Last year, “pansexual” briefly became the online dictionary Merriam-Webster’s most searched word of the day after the singer Janelle Monáe defined herself as a pansexual and “queer-ass motherfucker”.

reusable cups are taking off in a big way. In Australia, famed for its unique coffee culture, ever more elaborate and expensive resuable coffee cups are becoming the norm.

are taking off  = are getting more and more popular

31.12.18 It’s a rare case when one meets in Western discourse the traces of the Russian narrative.

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield" - here comes a famous poem by Lord Tennyson quoted by a corrupt politician who sent the ironic backlash against himself:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69193/to-strive-to-seek-to-find-and-not-to-yield

I couldn’t help laughing when I happened to have read one of translations into Russian of the notorious “highly likely” formula created by the British PM to distract the attention of the public from her disastrous plan of Brexit: «мамой клянусь!»

Internet is helpful, but do find your way into the LIBRARY!

The motto of the US Navy Academy that John McCain graduated many years ago is : «non sibi, sed patriae» («Не для себя, а для страны»).

The motto of the US Navy Academy that John McCain graduated many years ago is : «non sibi, sed patriae» («Не для себя, а для страны»). One may like or hate the uncompromising stance of McCain towards Russia, but one can't help admiring courage and dignity of the Senator from Arisona who loved his country so passionately and faced death so stoically.

Straight from the horse's mouth!

The bottom line? The world is no longer unipolar