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Methuselah (me-THOO-zuh-luh) noun
1. An extremely old man. 2. An oversize wine bottle holding approx. 6 liters. [After biblical figure Methuselah who was said to have lived 969 years.] "Five restaurant years would be about equivalent to 30 human years, so Bambino's, which has been around since 1983, is a veritable Methuselah among eateries." A.C. Stevens, Why Cook Tonight? The Boston Herald, Feb 11, 2001. "Meet Frank Ahern, the Methuselah of Seattle high-school coaches, a revered urban legend in his second half-century of helping city youth." Craig Smith, A Coach For The Ages, The Seattle Times, Feb 27, 2000. This week's theme: eponyms. Today's AWAD is sponsored by NannyTax, Inc., offering on-line tax preparation and payroll tax compliance services to employers of domestic help. Please visit http://www.nannytax.com AND Clean Air Gardening. Environmentally friendly lawn and garden supplies. Free US shipping! $5 off with online coupon: AWAD. http://www.cleanairgardening.com ............................................................................ There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. -Alfred Hitchcock, film-maker (1899-1980) Q: What is your privacy policy? A: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered to anyone. We don't like to receive junk mail, and know you don't either. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/methuselah.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/methuselah.ram
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