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Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2011wunderkind \VOON-duhr-kint\, noun; 1. A child prodigy. It was even written that, at 20, his best days were behind him. He had gone from a wunderkind to an object of sympathy, a hero struggling not to be forgotten. In the mid-thirties, he became the youngest and best state director of FDR's National Youth Administration, a Texas wunderkind who at age twenty-eight beat several better known opponents for a south-central Texas congressional seat. Wunderkind comes from German, from Wunder, "wonder" + Kind, child. | |||||||||
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  Is there a connection between March the month and "marching?"Whether March winds and April showers will bring forth May flowers is still a hope away, but the facts behind the month's name are fortunately more certain. The name March is derived from the Roman 'Martius" named after Mars, the Roman god of war. In ancient Rome, March 1st marked the first day of spring, which... | |||||||||
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