6 Time September 30, 2019
For the Record
They, themself
pronouns, used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary
Among 533 new entries Merriam-Webster added to its dictionary on Sept. 17
‘I did this for my
human soul. For
myself. I wanted
to practice and
compete with
freedom, with
peace of mind.’
SAEID MOLLAEI,
Iranian judo champion, in an AP interview
published Sept. 16, after refusing a
government directive to throw a match
190
million
Distance, in miles, to a newly
discovered comet, at its
closest approach to Earth;
scientists believe it may
be the second interstellar
object ever observed in our
solar system
14 days
Jail sentence handed down to
Felicity Huffman on Sept. 13;
the actor admitted in May to
paying $15,000 in 2017 to
have her older daughter’s SAT
answers doctored
‘The madder
Hulk gets,
the stronger
Hulk gets.’
BORIS JOHNSON,
U.K. Prime Minister, in a Mail on Sunday interview published on Sept. 14,
on his determination to take his country out of the E.U. next month
$11 billion
Settlement that California utility PG&E has agreed
to pay for its role in the 2017 wine-country fires and
the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people
‘Hell yes,
we’re
going to
take your
AR-15, your
AK-47.’
BETO O’ROURKE,
presidential candidate, at
the third Democratic debate
on Sept. 12, describing his
plan to force buybacks of
assault-style weapons
‘I KNOW YOU’RE TRYING,
BUT JUST NOT HARD
ENOUGH. SORRY.’
GRETA THUNBERG,
Swedish climate-change activist, 16, to Democratic
Senators who invited her to a forum in Washington on Sept. 17
Stressed-out sheep
After a ewe was
spotted in Chicago,
police tracked
her down
Chilled-out goats
A Florida farm
attempted to break
the world record
for the largest
goat-yoga class