Friday, July 29, 2011

aureate \AWR-ee-it\, adjective:

1. Characterized by an ornate style of writing or speaking.

2. Golden or gilded.

3. Brilliant; splendid.

Aureate originally comes from the Latin aureus, "golden."

money hugger

• Opposite of tree hugger. Unscrupulous, money hungry, money collecting individual or company willing to do anything and destroy anything on this planet to get their fix - more money.

"I don't care about your environmental impact or the old tree growth, and that frog is not worth those millions I can make here," said the money hugger.

Trivia

What three musical instruments are pictured on the U.S. quarter honoring Tennessee?

• A guitar, trumpet and fiddle, which are shown with a musical score and a banner inscribed, “Musical Heritage.”

History

• Spanish Armada: was defeated by the English, led by Sir Francis Drake (1588)
• NASA: President Eisenhower signed a bill creating the space agency (1958)
• Lady Di: married Prince Charles at St. Paul's Cathedral in London (1981)
• switch hitter: Red Sox batter Bill Mueller became the first Major League Baseball player to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in a single game (2003)

Birthdays

• Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859): French politician who wrote Democracy in America
• Booth Tarkington (1869-1946): Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Magnificent Ambersons
• Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961): UN secretary general and Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Peter Jennings (1938-2005): anchor, World News Tonight
• Ken Burns (58): documentary filmmaker, The Civil War, The War
• Tim Gunn (58): fashion consultant and TV personality, Project Runway
• Martina McBride (45): country singer; musicians Patti Scialfa and Geddy Lee (both 57), Wanya Morris (38) and Danger Mouse (34) share this birth date
• Josh Radnor (37): Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother; also, actors Mike Starr (61), Alexandra Paul (48), Tim Omundson (42), and Wil Wheaton (39)

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