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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--haboob This week's theme: Words from the writing of Judge Bruce M. Selya. haboob (huh-BOOB) noun A violent dust storm or sandstorm, especially in Sudan [From Arabic habub (strong wind).] "What appellant labors to portray as a robust haboob is not even a gentle zephyr. The house, we think, is sturdy enough to withstand the prevailing winds." Excerpt from opinion of the court (Selya, J.) in Aoude v. Mobil Oil Corp. 1988. X-Bonus Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? -T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

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