"Style" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift
(pictured) for her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). It was written and
produced by Max Martin, Shellback, and Ali Payami, with additional
writing by Swift, and released to US radio stations as the album's third
single. Musically, "Style" incorporates disco, funk, and pop rock. The
song garnered generally positive reviews from critics, many of whom
deemed it the album's highlight. It earned an APRA Music Award
nomination for International Work of the Year and appeared on year-end
lists of Pitchfork and The Village Voice. "Style" peaked at number six
on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, becoming 1989's third consecutive
Hot 100 top-ten single, and received multi-platinum certifications in
Australia and Canada. Swift included "Style" on regular set lists for
two of her world tours: The 1989 World Tour (2015) and the Reputation
Stadium Tour (2018).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_%28Taylor_Swift_song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1920:
A bomb in a horse-drawn wagon exploded in front of 23 Wall
Street in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring several hundred
others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_bombing>
1940:
Second World War: Italian forces captured the town of Sidi
Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt (tanks pictured) progressed no
further.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Egypt>
1990:
Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway was completed
between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of
China and Kazakhstan, and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land
Bridge.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Land_Bridge>
2007:
Seventeen Iraqi civilians were shot and killed by Blackwater
guards in Baghdad.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisour_Square_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
thou:
1. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially
as an expression of contempt or familiarity.
2. (intransitive) To use the word thou.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thou>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Grant us the single heart once more That mocks no sacred thing,
The Sword of Truth our fathers wore When Thou wast Lord and King.Let
darkness unto darkness tell Our deep unspoken prayer; For, while our
souls in darkness dwell, We know that Thou art there.
--Alfred Noyes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Noyes>