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Word of the Day for Friday, July 2, 2010evanescence \ev-uh-NES-ens\, noun: 1. A gradual dissappearance. This is one of the most beautiful circumstances connected with water surface, for by these means a variety of color and a grace and evanescence are introduced in the reflection otherwise impossible. But this was an evanescence, and quickly repented of, as it were, by an immitigable look, pinching and shriveling the visage into the momentary semblance of a wrinkled walnut. Evanescence is from Latin evanescere, "to vanish," from e-, "from, out of" + vanescere, "to disappear," from vanus, "empty." | |||||||||
  How typhoons, hurricanes & cyclones differ (2 are named for monsters)Hurricane Alex is starting to dwindle, yet it is currently drenching Northern Mexico and causing serious damage.� Other storms will turn into hurricanes before we know it, potentially causing catastrophes and very likely pushing the toxic petroleum goo in the Gulf of Mexico deeper and further into the ocean. Are hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons�distinct�meteorological phenomena or... | |||||||||
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