24 June 2015
hermitage
[hur-mi-tij or for 3, er-mi-tahzh]
noun
1. the habitation of a hermit.
2. any secluded place of residence or habitation; retreat; hideaway.
3. (initial capital letter) a palace in Leningrad built by Catherine II and now used as an art museum.
Origin of hermitage
Middle English
1250-1300; Middle English < Old French. See hermit, -age
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Examples from the web for hermitage
– And let us be sure, also, that the Picasso goes back to the hermitage Museum.
(Putin’s World Cup Picasso ‘Bribe’ Tunku Varadarajan November 30, 2014)
– hermitage asked for the return of the materials but was told they were in the custody Karpov.
(Fraud and the City: Russia’s Manhattan Money Laundering Michael Daly September 15, 2013)
– As a result, the courts awarded judgments against the hermitage companies totaling some $973 million.
(Fraud and the City: Russia’s Manhattan Money Laundering Michael Daly September 15, 2013)
Anagram
He migrate
hate grime
I gather me
Today’s quote
Evil comes from the abuse of free will.
– C.S. Lewis
On this day
24 June 1997 – the United States Air Force releases a report into the so-called ‘Roswell Incident’ in which there had been claims that an alien craft had crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, and the body of an alien was retrieved by the Air Force. The USAF report claimed that the bodies witnesses had seen were actually life-sized dummies.
24 June 2010 – Julia Gillard is appointed Australia’s first female prime minister after replacing Kevin Rudd in a leadership spill. On 26 June 2013, following ongoing ructions in the Labor Party, Gillard called another leadership ballot which was won by Kevin Rudd. Julia Gillard tendered her resignation, which took effect the following day when Rudd was sworn in as prime minister.
24 June 1950 – The Korean War begins as North Korean forces invade South Korea in response to the dividing of the Korean Peninsula by Allied forces after World War II. The US sends troops as part of the UN response to repel North Korea. In 1953 a demilitarised zone is established between North and South Korea. Although conflict ended in 1953 following a truce, both sides have remained on military alert ever since. Political posturing and a number of border clashes in the years since 1953 have brought the peninsula to the brink of war on numerous occasions.