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To: KLP who wrote (43211)	7/21/2002 11:47:51 AM
From: Sarkie	Respond to of 225578

I hope it's contagious.

To: KLP who wrote (43211)	7/21/2002 12:25:08 PM
From: Sarkie	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 225578

Word of the Day for Sunday July 21, 2002: disconcert \dis-kuhn-SURT\, transitive verb: 1. To disturb the composure of. 2. To throw into disorder or confusion; as, "the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy." In steering a small boat before a heavy gale, don't look back -- it may disconcert you. --Frank Arthur Worsley, [1]Shackleton's Boat Journey I wander away, disconcerted by this sudden sense of having been cut short, frozen in mid-flow. --Paul Golding, [2]The Abomination They were disconcerted each time they saw him change from one evening to the next from a dramatic role to a comic one, from the part of a good man to that of the villain, as if he were thereby revealing some incomprehensible mutability in his being; but every time, after just a few lines, they would become wholly engrossed in the new fiction, convincing themselves that this was just how he was. --Paola Capriolo, [3]The Woman Watching _________________________________________________________ Disconcert is derived from Old French desconcerter, from des-, "dis-" + concerter, from Old Italian concertare, "to act together, to agree."