[fortes fortuna juvat]

Evening Star as in The Evening Star newspaper, Washington, D.C.?

[EveningStar]

I do remember that newspaper quite well because I lived in VA near DC in the 1950s, but no. From my profile:

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It goes back to the days when I spent a lot of time on IRC. My handle was AgentOrange (get it? - from Orange County).

The vast majority of veterans I ran into were OK with it. But a few weren't.

Because I respect veterans, I decided to come up with a "kinder, gentler" alternative whenever that situation came up.

On my desk, I spotted an opera CD that I'd recently purchased and listened to. It was called Luceafărul (The Evening Star) and it was by the Romanian composer Nicolae Bretan.

And there you have it. :)

Here is the prelude to that opera.