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Provided by the compucert prehensible \pri-HEN-suh-buhl\, adjective:
- Able to be seized or grasped.
Prehensible comes from the Latin word prehension meaning “a taking hold.”
Cough and Call
- A term used to call in sick from work.
I just wasn't in the mood for people's bullshit today so I pulled a cough and call.
Trivia
What playful late-night TV host created havoc during a duet by guests Judy Garland and Robert Goulet by shuffling their cue cards?
- Jack Paar.
History
- William and Mary: joint rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland were married (1677)
- cash register: was first patented by James and John Ritty (1880)
- King Tutankhamen: treasure-filled tomb was discovered in Luxor, Egypt, by archeologist Howard Carter (1922)
- Nellie T. Ross: Wyoming woman became the first female governor of a US state; she was serving out her late husband's term (1924)
- Iran hostage crisis: a mob seized the US Embassy in Teheran after the US admitted the exiled Shah Reza Pahlavi (1979)
- Yitzhak Rabin: Israeli prime minister was assassinated after speaking at a peace rally in Tel Aviv (1995)
- Barack Obama: was elected the United States' first African-American chief executive (2008)
Birthdays
- William III (1650-1702): king of England
- Walter Cronkite (1916-2009): CBS newscaster who was "the most trusted man in America"
- Laura Bush (65): former FLOTUS
- Jeff Probst (49): Emmy-winning host of Survivor
- Matthew McConaughey (42): actor most recently on screen in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past; also, actors Art Carney (1918-2003), Doris Roberts (81) and Loretta Swit (74), Kathy Griffin (51), Ralph Macchio (50) Heather Tom (36), and Markie post (61)
- Sean "Diddy" Combs (42): rapper/producer/businessman
- Luis Figo (39): 2001's FIFA World Player of the Year; football players Steve Mariucci (56) and Orlando Pace (36) share this birth date
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