A Funambulist (fyoo-NAM-byuh-list) — from the Latin for “rope” + “walk” — is a tightrope walker. The word can also be used figuratively to describe someone who is mentally agile or able to walk a fine line between two opposing viewpoints. Example (as used by Grant Whitney Harvey in The Huffington Post): “It’s an extraordinary quality bartenders [...]
By Early To Rise | Wed, Dec 15, 2010
When you're starting any business -- an Internet business, for example, with a new website and an e-mail list of zero names -- the thought of competing with the established companies out there can be intimidating.
By Early To Rise | Tue, Dec 14, 2010
If you haven't yet bought silver, the market just gave you an extraordinary reason to take action... right now. In mid-October, I told my readers about a coming rally in the U.S. dollar.
By Early To Rise | Tue, Dec 14, 2010
To Wrest (REST) — from the Old Norse for “to bend/turn” — is to get by effort; to take forcibly by violent pulling or twisting. Example (as used by Leon Wieseltier in a New York Times review of Saul Bellow: Letters, edited by Benjamin Taylor): “Yet something is missing from the chortling celebration of Bellovian jollity, and [...]
By Early To Rise | Mon, Dec 13, 2010
In the beginning -- when I first signed up for the Early to Rise newsletter -- I was OVERWHELMED by the number of e-mails I started to receive. (I just wasn't accustomed to the quantity of information that I would come to expect from ETR.)
By Michael Masterson | Sat, Dec 11, 2010
Today, I am going to give you a way to make a lot of money. And after I have explained it, I will tell you exactly how to get started. It is a very simple strategy.
By Early To Rise | Fri, Dec 10, 2010
If you read Early to Rise this week, you know we're set to launch the 2011 class of the Internet Money Club. (Keep reading to find out how you can get in before anybody else.)
By Early To Rise | Thu, Dec 9, 2010
Farrago (fuh-RAH-goh) — from the Latin for a mixture of feed grains for cattle — is a hodgepodge; a confused assortment of miscellaneous things. Example (as used by David Denby in a New Yorker review of the film “Black [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Dec 9, 2010
If you could create a steady side income by putting in just a few hours a week, would you do it? Listen, it's entirely possible. And today, I'm going to show you how.
By Don Hauptman | Thu, Dec 9, 2010
It’s time for another round of “confusables” — similar words that are often confused, misused, and abused. The following examples come from print and online sources. “Central tenants of the tea party movement are that bailouts of failing financial institutions must end; that ‘big business’ shouldn’t enjoy subsidies from ‘big government’….” A tenant (TEN-unt) rents a [...]
By Early To Rise | Wed, Dec 15, 2010
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