprudence”—Jurisprudentiae Doctor—literally means “Teacher of Legal Knowledge”.
In the United States, typical costs for malpractice insurance can be as low as $700 a year for a new lawyer (who won’t take on complex cases). According to Black’s Law Dictionary, malpractice insurance for an experienced lawyer can cost around $10,000 to $15,000 a year.
A complex number is any number that can be expressed in the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i is the imaginary unit number, equal to the square root of -1
Every dictionary entry now constitutes “trivia”. For example, the word “cook” means to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
American lexicographer Noah Webster was born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758. His house at 227 South Main Street still stands and is a historical landmark.
Bullitt, please see posts 20721 and 20768. Thanks.
They actually omit the word “Corps” from the name of the band: United States Marine Band - Wikipedia
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Farragut’s flagship in the August 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, when he allegedly declared, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead,” was the USS Hartford.
The name “Mobile” in Alabama, has nothing in its etymology to do with the word “moblie” in any modern usage. The word “Mobile” is believed to be a French spelling of a Choctaw Indian word for “paddlers”. Local residents today pronounce the mane /ma-BEEL/.
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Five years ago, the USS New Orleans collided with the submarine USS Hartford in the Strait of Hormuz. The official investigation found the USS Hartford to be at fault for the accident. Skipper Ryan Brookhart was relieved of command.
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The history of Mobil Oil Company stems from the early 20th century. Following the break-up of Standard Oil in 1911, the Standard Oil Company of New York, or Socony, was founded, along with 33 other successor companies. In 1920, the company registered the name “Mobiloil” as a trademark.
Legend has it that the two bearded gentlemen on the box cover of Smith Brothers Menthol Cough Drops are named Trade and Mark. They were actually William and Andrew.
**Menthol **is a chemical extracted from a plant native to India, and its medicinal properties are believed to have been known to the Japanese for 2,000 years.
The demand for menthol greatly exceeds the supply from natural sources. Menthol is manufactured on the scale of 3,000 tons per year by Takasago International Corporation. The process involves an asymmetric synthesis developed by a team led by Ryōji Noyori, who won the 2001 Nobel Prize for Chemistry in recognition of his work on this process
Menthol cigarettes were first developed by Lloyd “Spud” Hughes in 1924. For over two decades, Kools were the only significant menthol cigarette brand in the United States, with a market share that never got much above 2%. Their advertisements focused on “throat comfort” and the medicinal properties of menthol, and some ads even suggested occasional use: “In between the others, rest your throat with Kools.”
Visionary architect Frank Lloyd Wright sometimes designed clothing for the wives of his clients to wear in the houses he also designed for them.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s daughter’s widowed husband married Josef Stalin’s daughter, at the instigation of Wright’s wife, who thought she was a spiritual replacement for her own daughter, both named Svetlana.
Lloyd’s is an insurance market located in London. It is not itself an insurance company; instead it acts as a marketplace where different underwriters come together to assess and accept risks. These underwriters (also called ‘members’) can be either companies or individuals. Most of the business written is general insurance or reinsurance.
Lloyd’s can trace its history back to the coffee house established by Edward Lloyd on Tower Street in the 17th century, which became a favoured meeting place for marine underwiters.
King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom was never crowned; he reigned entirely within the year 1936, between the death of his father George V and the accession of his brother George VI after Edward’s own abdication.