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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49230)	10/10/2005 7:06:36 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

Word of the Day for Monday October 10, 2005 laconic \luh-KON-ik\, adjective: Using or marked by the use of a minimum of words; brief and pithy; brusque. Readers' reports range from the laconic to the verbose. --Bernard Stamler, "A Brooklyncentric View of Life," [1]New York Times, February 28, 1999 In the laconic language of the sheriff department's report, there was "no visible sign of life." --David Wise, [2]Cassidy's Run There was one tiny photograph of him at a YMCA camp plus a few laconic and uninformative entries in a soldier's log from the war year, 1917-18. --Edward W. Said, [3]Out of Place: A Memoir _________________________________________________________ Laconic comes, via Latin, from Greek Lakonikos, "of or relating to a Laconian or Spartan," hence "terse," in the manner of the Laconians. Trivia: Laconia was an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; Sparta was the capital. Its people were noted for being warlike and disciplined, and also for the brevity of their speech.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49230)	10/11/2005 7:26:25 AM
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This day in history.. Opening of the Second Vatican Council Pope John XXIII. 1962: The Second Vatican Council, announced by Pope John XXIII in 1959, opened this day in 1962, lasted for three years, and remains a symbol (controversial to some) of the church's readiness to adapt to modern life. 1976: In China the Gang of Four, having lost their influence with the death of Mao Zedong, were arrested. 1974: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was established by President Gerald R. Ford to oversee the civilian use of nuclear materials in the United States. 1958: The unmanned U.S. deep-space probe Pioneer 1 was launched into lunar orbit. 1890: The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was organized. 1531: Protestant troops under Jörg Göldli were defeated by Roman Catholic troops at the Battle of Kappel during the Swiss Reformation.