Friday, November 12, 2021

Friday, November 12, 2021

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asseverate \uh-SEV-uh-rayt\, transitive verb:
  • To affirm or declare positively or earnestly.
Asseverate comes from Latin asseverare, "to assert seriously or earnestly," from ad- + severus, "severe, serious."
 
Vulture Capitalist
  • A businessman who is looking to buy companies at giveaway prices, as opposed to venture capitalists.
"It's well known that the business is having major problems paying its bills, so I guess it won't be long before the vulture capitalists start circling."

History
  • Kenesaw Mountain Landis: judge was elected the first commissioner of baseball after the Black Sox scandal (1920)
  • Leon Trotsky: was expelled from the Communist Party and Joseph Stalin became the Soviet ruler (1927)
  • Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge: eight-mile-long structure opened for traffic (1936)
  • Ellis Island: the New York Harbor facility, which served more than 12 million immigrants, was closed (1954)
Birthdays
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815
  • Auguste Rodin 1840
  • Jo Stafford 1918
  • Richard Quine 1920
  • Kim Hunter 1922
  • Sunset Carson (Michael Harrison) 1922
  • Grace Kelly 1929
  • Jack Oakie 1930
  • Charles Manson 1934
  • Ruby Nash Curtis (Ruby & the Romantics) 1939
  • Brian Hyland 1943
  • Wallace Shawn 1943
  • Jimmy Hayes (Persuasions) 1943
  • Al Michaels 1944
  • Booker T. Jones (Booker T. & the MGs) 1944
  • Neil Young 1945
  • Barbara Fairchild 1950
  • Megan Mullally 1958
  • Nadia Comaneci 1961
  • David Ellefson (Megadeth) 1964
  • Tony Montana (Great White) 1965
  • Tonya Harding 1970
  • Angela Watson 1974
  • Tevin Campbell 1976
  • Anne Hathaway 1982
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