We Covet No Territory
Monday, December 17, 2001
Missed the Paris Travelogues? See them HERE!
- TITLE: "We Covet No Territory" This, I think, may have been one of the original 15 Commandments: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's access to a warm water port.
- "� Covet �" From the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary:
Pronunciation: 'k&-v&t
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English coveiten, from Old French coveitier, from coveitie desire, modification of Latin cupiditat-, cupiditas, from cupidus desirous, from cupere to desire
Date: 14th century
1: to wish for enviously
2: to desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably
intransitive senses : to feel inordinate desire for what belongs to another
- "... occupied any territory ..." Don't bother me with the Philippines or Guam or Puerto Rico or any of those. We gave up the Naval and Air bases in the Philippines and that country was under our thrall as a result of the Spanish-American War, not WWII. Puerto Rico make a big deal about becoming independent about once a decade. Then they have a vote. Then they decide that the benefits far, far outweigh the costs and they stay under our umbrella.
- "�Bob's Your Uncle Big Boy �" "Bob's your uncle" is a British idiom meaning, approximately the same thing
as "a piece of cake." I had a number of e-mails telling me that my original comparison to the American idiom:
"in the blink of an eye" was incorrect. So, I'm fixing it.
Nevertheless, Bob's Big Boy is a food chain. Bob's Your Uncle Big Boy is amusing.
- " � when they saw the Pilgrims �" The landing at Plymouth Rock
took place on December 21, 1620.
 Orginally there were supposed to be two ships, the Mayflower and the
Speedwell. The Speedwell proved to be not seaworthy so some people stayed behind in England and others
crowded into the Mayflower.
By William Formsby Halsall (1841-1919).
Painted in Massachusetts, 1882.
Material : Oil on canvas.
- "... British Invasion ..." This was the term used for the explosion of British pop and rock groups in the mid-sixties
to mid-seventies. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were, the most famous; but there were Herman's Hermits, Manfred Mann,
Chad & Jeremy, and The Moody Blues.
Many of the groups adopted, early on, a style of dress which echoed Edwardian days.
One of the Moody Blues' biggest hits was "Nights (not Knights) in White Satin."
WW II Poster
- Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
What's Pashtu for "That'll buff right out?"
(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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