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Word of the Day for Tuesday, May 31, 2011leitmotif \LYT-moh-teef\, noun: 1. In music drama, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. Each actor to appear on stage is accompanied by a musical phrase on the drum -- a sort of leitmotif to characterize an emotion, much like a Wagnerian drama. One theme had recurred so frequently in these conversations that it had become the leitmotif of the trip. As is so often the case in a crazy household . . . guilt becomes a leitmotif. Leitmotif (also spelled leitmotiv) is from German Leitmotiv, "leading motif," from leiten, "to lead" (from Old High German leitan) + Motiv, "motif," from the French. It is especially associated with the operas of German composer Richard Wagner. | |||||||||
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  What's the difference between Memorial Day and Veteran's Day, and what is the former name of Memorial Day?Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday during the Month of May and while it has come to signify the beginning of the summer season, it is also the solemn time when Americans remember the soldiers that died in military service. Originally named Decoration Day, a reference to a tradition of decorating the graves of the Confederate... | |||||||||
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