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Provided by the compucert juju \JOO-joo\, noun:
- An object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
- The power associated with a juju.
jack in v.
- To gain entry; to connect, as to a network.
- To enter or connect by deceptive or unscrupulous means, esp. with malicious intent.
"He tried to jack in and take down their group from the inside after he heard what they were saying about him behind his back."
TriviaWhich three tennis greats, all voted into the Tennis Hall of Fame, were left-handed at birth but learned to play right-handed?
- Margaret Smith Court, Maureen Connolly, and Ken Rosewall.
- Lincoln-Douglas debates: began in the Illinois Senate race; slavery and states' rights were the main issues (1858)
- Leon Trotsky: Soviet revolutionary died of wounds inflicted by a Stalinist assassin with an ice axe (1940)
- Hawaii: island group joins the union, bringing to 50 the number of the United States (1959)
- Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999): basketball star who holds record for most points (100) in one game; athlete Archie Griffin (54) shares this birth date
- Kenny Rogers (70): country/pop singer, The Gambler; other musicians born on this date include Count Basie (1904-1984), Melvin Van Peebles (76), Jackie DeShannon (64), Glenn Hughes (56), Liam Howlett (37) and Alizée (24)
- Kim Cattrall (52): Samantha Jones on Sex and the City; also, actors Loretta Devine (59), Carrie-Anne Moss (38), Alicia Witt (33), Cody Kasch (21) and Hayden Panettiere (19)
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