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AGILITY: physical or mental quickness

April 17, 2013

I suspect that most of us think of physical activity when we hear the word agility.  In my case it has to do with that quality which has never been attributed to me.  Agility in physical activity implies that the person has lithe, flexible moves, making (him) capable of twisting, turning, and bending to do [...]

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MOLLIFY : pacify; appease

January 26, 2013

To mollify is to bring peace, but it isn’t always seen as a positive thing. It is a word that comes from Old French, meaning “to soften,” often referring to such products as leather or dough. In some cases, to mollify means to coddle, or give in to.  If someone mollifies a dispute by abandoning [...]

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GUNG HO : wholeheartedly enthusiastic !

January 11, 2013

As you might imagine, the term gung ho has its origin in the military … the Marines to be specific. Most of us are not aware of it today, but the word gung ho has been in English only since 1942 and is one of the many words that entered the language as a result [...]

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The Penultimate Posting: Tomorrow will be my 1,000th Blog Posting!

August 28, 2012

In October, 2009, I posted my first ever blog posting along with a promise that it would be the first posted every day.   Except for a couple of days when I was in the hospital and one when my technology failed, I’ve kept that promise and TOMORROW, AUGUST 29, 20112, WILL BE MY 1,000th POSTING [...]

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ALGORITHM: a set of rules for finding a solution in a specific number of steps

March 13, 2012

No, you don’t have to be a well-schooled mathematician in order to understand today’s posting.   While algorithm is a word appropriately identified with advanced mathematics to describe a process for solving problems, it is not restricted to that realm.  If it were, I would have hit the delete button long before this.  Math and I [...]

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SACRIFICE: an offering of something of value as a benefit to someone or something else*

June 29, 2011

Let me start this posting with a list: David inconveniences himself regularly for his wife, Melissa, as a sign of love Mom and Dad forgo a special night out to attend a backyard drama staged by their children Dustin Pedroia hits into the hands of the left fielder so Jacoby Ellsbury can score from 3rd [...]

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FOREFRONT: the position of greatest importance or prominence

January 28, 2011

This morning I was watching an early morning news show, absorbed in the discussion of the unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, and now Yemen.     One of the commentators mentioned that selecting the primary news of the morning is tricky; a lot depends upon one’s perspective.   Some will be focused this morning on the selection of a [...]

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COLD: the absence of heat

February 19, 2010

My wife and I have a running issue over the definition of the word cold. I have to admit that the one I have given in the title to this posting is my own, based upon what I have claimed is a technical explanation for why we experience cold. I don’t know how much weight [...]

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ENTITLEMENT: a right to benefits that is granted, especially by law or contract. (Dictionary.com)

November 15, 2009

If you start reading this expecting the topic to be Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or some other form of health or welfare benefits, you may be disappointed. While those are legitimate topics for another posting, they are not the topics about which I am concerned today. I want to explore the interplay between the entitlements [...]

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