Today in History (March 24th):
1603: After 44 years of rule, Queen Elizabeth I of England died. She was succeeded by King James VI of Scotland, uniting England and Scotland under a single British monarch.
1855: Birthdays: Financier Andrew Mellon.
1874: Birthdays: Magician and escape artist Harry Houdini.
1887: Birthdays: Silent film star Fatty Arbuckle.
1893: Birthdays: Baseball Hall of Fame member George Sisler.
1901: Birthdays: Pioneer Disney film animator Ub Iwerks.
1902: Birthdays: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Thomas Dewey.
1909: Birthdays: Notorious bank robber Clyde Barrow.
1919: Birthdays: Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
1924: Birthdays: Actor Norman Fell.
1930: Birthdays: Actor Steve McQueen.
1934: The United States granted the Philippine Islands its independence, effective July 4, 1946.
1940: Birthdays: Dress designer Bob Mackie.
1949: Birthdays: British musician Nick Lowe.
1951: Birthdays: Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger.
1953: Birthdays: Comedian Louie Anderson.
1954: Birthdays: Actor Robert Carradine; Actor Donna Pescow.
1960: Birthdays: Actor Kelly LeBrock.
1962: Birthdays: Television personality Star Jones.
1965: White civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo of Detroit was killed on a road near Selma, Ala.
1970: Birthdays: Actor Lara Flynn Boyle.
1971: Birthdays: Actor Megyn Price.
1975: The beaver became the official symbol of Canada.
1976: Argentine President Isabel Peron, wife of the late strongman ruler Juan Peron, was arrested in a military coup. Birthdays: Pro football star Peyton Manning.
1989: The Exxon-Valdez oil spill occured in Alaska’s Prince William Sound hitting a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil in the largest oil tanker spill in U.S. history.
1991: 12 people were killed and 29 wounded when South African police fired on ANC supporters at a rally in a black township in Daveytown after ordering the crowd to disperse.
1998: Four girls and a teacher at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Ark., were killed by bullets fired from a nearby wooded area. Police arrested two boys, ages 11 and 13, in connection with the slayings.
1999: NATO launched attacks on targets in Yugoslavia after the Serbs refused to sign a peace agreement worked out for the future of the rebellious province of Kosovo. 39 people died when a Belgian transport truck caught fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
2003: British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons that coalition forces were well on their way to Baghdad and victory in Iraq was certain despite some anxious moments ahead. In Iraq, Saddam Hussein appeared on television appealing to Iraqis to hold firm against the U.S.-led coalition.
2004: The European Commission fined software giant Microsoft $613 million for EU antitrust violations.
2005: The Philippine army broke a plot by Muslim extremists to detonate bombs throughout Manila on Easter.
2006: The American Red Cross investigated New Orleans reports of massive losses of cash and supplies in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. The Red Cross got about 60 percent of the $3.6 billion Americans donated for hurricane relief.
2007: The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted to ban Iranian arms exports over the government’s refusal to abandon its nuclear program. Also approved was the freezing of assets of 28 individuals and agencies involved in Iranian nuclear research. At least 41 people were killed and dozens more wounded in a string of explosions and fighting across Iraq.
2008: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was indicted on eight felony charges reportedly related to an affair with his former chief of staff who also was indicted. The Himalayan monarchy of Bhutan had its first parliamentary elections and attracted nearly 80 percent of eligible voters.
2009: Amid dire economic warnings in Eastern and Central Europe, financial turmoil was blamed for toppling governments in Turkey, the Czech Republic and Latvia. The World Trade Organization forecast a 21 percent decline in international trade for the United States for the year. Globally, the prediction was for at least a 9 percent drop.
2010: Several members of Congress reported receiving threats, and one said somebody shot through his window, after their votes on the controversial healthcare reform bill.
2011: Pro-democracy activists in Syria said 80 people were killed in an attack by Syrian security forces on a mosque in the southwestern city of Daraa. A former Egyptian interior minister, four of his aides and 16 senior police officers were charged with murder and attempted murder, stemming from the 18-day uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. Hispanic and Asian populations in the United States grew 43 percent from 2000-10, the decade’s fastest growing groups, the U.S. Census announced.
