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Railways Studios of New Zealand.

Architecture students discuss their preparation for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathalon.

[with Yale School of Architecture (official) and Yale Climate and Energy Institute - YCEI]

“I went last night to the Lorings,” [Henry James] wrote to Isabella Stewart Gardner in Boston, “and found there the repulsive and fatuousOscar Wilde, whom, I am happy to say, no one was looking at.” We know James was lying about this because Harriet Loring, the daughter of the party’s hosts, described Oscar’s appearance in her parents’ home with these words: “We had Oscar! He burst upon our view one Sunday—tights, yellow handkerchief and all. He is the most gruesome object I ever saw, but he was very amusing. Full of Irish keenness and humor and really interesting.”
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Ian Dury would've been 73 today. And this terrific episode of Great Lives about him features three other old friends, all gone too: Linda Smith, Charlie Gillett and Humphrey Carpenter. You might need a hanky. http://bbc.in/1cNuiRH

hanky Line breaks: hanky

Pronunciation: /ˈhaŋki/ (also hankie)

Definition of hanky in English:

noun (plural hankies)

informal

A handkerchief.

Definition of —— and all in English:

1Used to emphasize something additional that is beingreferred to:she threw her coffee over him, mug and all

1.1informal As well:get one for me and all

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Definition of burst in English:

VERB (past and past participle burst)

[NO OBJECT]

1Break open or apart suddenly and violently, especially as a result of an impact or internal pressure:one of the balloons burstthe dam burst after days of torrential rain

1.1 [WITH OBJECT] Cause to burst:

he burst the balloonthe swollen river was expected to burst its banks

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1.2Be so full as almost to break open:the wardrobe was bursting with piles of clothes

1.3Feel a very strong or irrepressible emotion orimpulse:he was bursting with joy and excitement[WITH INFINITIVE]: she was bursting to say something

2Issue suddenly and uncontrollably:the words burst from him in an angry rush

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2.1Open suddenly and forcibly:a door burst open and a girl raced out

2.2[WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] Move suddenly andviolently:he burst into the room without knockingfigurative she burst on to the British art scene in 1985

3Suddenly begin doing or producing something:Sophie burst out laughingshe burst into tearsthe aircraft burst into flames

4

[WITH OBJECT] Separate (continuous stationery) intosingle sheets.

NOUN

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1An instance of breaking or splitting as a result ofinternal pressure or puncturing; an explosion:the mortar bursts were further away than before

2A sudden brief outbreak:a burst of activitybursts of laughter

2.1A sudden issuing forth:her breath was coming in short bursts

A period of continuous and intense effort:

he sailed 474 miles in one 24-hour burst

Origin

Old English berstan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutchbersten, barsten.

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The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin, from δέκα (déka, meaning "ten") ...