boondoggle \ BOON-dog-uhl, -daw-guhl \ , verb;
callipygian (kal-uh-PIJ-ee-en). adj.
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- to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy.
- to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme .
noun:
- a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
- work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.
- a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation.
callipygian (kal-uh-PIJ-ee-en). adj.- Having a beautfully proportioned buttocks.
march of dimes
- A procession or gathering of attractive females. They are all "tens" making them dimes.
Guy at mall: "Damn, look at those women, it's a regular march of dimes."

History
- Alexander Hamilton: the former secretary of the treasury was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with former vice-president Aaron Burr; Hamilton died the next day (1804)
- Niagara Movement: W.E.B. Du Bois and other African-Americans united to call for an end to racial discrimination (1905)
- Skylab: after six years in space, the space station reentered Earth's atmosphere (1979)
- Mumbai train bombings: seven blasts set off in pressure cookers took more than 200 lives (2006)
- John Quincy Adams (U.S.) 1767
- John Wanamaker 1838
- E.B. White 1899
- Harry Von Zell 1906
- Yul Brynner 1915
- Gene Evans 1924
- Brett Somers 1927
- Theodore Harold Maiman 1927
- Paul Harney 1929
- Giorgio Armani 1934
- Bobby Rice 1944
- Beverly Todd 1946
- Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1947 - Musician
- Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1951 - Singer
- Stephen Lang 1952
- Leon Spinks 1953
- Mindy Sterling 1953
- Sela Ward 1956
- Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) 1957 - Musician
- Mark Lester 1958
- Suzanne Vega 1959 - Musician
- Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) 1960 - Musician
- Lisa Rinna 1963
- Debbie Dunning 1966
- Michael Rosenbaum 1972
- Lil' Kim 1975















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