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Provided by the compucert obdurate \OB-duh-rit; -dyuh-\, adjective:
- Hardened in wrongdoing; stubbornly wicked. Hardened in feelings; hard-hearted.
- Resistant to persuasion; unyielding.
- Hard; harsh; rugged; rough.
Urban Word of the Day
- Government run by robots. They will be able to lie and have scandals me efficently than humans.
Vote Candidatebot 4000 in 2008 or be processed for organs.
Trivia
When it comes to international license plate codes, what country is represented by the letters EAK?
- Kenya. EAK stands for East Africa Kenya.
- McDonald Islands: uninhabited, barren, volcanic islands were discovered in the Indian Ocean near Antarctica (1854)
- Beehive State: Utah became No. 45 after Mormons renounced polygamy; the practice had often been regarded as the basis for holding high office in the Church of Latter Day Saints (1896)
- Great Society: President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined his domestic policies in his State of the Union address; he aimed to "end poverty and racial injustice" (1965)
Today's Birthdays
- Louis Braille (1809-1852): musician and educator who, blinded as a child, developed a raised-point writing system for the blind
- Charlyne Yi (22): actress
- Jane Wyman (1914-2007): Oscar-winning actress for Johnny Belinda who was married to Ronald Reagan; shared a birthday with her daughter, Maureen Reagan (1941-2001)
- Floyd Patterson (1935-2006): first to become world heavyweight champ twice
- Michael Stipe (48): frontman of R.E.M.
- Vanity (49): actress, singer, Born-Again Christian Evangelist now known as Denise Matthews
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