Today's Highlights:
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
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Spotlight: Personality of the Day: Bugs Bunny debuted in the
Word of the day: tableau -- a graphic description, a dramatic scene, or a picturesque group of people. Used in an essay by a French literary theorist on the role of the Harry Potter books in training young consumers. "The tableau is completed by the ritual complaints about the rigidity and incompetence of bureaucrats. Their mediocrity is starkly contrasted with the inventiveness and audacity of some entrepreneurs, whom Rowling never ceases to praise." ("Harry Potter is a capitalist pig") Today's News:
- endorsement -- Clinton and Gore promote Kerry for President (story) (text of Clinton address) (Democratic Convention site)
- maritime murders -- Nigeria and Indonesia top list, as pirate killings hit 10-year high (story)
- diabetes -- caffeine found to impede body's ability to handle blood sugar (story)
Today's History:
- Cyrus W. Field -- succeeded in laying the first underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe (1866)
- Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best -- first isolated the hormone insulin (1921)
- North Korea, China and the UN -- signed an agreement ending the Korean War (1953)
Today's Birthdays:
- Charlotte Corday -- French Girondist who assassinated Jean Paul Marat (1768-1793)
- Leo Durocher -- baseball manager and hall-of-famer (1905-1991)
- Peggy Fleming -- Olympic gold-medal figure skater turns 56
