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Provided by the compucert didactic \dy-DAK-tik; duh-\, adjective:
- Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, "didactic essays."
- Inclined to teach or moralize excessively; moralistic.
Didactic comes from Greek didaktikos, "skillful in teaching," from didaktos, "taught," from didaskein, "to teach, to educate."
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This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
TriviaHow long, in hours, did pop star Britney Spears’s first marriage— to childhood pal Jason Alexander— last?
- 55. Spears exchanged vows with Alexander in a Las Vegas wedding chapel at 5:30 A.M. on Saturday, January 3, 2004, and had the marriage annulled at midday the following Monday. Both were 22 at the time.
- US Constitution: went into effect as the United States Congress met for the first time, in New York City (1789)
- American Automobile Association: the "triple A" club was established; it now has 50 million members (1902)
- New Deal: economic recovery and social welfare plan was outlined by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his inaugural address, in which he told Americans that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" (1933)
- Henry the Navigator (1394-1460): explorer
- Johann David Wyss (1743-1818): author of Swiss Family Robinson; plus, novelist Enrique Larreta (1875-1961)
- Knute Rockne (1888-1931): legendary football coach
- Miriam Makeba (1932-2008): South African folk singer; among the many musicians born on this date are Bobby Womack (66), Chris Squire (62), Emilio Estefan (57),Grand Puba (44) and Jason Marsalis (33)
- Steven Weber (49): actor, Wings, Brothers and Sisters; also, actors Catherine O'Hara (56), Mykelti Williamson (53), Patricia Heaton (52) and Andrea Bowen (20)
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