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DEFINITION: (noun) Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior, especially for the same criminal behavior. SYNONYMS: habitual criminal, repeater. USAGE: When he was arrested for petty theft a third time, the police began to view him as a recidivist.

Liliuokalani was the last reigning queen of the Hawaiian Islands. She ascended the throne in 1891 upon the death of her brother, King Kalakaua. Her refusal to recognize the constitutional changes inaugurated in 1887 precipitated a revolt, fostered largely by resident American sugar planters, which led to her dethronement in early 1893 and the establishment of a provisional government. Liliuokalani wrote many songs, including the popular "Aloha Oe," which means what?

Oberlin was the first college in the US to regularly admit African-American students and is also the oldest continuously operating coeducational institution. The college has long been associated with progressive causes, and it was a hotbed of abolitionism and a key stop along the Underground Railroad. Both students and faculty were involved in the controversial Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of a fugitive slave in 1858. Why was Oberlin featured on the cover of Life in 1970?

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Chinese paleontologists said they had found the remains of the largest dinosaur ever to be unearthed in Asia, measuring an estimated 116 feet (35 m). The dinosaur fossil is located in Changji Prefecture, part of northwest China's Xinjiang region. China has emerged as a treasure trove of dinosaur fossils, especially the northern desert regions, where the absence of vegetation makes them easier to find.

In the early 1940s, when the vast majority of able-bodied men were off fighting in World War II, several baseball executives decided to start a new professional league composed of women in order to keep baseball in the public eye. The league lasted past the end of the war into 1954 and differed from the men's league in pitching style, as well in terms of the size of the diamond and the size of the ball. What were the female players required to wear during play?