Salman Rushdie : "The restoration of religion to the sphere of the personal,
its depoliticization, is the nettle that all ... societies must grasp in order to become modern. The only aspect of modernity interesting to the terrorists is technology, which they see as a weapon that can be turned on its makers. If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of ... must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which ... countries' freedom will remain a distant dream."
Simon Kittle : Text::Outline 0.8
"And (that's right, there's even more :) another method - asXBEL - has been added. This is a simple method which just outputs the outline as an XBEL file. The obvious thing to add is the functionality to read in XBEL files so you can convert them to an OPML file, edit them, and save the out again. That will come, in good time."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is disport
| source : web1913 |
Disport \Dis*port"\, n. [OF. desport, deport. See {Disport}, v.
i., and cf. {Sport}.]
Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. --Milton.
| source : web1913 |
Disport \Dis*port"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disported}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disporting}.] [OF. se desporter; pref. des- (L. dis-)
+ F. porter to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one's self
away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See {Port}
demeanor, and cf. {Sport}.]
To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and
without restraint; to amuse one's self.
Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. --Pope.
Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun,
Disporting there like any other fly. --Byron.
| source : web1913 |
Disport \Dis*port"\, v. t. [OF. desporter. See {Disport}, v. i.]
1. To divert or amuse; to make merry.
They could disport themselves. --Buckle.
2. To remove from a port; to carry away. --Prynne.
| source : wn |
disport
v 1: occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion;
"The play amused the ladies" [syn: {amuse}, {divert}]
2: play or romp around; "The children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows" [syn: {frolic}, {lark},
{rollick}, {skylark}, {sport}, {cavort}, {gambol}, {frisk},
{romp}, {run around}, {lark about}]