May 2002

USC Alumni Notes

23 May 2002 / PE

Are You Being Served?

10 May 2002 / PE

The Guardian sends writers to bookstores to test the staffs’ literary knowledge:

I point to the word ‘jawbo’ on page 330 [of Joyce's Ulysses]. ‘That’s not a word,’ I say. ‘Mmmm,’ he says. ‘It’s rare that publishers make a mistake like that.’


Word of the Day

6 May 2002 / PE

sang-froid, also sangfroid \sang-FRWAH\, noun:
Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; calmness.

Sang-froid is from the French; it literally means “cold blood” (sang, “blood” + froid, “cold”).

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