2012: Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, 71, was recovering from heart transplant surgery at a hospital in Falls Church, Va. Cheney, who has a long history of heart disease, was on the transplant list for 20 months. The African Union planned to deploy 5,000 troops to hunt down Joseph Kony, the notorious leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, sought for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.
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fiduciary
PRONUNCIATION: (feh-DU-shi-e-ri)
MEANING: (adjective)
1. Holding or overseeing something in trust.
2. Of or related to a trust, trustee or trusteeship, as a fiduciary relationship to a minor or a fiduciary institution that manages financial assets.
3. Depending on public trust or securities for its value, as a fiduciary issue of currency.
ETYMOLOGY: Today’s word comes from Latin fiducia “trust, confidence.” This word is based on fides “faith, trust,” the source of “Fido,” the default name of our faithful friend, the dog. The original root was *bheidh-, which came into English as bide “to await, to expect,” as to bide one’s time, as well as abide “to tolerate.” Since the US stopped backing its currency with gold in 1971, US currency has been fiduciary, dependant on the trust of those who use it to maintain its value. Otherwise, this word refers to a trusteeship or guardianship over objects of value.
USAGE: “My grandmother left me her Ferrari in her will but she also left a fiduciary testament naming my father as trustee of the key until I’m fifty-five.”
psychological moment
PRONUNCIATION: (sy-kuh-LOJ-i-kuhl MOH-muhnt)
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MEANING: (noun), The most appropriate time for achieving a desired result; the critical moment.
ETYMOLOGY: Loan translation of French moment psychologique (psychological moment), which itself is a mistaken loan translation of German das psychologische Moment (psychological element or factor) taken as der psychologische Moment (the psychological moment of time). The word came to French during the German Siege of Paris in 1870. Earliest documented use: 1871.
USAGE: “I always pride myself in recognizing the psychological moment, and acting on it.” – James Lear; The Back Passage; Cleis Press; 2006.
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taradiddle or tarradiddle
PRONUNCIATION: (tar-uh-DID-l)
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MEANING: (noun)
1. A petty lie.
2. Pretentious nonsense.
ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1796.
USAGE: “This investment is pure puffery and taradiddle.” – Malcolm Berko; Taking Stock; The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois); Apr 26, 2010.
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God’s acre
PRONUNCIATION: (godz AY-kuhr)
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MEANING: (noun), A cemetery, especially one next to a church.
ETYMOLOGY: Loan translation of German Gottesacker, from Gott (God) + Acker (field). The allusion is that the bodies of the dead are sown in the field in hope of resurrection.
USAGE: “Mourning strangers also came to weep anniversary tears at another cheerless God’s acre.” – Frank Keating; Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls, It Tolls For These; The Guardian (London, UK); Sep 26, 2006.
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portmanteau
PRONUNCIATION: (port-MAN-to, -TOH, PORT-)
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MEANING: (noun)
1. A word coined by blending two or more words.
2. A case opening in two parts, used for carrying clothes while traveling.
ETYMOLOGY: From French portemanteau, from porter (to carry) + manteau (mantle).
NOTES:
Originally a portmanteau was a court official who carried the robes of a king. Since a portmanteau had two hinged compartments, Lewis Carroll used the word to describe a blended word in his book “Through the Looking-Glass” (1871). While explaining the poem Jabberwocky, Humpty Dumpty tells Alice: “Well, ‘slithy’ means ‘lithe and slimy’. ‘Lithe’ is the same as ‘active’. You see it’s like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word.”
Some everyday portmanteaux are brunch (breakfast + lunch), smog (smoke + fog), and motel (motor + hotel). Some more examples are adultescent, bumbershoot, mingy.
USAGE: “Montreal’s annual Fantasia Film Festival has come a long way since its beginnings in 1996. A portmanteau of ‘fantasy’ and ‘Asia’, the festival’s name once reflected the programmers’ focus.” – Al Kratina; Fantasia’s Past is Present on DVD; Montreal Gazette (Canada); Jul 4, 2008.