Ideas : The Bard of Barking
"Singer/songwriter/activist Billy Bragg hails from Barking, England. Many see him as a new Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan, a man who could take on the music industry, Margaret Thatcher, and big money. But is the bard of today living in a time warp? Darren Boisvert wonders about the role and relevance of the modern-day troubadour in an increasingly corporate world." (real audio)
How did it take me two weeks
Notes from the "You say French beans" department.
Laura Calder : Recipe for boredom
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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is asseverate
| source : web1913 |
Asseverate \As*sev"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asseverated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Asseverating}.] [L. asseveratus, p. p. of
asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus.
See {Severe}.]
To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
Syn: To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See {Affirm}.
| source : wn |
asseverate
v : state categorically [syn: {assert}, {maintain}]