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To: sandintoes who wrote (42996)	7/19/2002 11:20:34 AM
From: Sarkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

I remember everything.

To: sandintoes who wrote (42996)	7/19/2002 11:49:45 AM
From: Sarkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Word of the Day for Friday July 19, 2002: importunate \im-POR-chuh-nit\, adjective: Troublesomely urgent; overly persistent in request or demand; unreasonably solicitous. An emperor penguin in captivity starved to death by feeding all his rations -- about six pounds of fish daily -- to an importunate chick. --Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, The Emperor's Embrace The play is a cacophony of importunate ringing doorbells and telephones, of pleas both professional and romantic from an exasperating assortment of colleagues and admirers. --Ben Brantley, "Present Laughter," New York Times, November 19, 1996 Jokes form a kind of currency, such that a wise-crack from the most importunate beggar may bring instant reward. --Max Rodenbeck, Cairo: The City Victorious -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Importunate is derived from Latin importunus, "unsuitable, troublesome, (of character) assertive, insolent, inconsiderate."