QUESTION: assuage (uh-SWAZ) verb tr. 1. To soften or relieve (a burden or pain). 2. To pacify. 3. To appease or satisfy. [From Middle English aswagen, from Old French assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuaviare, from Latin ad- + suavis (sweet).] "As soon as Alliance Theatre Artistic Director Susan V. Booth heard about last week's terrorist assault, she began planning an event that would use drama and literature to assuage the grief." Speed Reads, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sep 21, 2001. Eat, sleep, work, walk, shop, drive ... on a typical day, we do hundreds of mundane things. But Tuesday, September 11, was far from typical. We expressed our dismay at the tragic toll of the terrorist attack with verbs like grieve, cry, hurt, etc. What makes us truly human is what we did in the days that followed. This week AWAD looks at five verbs which helped express our feelings. -Anu
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ANS: A.Word.A.Day--assuage
Jeff, I am a cofounder of Inknowvator Inc. I live in Houston, actually Gene Humphrey is my next door neighbor. Our new Idea Manager solution was recently selected by Xcelerator to identify, develop and select new ventures. This was put on hold following the recent management change. Oddly enough, the Knowledge Management group, then housed in EES, also thought we were the "best thing since sliced bread" and wanted to bring us in as an Enron corporate offering. As you know, that group was disbanded. I was interested in your participation in the Revolutionaries Ball. We are in discussions with Gary Hamel's company, Strategos. It turned out that we have very similar clients and our software solution can be a natural enabler for Strategos's approach to innovation (Halliburton is our latest corporate innovation client). Also, we can target our solution at venture management (Xcelerator), M&A (Chevron-Texaco) and new service development (Schlumberger). I believe that we are an ideal solution for Enron to identify and develop new business ventures, to enhance current products and services, and to share ideas and learnings across the company. I would like to meet with you to discuss our solution I look forward to hearing from you. Regards,
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answer: Inknowvator Inc. & Revolutionaries Ball
Justin - David Samuels and Rahil Jafrey have come up with an idea for an incentive to get people to use EnronOnline. They want to set up a sports fantasy league system on the website allowing users to accumulate points and then awarding prizes to the winners. The first proposal relates to European football (I think) and they would like to meet to discuss the idea at 10:00 a.m. Houston time Tuesday. Any chance you might be available to listen in?
Answer: EnronOnline
Here is an email: Hope everything is going okay for you. UT is bringing in possible the greatest recruiting class in history. Let me know what's going on. Let's get together soon. GC
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A: Whats up
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A: INTERNET ORDER: Sierra Trading Post Order E760643
Here is an email: Based on latest info hear's latest assessment of Gov's talk: I'm in charge. Here's all the wonderful things I've done thus far to address the crisis (likely to include Edison TX talks, since it seems he has no choice but to continue that charade). It's bad and getting worse and we've got to pull together as a state to get through it. Rate increases are a necessary evil that---painful as they are, and they will
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A:
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