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Madison Avenue was not, of course, the only thing named after the former President and principal author of the US Constitution. Consider Madison, Wisconsin, where all the signers of the Constitution (save one) have streets named after them. And who's the exception? James Madison.
I used to win a lot of bar bets with this information, back when I was a student at the University of Wisconsin.
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Murray Stone, Westerose, Alberta
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Welcome, Murray.
There is always room for one more attorney on this board. We have endured some horrid ones, so the need for even more exemplary representatives of our fine profession is heightened, to remove the bad taste left behind.
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Yes, welcome, Mr. Stone. It sounds unusual, to my U.S. ears, to hear someone say he is a barrister. :-)
I was just wondering the other day about how Times Square got to be called that; can't wait to see if Anu has it this week. My guess is that maybe the New York Times bldg. was there; dunno.
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Times Square? the NEW YORK TIMES! (and down by Macy's(34th Street) is HERALD SQUARE-(with a statue of Horace Greeley(Go West, young man)named for the NY HERALD.
What is special about Herald square, Times Square, Duffy Square, etc., and many of NY's other Square's all along B'way?
B'way cross most of NY gridwork of Streets and Avenues at an angle, --that is not a right angle, but an acute angle (Avenues) and the resulting triangular intersections are called squares.
B'way, a pre-european trail, does not conform to the strict gridwork imposed on most of Manhattan.
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He's not merely a barrister, Father Steve; he's a Badger to boot!
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B'way cross most of NY gridwork of Streets and Avenues at an angle, --that is not a right angle, but an acute angle …
Would it be obtuse of me to point out that it's only an acute angle on one side?
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Thank you, Faldage..
you know exactly how my mind works.. one one word (acute) is right there, for the grabbing and the other IS obtuse--and runs off and hides.
--like Acid--and its 'counterpart'..it's um, alcloid? no, its um, alcoloid? no that doesn't look right either.. how in heck am i suppose to find the word,(in a dictionary) when i don't have a clue-- the word slips out of my grasp like a bar of soap..
I know it when i see it.. but i can't see it in my mind's eye!--its a sort of blindness!
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It was a high-scoring affair. The Badgers of the University of Wisconsin divided up the 98 points scored with the Falcons of Bowling Green. Unfortunately for the Falcons, the Badgers claimed 56 of them. Bowling Green led 13-0 at the end of the First Quarter; the game was tied at Halftime. Wisconsin’s 56 points were the most points scored by the Badgers since their 15 November 2003 game against Michigan State. Again, welcome!
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Acid--and its 'counterpart'
Alkali is the word you've misplaced (I have trouble not spelling it "alkili"). Are you a Sherlock Holmes fan? Think of the "Alkali flats" in The Valley of Fear.
On the other hand it may be simpler to refer to the opposite of acid as basic, acid/base, both four letters, one a and the next b, whatever little trick you would like to devise.
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Times Square? the NEW YORK TIMES! Is that where the building is, then?
By the way, Helen, I don't think I've ever thanked you for telling about intersection boxes. The only ones I've ever set eyes on are in Washington, D.C., and if it hadn't been for you they would have just been meaningless lines on the pavement. Here, we have solid white lines that cover only the lanes from which cars enter the intersection, and our law is to stop behind them for a red light or stop sign. But it's perfectly fine to pull into the intersection on a green light and wait for a chance to turn left, even if you can't turn until after your light has become red. If I recall correctly, you said drivers can't enter the box and sit there?
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