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Word For The Day, Wednesday 2/05/03
2/05/03

Posted on 02/05/2003 1:09:51 AM PST by Bella_Bru

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....


Thank you, VRWCMember, for today's WFTD!

anabasis, noun:
plural:anabases

1. An advance; an expedition.
2. A large-scale military advance, specifically the Greek mercenary expedition across Asia Minor in 401 B.C. led by Cyrus the Younger of Persia, as described by Xenophon. It was unsuccessful, and the Greeks, led by Xenophon, retreated to the Black Sea.

Etymology: Greek, from anabainein, to go up. See anabaena

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: michaeldobbs
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101 posted on 02/05/2003 6:51:06 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
I am very seriously considering getting one, cutting off the sleeves, and wearing it when I jog thru Brookdale Park, where the uber libs hang out.
102 posted on 02/05/2003 6:51:20 AM PST by hobbes1
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To: hobbes1
i coulda got you one last week, they had a booth at CPAC.
103 posted on 02/05/2003 6:51:55 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: hobbes1; Hegewisch Dupa; VRWCmember
THIS just cries out for a monty python skit....
104 posted on 02/05/2003 6:54:46 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
"Nigel, we've got an eater!"
105 posted on 02/05/2003 6:56:30 AM PST by CholeraJoe
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To: CholeraJoe
i think she was merely resting...
106 posted on 02/05/2003 6:58:19 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Pining for the fjords.
107 posted on 02/05/2003 6:59:00 AM PST by CholeraJoe
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To: Bella_Bru
Dems are on an anabasis
With clowns appealing to their bases.
This fine group of nuts
Will soon be the butts
Of jokes as they make their cases.
108 posted on 02/05/2003 6:59:27 AM PST by doubled (The law of probability is not subject to PC thinking)
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To: CholeraJoe
God, i love those guys.
109 posted on 02/05/2003 6:59:35 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
You know, watching these guys learn, is nearly as satisfying as observing my 4 year old. I just hope their curve is a little steeper than Wolfgangs.(at least for now)

From todays Times (Check out Mitch!)

Rep. James P. Moran, Virginia Democrat, complimented Mr. Daniels for being a "good, loyal soldier" of the Bush administration but upbraided him for what he called mismanagement of the economy.

"The price of that loyalty is that you will have to take some responsibility for the worst economic management in American history," Mr. Moran said.

Mr. Moran criticized the Bush budget, filled with what he called "tax cuts and other spending," as "the riskiest economic plan I've ever seen."

Mr. Daniels countered by saying that if Democrats think the 2001 tax cuts were such a bad idea, they should move to repeal them. "I would simply invite you to bring a plan forward," Mr. Daniels said. "The money has not been, in your usage, spent. Almost all of it remains with American taxpayers. If [repealing those tax cuts] is really the right thing to do, then please propose it and let's have a good, honest debate."

Ouch!

110 posted on 02/05/2003 7:02:46 AM PST by hobbes1 (Finally, getting in some brawling. The Bullys are taking notice.)
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To: CholeraJoe
slut. you're supposed to THINK those things, nto say them:-)
111 posted on 02/05/2003 7:05:22 AM PST by camle (Camle pox?!?!? I hope there's a vaccine!)
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To: TheGrimReaper
OK, Grimmy, you can be Slut #2.
112 posted on 02/05/2003 7:05:51 AM PST by camle (Camle pox?!?!? I hope there's a vaccine!)
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To: xsmommy
I hope you confined your discussions to the sappho fantasies of SOME men, and not everyone.
113 posted on 02/05/2003 7:07:16 AM PST by camle (Camle pox?!?!? I hope there's a vaccine!)
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To: xsmommy
"This bird you sold me.... is dead!"

"No...no it isn't.....it's just -- resting."

114 posted on 02/05/2003 7:07:38 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (Alert the Ministry of Silly Walks!)
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To: camle
See, I don't think of myself as a slut per se...I am a Lesbian trapped in a Mans Body.
115 posted on 02/05/2003 7:07:45 AM PST by hobbes1
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
a blanket? maybe on a HArley, otherwise, you're supposed to generate yer OWN heat.

Blankets! we don't need no steenkeen blankets!
116 posted on 02/05/2003 7:08:32 AM PST by camle (Camle pox?!?!? I hope there's a vaccine!)
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To: camle
Sign me up!
117 posted on 02/05/2003 7:11:25 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (better than mud wrestling....)
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To: hobbes1
Sorry, but I was there first.
118 posted on 02/05/2003 7:11:31 AM PST by camle (Camle pox?!?!? I hope there's a vaccine!)
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To: TheGrimReaper
I can see it now, WFTD featuring the newest Freeper status symbol - a place on the croq slut ratings board!
119 posted on 02/05/2003 7:12:26 AM PST by camle (Camle pox?!?!? I hope there's a vaccine!)
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To: maxwell
be careful what you drink down there, maxie!
120 posted on 02/05/2003 7:19:05 AM PST by xsmommy
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