A choice between two evils. A
term dating back to the early seventeenth century, it referred not to the devil
of hellfire and brimstone but to a seam around a ship’s hull near the waterline.
A sailor attempting to caulk this seam in heavy seas was in danger of falling
overboard and drowning. The term was used figuratively—to mean any
dilemma in which one faced danger—from that time on. It became a cliché
about the middle of the eighteenth century.
The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
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