ACROSS THE BOARD : SITE OF THE WEEK.SINKING FEELING Noun 1. sinking feeling - a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"sinking : Encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books Britannica, the last word in collected knowledge, has digitized and posted on the Internet a fascinating slew of information on everbody's favorite sea-borne disaster, the H.M.S. Titanic Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14–15, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. . The Web site includes historical data about the ship, events surrounding its fated voyage, details on icebergs and buoyancy buoyancy (boi`ənsē, b  `yən–), upward force exerted by a fluid on any body immersed in it. Buoyant force can be explained in terms of Archimedes' principle. , and biographies of prominent passengers. And heck, that's just the tip of the, um, story. There are also 60 photos, Internet links to other Titanic sites and more. The Web site can be found at titanic.eb.com. IT'S A DATE: Can't a Hoosier trust a calendar? Some 36,000 state employees in Indiana had Friday off in observance of George Washington's birthday. Next year, they'll celebrate the same holiday with Christmas Eve off. But wasn't Washington born in February? State law allows the holiday shuffling. Indiana has 12 state holidays, and they can be observed on any other day of the year. Which means, conceivably, Christmas in July. |
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