The Lexicographer's Rules

Two minutes, twice a week, is the ration for showers at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

Twenty-five staff members patrol Orlando International Airport in sport utility vehicles, scaring fowl with police-like sirens and lights, recorded calls of distressed birds, and gas cannons which make popping noises. This is intended to prevent the birds from colliding with airplanes.

; I can only do my job with an actor’s consent, so it can become a problem if an actor is primarily concerned with looking good—especially for a show set in the ‘70s, when a lot of people didn’t look very good. (Source Link)

“From the violence done to the foreign ruler, violence to our own people whom we may consider to be obstructing the country’s progress is an easy natural step. Whatever may have been the result of violent activities in other countries and without reference to the philosophy of non-violence, it does not require much intellectual effort to see that if we resort to the violence for ridding society of many abuses which impede our progress, we shall add to our difficulties and postpone the day of freedom. The people unprepared for reforms because unconvinced of their necessity will be maddened with rage over their coercion, and will seek the assistance of the foreigner in order to retaliate. Has not this been happening before our eyes for the past many years of which we have still painfully vivid recollections?” (Source Link)

Uznemejs, or “risk-taker,” is the new Latvian word for “entrepreneur.”