Posted on 06/28/2002 6:59:46 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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....
avidity \ah-vid-i-ty\, noun:
avidities; noun, plural
1. Ardent desire or craving; eagerness.
2. Keen interest or enthusiasm: followed the tournament with avidity.
3.Chemistry.
A. The dissociation-dependent strength of an acid or base.
B. Degree of affinity.
4. A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
Etymology: [L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F. avidit['e]. See Avid.]. Date: 15th Century.
Too bad you never had it developed.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
:-)
And the word is courtesy of Dubyaismypresident.
Good morning back at you.
Hillery's White House avidity
Is not helped by her cupidity.
She won't take the Pledge,
Continues to hedge,
A lib with no validity.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Another bonehead trade.
Is it football season yet?
Don't trust me or don't trust yourself....
A+
Oh Teacher - that was excellent! ROFL.........
"I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?"
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I -- me, an individual, a committee of one. |
| Pledge -- dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity. |
| Allegiance -- my love and my devotion. |
| To the flag -- our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there's respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job! |
| United -- that means that we have all come together. |
| States -- individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country. |
| And to the republic -- a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
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| For which it stands, one nation -- one nation, meaning "so blessed by God" |
| Indivisible -- incapable of being divided. |
| With liberty -- which is freedom -- the right of power to live one's own life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation. |
| And Justice -- the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others. |
| For all -- which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine. |
Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance...
UNDER GOD
Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said
that is a prayer
and that would be eliminated from schools too?
God Bless America!
In memory of Wednesday's amazing 9th Circuit Court decision....
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