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Provided by the compucert acquiesce \ak-wee-ES\, intransitive verb:
- To accept or consent passively or without objection -- usually used with 'in' or 'to'.
Acquiesce comes from Latin acquiescere, "to give oneself to rest, hence to find one's rest or peace (in something)," from ad, "to" + quiescere, "to rest, to be or keep quiet."
off-sight meeting - A meeting that has no real purpose or clear direction. However, breakfast is usually served, therefore it is still beneficial that you attend.
"Nah, this is an off-sight meeting."
"Ah, well at least these scones are delicious."
Trivia
What is Woody Allen’s legal name?
- Heywood Allen. He changed it from his original name, Allen Stewart Konigsberg, in 1952, when he was 17.
- William McKinley: US president was shot by an anarchist; he died eight days later (1901)
- Queen Juliana: popular monarch assumed the throne of the Netherlands, which she retained until 1980 (1948)
- Hendrik Verwoerd: South African prime minister was stabbed to death by a deranged parliamentary messenger in parliament in Cape Town (1966)
- Saint Petersburg: the original name was restored after the Russian city had been Leningrad since 1924 (1991)
- John Dalton (1766-1844): scientist who researched color blindness, known as Daltonism; scientists J.J.R. Macleod (1876-1936), Walter Robert Dornberger (1895-1980) and Luis Leloir (1906-1987) were also born on this date
- Jeff Foxworthy (51): actor, comedian and host of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?; other actors born on this date include JoAnne Worley (72), Swoosie Kurtz (65), Jane Curtin (62), Rosie Perez (45), Dylan Bruno, Idris Elba and Anika Noni Rose (all 37), and Justin Whalin (35)
Elizabeth Vargas (47): broadcast journalist, 20/20 - Foxy Brown (30): rapper; musicians David Allen Coe (70), Mel McDaniel (67), Buddy Miller (57), Scott Travis (48), Macy Gray (42) and CeCe Peniston (40) share this birth date
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