Thursday, September 8, 2011

inculcate \in-KUHL-kayt; IN-kuhl-kayt\, transitive verb:

• To teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction.

Inculcate is from Latin inculcare, "to tread upon, to force upon," from in-, "in, on" + calcare, "to trample," from calx, calc-, "heel."

googly eyes

• when a person sees someone they like a lot. The way they look at them when they can not find the words to express how they feel. They way someone looks at the person who has them sprung. Not necessarily big huge eyes. Just staring alot. It can just be an expression.

He's got me all googly eyes.

Trivia

What is a Cairene?

• A native or inhabitant of Cairo, Egypt.

History

• St. Augustine: the oldest permanent European settlement in the US was founded (1565)
• Galveston Hurricane: made landfall; it was the deadliest natural disaster to strike the US to date (1900)
• Miss America: the annual pageant was first held in Atlantic City; 16-year-old Margaret Gorman of Washington DC was the first to be crowned (1921)
• Siege of Leningrad: nearly 2.5-year blockade of the city by the Germans in WWII began (1941)
• Star Trek: TV series recounting the adventures of the starship Enterprise premiered (1966)
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: opened in Washington, DC, with the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass (1971)
• Watergate: US president Gerald Ford granted his predecessor, Richard Nixon, a full pardon for "crimes he committed or may have committed" (1974)

Birthdays

• Richard I (1157-1199): aka Richard the Lionhearted, the third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Czech composer
• Sid Caesar (89): comedian and actor, Your Show of Shows; other comic actors born on this date include Peter Sellers (1925-1980), David Arquette and Martin Freeman (both 39), Nate Corddry (34) and Jonathan Taylor Thomas (30)
• Ann Beattie (64): author of short stories and novels; writers Alfred Jarry (1873-1907), Frederic Mistral (1830-1914) and Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) shared this birth date
• Brooke Burke (40): co-host of Dancing With the Stars
• Pink (32): singer, "Get The Party Started"; also, musicians Patsy Cline (1932-1963), Will Lee (59) and Aimee Mann (51)

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