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taking a break out of some geog stuff....
so tired... the stupid speech day rehearsal....
had to wait till around 5++ for our turn... & up the stage we went & down... just for dat....
& dat ms goh was forcing me to smile.. -___-
mom & dad out of spore.... washed my clothes just now...
& i can say.. i dun lyk washing clothes.. hahaz.. & it's only a couple of shirts...
kind of tired of skool.. haha.. loads & loads of homework & hardly enough time for them...
lolx.. oh yah.. i din sign up for ALL of the maths remedials.. skipped a couple of them... i think i need the time for other subjects..
no entry yesterday coz was super tired after goin to Jean's 21st bday...
shall get back to geog now.... -________-
ostracize \OS-truh-syz\, transitive verb:
1. To banish or expel from a community or group; to cast out from social, political, or private favor.
2. [Greek Antiquity] To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.
As for scientists who might be tempted to pursue the theory, he says, they worry that their colleagues might ostracize them for stepping out of line and that their funding could suffer.
--Jon Cohen, "The Hunt for the Origin of AIDS," The Atlantic, October 2000
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani called Monday on the members of the United Nations to unite in a global effort to eradicate terrorism and to ostracize countries that refuse to join.
--Stevenson Swanson, "Giuliani asks global effort on terrorism," Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2001
thaumaturgy \THAW-muh-tuhr-jee\, noun:
The performance of miracles or magic.
Of course, none of these improbable meetings ever took place in reality. But within the realm of showbiz thaumaturgy, they're perfectly acceptable examples of latter-day digital compositing, wherein it's possible to have anything share a frame of film or video with practically anything else.
--John Voland, "Prez presses tech buttons," Variety, July 21, 1997
There was ever a cautious hesitancy on the part of the clergy to recognize evidence of thaumaturgy, and the superstitious use of relics.
--John Mcgurk, "Devoted People: Belief and Religion in Early Modern Ireland," Contemporary Review, September 1998
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