attenuate \uh-TEN-yoo-eyt\, verb:
1. To weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value2. To make thin; make slender or fine.3. In medicine, to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium.4. In electronics, to decrease the amplitude of an electronic signal.
Attenuate is based on the Latin attenuāre, "to thin, reduce."
Macaroni and Sneeze
- A regular for lunch at institutions such as public schools, hospitals (esp. mental), and the military/boot camp. Any kind of pasta dish consisting of ingredients/prepared by individuals you are unsure of.
The lunch lady had something hanging from her nose on Monday, the same day we had Macaroni and Sneeze...
History
- Joseph Smith: the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was killed by an anti-Mormon mob in Illinois (1844)
- Joshua Slocum: Canadian adventurer landed at Newport, Rhode Island, becoming the first to circumnavigate the world on his own (1898)
- Newbery Medal: was first awarded, to Hendrik Willem van Loon for The Story of Mankind (1922)
- paintball: the first game was played, in New Hampshire (1981)
- US National Do Not Call Registry: opened for business; almost ¾ of a million phone numbers were signed up on its first day in a stand against unwanted telemarketing (2003)
Birthdays
- Louis XII (France) 1462
- Charles XII (Sweden) 1682
- Charles Stewart Parnell 1846
- Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872
- Helen Keller 1880
- John McIntire (actor) 1907
- Audrey Christie 1911
- Willie Mosconi 1913
- Ben Homer 1917
- I.A.L. Diamond 1920
- Elmo Hope 1923
- Rosalie Allen 1924
- Jerome ‘Doc’ Pomus 1925
- Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan 1927
- H. Ross Perot 1930
- Charles Bronfman 1931
- Anna Moffo 1934
- Sandra Smith 1940
- Frank Mills 1942
- Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) 1944
- Norma Kamili 1945
- Julia Duffy 1951
- Isabelle Adjani 1955
- Lorrie Morgan 1959
- Brian Dillinger 1960J. J. Abrams 1966
- Tobey Maguire 1975
- Leigh Nash (Sixpence None the Richer) 1976
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