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Word For The Day, Monday, July 14, 2003
The Verbivores | 7/14/03 | The Teacher

Posted on 07/14/2003 5:07:51 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. Practice makes perfect.....post on....


sagacity \Sa*gac"i*ty\, noun
sagacious; adjective
sagaciously; adverb
sagaciousness; noun

1. The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.
2. The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
3. Ability to make good judgments.
4. The mental ability to form an opinion by distinguishing and evaluating.

Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell. --Cowper.
Natural sagacity improved by generous education. --V. Knox.

Etymology: [French sagacité, from Old French sagacite, from Latin sag cit s, quickness of perception, from sag x, sag c-, of keen perception.]


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To: hobbes1
Rush to appear on NFL Sunday Countdown....!!!

Another reason to look forward to football season.

241 posted on 07/14/2003 9:36:00 AM PDT by NeoCaveman ("I don't need the Bush tax cut. I never worked a f****** day in my life. Patrick Kennedy D-RI)
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To: dubyaismypresident
As if it even needs a Reason.......
242 posted on 07/14/2003 9:36:53 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: xsmommy
That would take a LOT of work!


243 posted on 07/14/2003 9:36:55 AM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (LNJWGRANP)
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To: dubyaismypresident
SEVEN MORE DAYS!
244 posted on 07/14/2003 9:37:18 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Laura Earl
Yes I have been busy explaining why we are taking this company to heck in a hand basket. It really kills me that tiny companies are as dumb and inefficient as big companies. Company Owner, "We want to make more money but we want to continue doing what no longer works. Sure we need to change but can't we just talk about and come up with some catchy phrases and such?"
245 posted on 07/14/2003 9:38:21 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
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To: hobbes1
YAYY!! (Football and Rush... heaven!) I hope he does well at it.
246 posted on 07/14/2003 9:38:28 AM PDT by Argh
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To: dubyaismypresident; mhking
hey look who's going BIG TIME!! i will need to use toothpicks to keep my eyes open to see ya, pal!
247 posted on 07/14/2003 9:38:32 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
I used to try to get cooties from all the little girls when I was a little boy.
248 posted on 07/14/2003 9:39:50 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
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To: Flurry
sooooo. you were a cootie-catcher? hm....
249 posted on 07/14/2003 9:40:25 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NYC GOP Chick
Why not? Women are asking me to do that all the time.
250 posted on 07/14/2003 9:40:35 AM PDT by Argh (Yeah, right...)
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To: Flurry
You need to get a mission statement printed up on banners to hang up in the hallways. That should take care of things.
251 posted on 07/14/2003 9:40:51 AM PDT by Laura Earl (A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick; xsmommy; Laura Earl; Gabz
I'm telling ya as soon as their nuts drop they'll be as hetero as me and Flurry.
252 posted on 07/14/2003 9:40:57 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (White Devils for Sharpton. We're baaaaad. We're Nationwide)
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To: CholeraJoe
How do you know????

for pete's sake - they're only babies - leave them alone.

253 posted on 07/14/2003 9:41:13 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: CholeraJoe
i believe you, ceej.
254 posted on 07/14/2003 9:41:49 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
The girls were more interesting than the boys. I still have more female friends than male. Laura Earl is my best friend.
255 posted on 07/14/2003 9:41:52 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
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To: Argh
Women are asking me to do that all the time.

Stoned again, huh?

256 posted on 07/14/2003 9:41:53 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (White Devils for Sharpton. We're baaaaad. We're Nationwide)
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To: CholeraJoe
How do you think he gets all them chix...It's the stash.....
257 posted on 07/14/2003 9:42:31 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Flurry
i have always had an affinity for boys. they are nice. : )
258 posted on 07/14/2003 9:42:36 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Laura Earl
We got us a mission statement that is every bit as stupid as anything in Dilbert.
259 posted on 07/14/2003 9:42:54 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
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To: xsmommy; secret garden; Gabz; RikaStrom
Recumbent bicyles are a style to reduce the amount of air resistance the bike and rider create at higher speeds: above 15 mph, air resistance is the vast majority of the load a rider faces (80 percent at over 22 mph!). The lower sitting position reduces air drag of both bike and rider, and good recumbents with fairings can easily go on flat roads at over 40 mph. Record runs are over 55-60 mph, but very few real riders go that fast.

They are limited by gear ratios to slower speeds going uphill obviously.




Laundry?

I am prohibitted from doing the laundry, or even entering the laundry room. When the Ronnie is on vacation, she doesn't do laundry either.

260 posted on 07/14/2003 9:43:02 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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