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Provided by the compucert hoary \HOR-ee\, adjective:
- White or gray with age; as, "hoary hairs."
- Ancient; extremely old; remote in time past.
Hoary derives from Middle English hor, from Old English har, "gray; old (and gray-haired)."
- The political primary season in the United States, where the party rank-and-file select their candidates for elective office. So called because of the phony "issues" prospective candidates dredge up to get attention, which tend to have little to do with the real challenges facing the republic. Thought to have originated in New Hampshire, the state with the first presidential primaries.
"The silly season is upon us!"
Trivia
How much does a standard ping-pong ball weigh?
- Not quite 1/10 ounce—or exactly .095 ounce.
- Steven Biko: black civil rights leader died in police custody in South Africa (1977)
- Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928): British prime minister; French king Francis I (1494-1597) shares this birth date
- Jesse Owens (1913-1980): black track-and-field star who won four gold medals at the Berlin Summer Olympics
Joe Pantoliano (57): Ralph Cifaretto in The Sopranos; also, actors Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), Ian Holm (77), Linda Gray (68), Peter Scolari (53), Amy Yasbeck (46), Paul Walker (35), Benjamin McKenzie (30) and Emmy Rossum (22) - Jennifer Hudson (27): American Idol winner who went on to win awards for her role as Effie White in Dream Girls; other singers born on this date include Barry White (1944-2003), Josie (38) and Ruben Studdard (30)
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