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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48904)	8/19/2005 7:38:52 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Word of the Day for Friday August 19, 2005 ephemeral \ih-FEM-er-ul\, adjective: 1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; as, an ephemeral flower. 2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. In the 1980s, Lt. Col. Oliver North unwittingly proved that e-mail, so apparently ephemeral, is harder to [1]expunge than paper documents comfortingly run through a shredder. --Amy Harmon, "E-Mail Is Treacherous. So Why Do We Keep Trusting It?" [2]New York Times, March 26, 2000 In "Mississippi Mermaid," the planter character played by Belmondo, a fellow who has sought a safe, permanent love, is liberated when he chooses to follow the ephemeral. --Vincent Canby, "Truffaut's Clear-Eyed Quest." [3]New York Times, September 14, 1975 Rather, we must separate what is ephemeral... from the things that are of lasting importance. --Patrick Smith, Japan: A Reinterpretation