(A nautical mile, which is used in polar navigation ... Worsley called home and spoke to Joanna and Alicia, wishing them a merry Christmas. Alicia, who had painted on his skis “u r the best ...

Silent consonants and slurred vowels have long been the norm among seafarers. So if all your nautical knowledge comes from books, you might be mispronouncing quite a few common terms (or at least ...

The inaugural’s pageantry was interpreted in sharply different ways across the media spectrum. Podcasters weighed in, too. By Michael M. Grynbaum and John Koblin Nobody summed up the funereal ...

Ratification is in the bag from both of the big parties, and now the real fun begins: playing the parlour game of who gets what when the Cabinet is decided. New taoiseach Micheál Martin, once ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

Before the internet, a music store’s bulletin board was a major form of communication and connection between bands and musicians. CONTRIBUTED At the risk of sounding like an old man yelling at clouds ...

In Michael Dougherty’s ‘Krampus,’ a dysfunctional family comes together for Christmas, and amid the tension, the youngest member, Max (Emjay Anthony), inadvertently calls upon a Krampus. Krampus is a ...

The name suggestions below were partly inspired by those trips along with some of my own family history; they include a variety of sea-related terms, including everything from nautical slang and ocean ...