Noted & quoted.'It is time to get rid of this horrible mummy.' --Valeriya Novodvorskaya, head of the Democratic Union, a Russian political party, on Lenin's remains, which have been on display in a mausoleum mausoleum (môsəlē`əm), a sepulchral structure or tomb, especially one of some size and architectural pretension, so called from the sepulcher of that name at Halicarnassus, Asia Minor, erected (c.352 B.C. in Moscow's Red Square for the past eight decades. (The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Oct. 5) 'There's nothing worse than seeing someone ... on the phone or shaving or putting on makeup, and there's a child in the backseat.' --A Connecticut Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. on his state's ban on cell phones and distracting behavior while driving. (The New York Times, Oct. 1) 'Your hair could catch on fire and they'll never see it because their eyes are glued to the 14-inch screen.' --University of Houston professor Dennis Adams, who says wireless classrooms encourage Web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. and IM-ing, rather than teaming. (The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 14) |
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