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Word of the Day for Wednesday, May 11, 2011irenic \eye-REN-ik; -REE-nik\, adjective: Tending to promote peace; conciliatory. With an irenic spirit they join the debate, at times ugly and vicious, about the historicity of the Bible (by which they mean the Hebrew Scriptures, also known as the Old Testament). Indeed, for Cozzi -- as for several scholars -- the Interdict controversy of 1606-7 became the emblematic struggle that defined the Venetian Republic as tolerant and open, free from the tyranny of the Counter Reformation Church, animated by an aristocracy steeped in the values of civic humanism and evangelism, and committed to commerce and an irenic diplomacy. Taylor was always irenic by temperament and desire, and his sensitivity to others enabled him to bring together and work with people of very diverse views. Irenic comes from Greek eirenikos, from eirene, "peace." | |||||||||
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  What did the letter A originally sound and look like, and what animal was its inspiration?There is quite a bit of mystery surrounding the letter A. From its prestigious first place position to its interesting character origin - tracing the first letter of the English alphabet uncovers a history of honor that begins with, of all things, an ox. The letter 'A' is derived from the Phoenician letter 'Aleph' - a... | |||||||||
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