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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49463)	11/25/2005 1:17:22 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Little Zachary Little Zachary was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything: tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers. In short, everything they could think of to help his math. Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner. To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference. Finally, little Zachary brought home his report card. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, his Mom looked at it and to her great surprise, little Zachary got an "A" in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity. She went to his room and said, "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?" Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no. "Well, then," she replied, "Was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT WAS IT??" Little Zachary looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around." If I may interject that is a very Zachary thing; we tend to work well only under pressure. latif.blogspot.com posted by Zachary at 03:32

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49463)	11/26/2005 1:33:31 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50167

This Day in History 1942: Premiere of Casablanca Set in occupied Morocco during World War II, directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid, Casablanca premiered this day in 1942 and became one of Hollywood's most revered films. More events on this day 1982: Nakasone Yasuhiro, leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party, was elected prime minister of Japan, replacing Suzuki Zenko. 1950: The People's Republic of China officially entered the Korean War on the side of North Korea. 1941: U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull sent a harsh notice to Japan, calling for a full withdrawal from China and Indochina. 1924: After the defeat of the White Russians and the Chinese, the Mongolian People's Republic was proclaimed. 1922: Charles Schulz, the creator of the popular comic strip Peanuts, was born. 1909: Eugène Ionesco, the Romanian-born French dramatist whose one-act “antiplay” La Cantatrice chauve (1949; The Bald Soprano) inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques and helped inaugurate the Theatre of the Absurd, was born. 1894: Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia, married Alexandra. 1883: Sojourner Truth, the African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervour to the abolitionist and women's rights movements, died. 579: Pelagius II succeeded Benedict I as pope.