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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (19086)	1/6/2005 4:49:38 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

The word time is derived from the word tide. Main Entry: 1tide Pronunciation: 'tId Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, time, from Old English tId; akin to Old High German zIt time and perhaps to Greek daiesthai to divide 1 a obsolete : a space of time : PERIOD b : a fit or opportune time : OPPORTUNITY c : an ecclesiastical anniversary or festival; also : its season -- usually used in combination <Eastertide> 2 a (1) : the alternate rising and falling of the surface of the ocean and of water bodies (as gulfs and bays) connected with the ocean that occurs usually twice a day and is caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon occurring unequally on different parts of the earth (2) : a less marked rising and falling of an inland body of water (3) : a periodic movement in the earth's crust caused by the same forces that produce ocean tides (4) : a tidal distortion on one celestial body caused by the gravitational attraction of another (5) : one of the tidal movements of the atmosphere resembling those of the ocean and produced by gravitation or diurnal temperature changes b : FLOOD TIDE 1 3 a : something that fluctuates like the tides of the sea <the tide of public opinion> b : a surging movement of a group <a tide of opportunists> 4 a : a flowing stream : CURRENT b : the waters of the ocean c : the overflow of a flooding stream I. tide pools When the ebbing tide retreats Along the rocky shoreline It leaves a trail of tidal pools In a short-lived galaxy Each microcosmic planet A complete society A simple kind mirror To reflect upon our own All the busy little creatures Chasing out their destinies Living in their pools They soon forget about the sea... Wheels within wheels In a spiral array A pattern so grand And complex Time after time We lose sight of the way Our causes can’t see Their effects Ii. hyperspace A quantum leap forward In time and in space The universe learned to expand The mess and the magic Triumphant and tragic A mechanized world, out of hand Computerized clinic For superior cynics Who dance to a synthetic band In their own image Their world is fashioned --- No wonder they don’t understand Wheels within wheels In a spiral array A pattern so grand And complex Time after time We lose sight of the way Our causes can’t see Their effects Iii. permanent waves Science, like nature Must also be tamed With a view towards it’s preservation Given the same State of integrity It will surely serve us well Art as expression --- Not as market campaigns Will still capture our imaginations Given the same State of integrity It will surely help us along The most endangered species --- The honest man Will still survive annihilation Forming a world --- State of integrity Sensitive, open, and strong Wave after wave Will flow with the tide And bury the world as it does Tide after tide Will flow and recede Leaving life to go on As it was...