Saturday, March 1, 2008

Of Hell,Elections and Erections

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!'''
The questions are fundamental and - even with modern polling technology - almost impossible to answer. For example: How much of Senator Clinton’s political vulnerability is linked to being a woman, and how much to her own, very specific political identity and past? Why do so many Democratic men and women, at this particular moment, see the race so differently?
And one of those candidates happens to be a woman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/us/politics/01web-toner.html

Trois- in French three

Atrocious - in English

Main Entry:
atro·cious Listen to the pronunciation of atrocious
Pronunciation:
\ə-ˈtrō-shəs\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin atroc-, atrox gloomy, atrocious, from atr-, ater black + -oc-, -ox (akin to Greek ōps eye) — more at eye
Date:
1658
1: extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel : barbaric2: appalling, horrifying atrocious weapons of modern war>3 a: utterly revolting : abominable <atrocious working conditions> b: of very poor quality <atrocious handwriting>
atro·cious·ly adverb
atro·cious·ness noun



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