Message-ID: <11130208.1075858928448.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:01:48 -0700 (PDT) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--argus Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith @ENRON X-To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Wordsmith X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst argus (AHR-guhs) noun An alert and observant person; a watchful guardian. [From Greek mythology. After Argus, a giant with 100 eyes who was sent to watch over Io. He was later killed by Hermes and after his death his eyes transformed into spots on the peacock's tail.] "Arnold (Schwarzenegger) knew immediately that `Total Recall' needed an Argus-eyed director who could maintain control over complicated visual effects, extravagant futuristic sets, dangerous stunts, etc. -- while also demanding good performances from his actors." Bill Jones, SCREEN GIANT Muscles Parlayed Into Stardom, The Phoenix Gazette (Phoenix, Arizona), Jun 2, 1990. This week's theme: Words from the names of newspapers. Examples: The Evening Argus (Brighton, UK); the Journal Argus (St. Marys, Canada); Many US Arguses: http://ajr.newslink.org/cgi/find.cgi?4=argus&3=&2=&1= ............................................................................ Every saint has a past and every sinner a future. -Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900) Looking for a word or quotation previously featured in AWAD? They are all archived at http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html . For the theme list, see http://wordsmith.org/awad/themes.html . Alphabetical listing of the words is available at http://wordsmith.org/awad/wordlist.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/argus.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/argus.ram