Fwd: A.Word.A.Day-argus

[Rose Woofenden]

You all probably already know this word, but when it came the other day 
from AWAD, I thought of HP.


>Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 00:01:48 -0400
>From: Wordsmith <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
>To: linguaphile at wordsmith.org
>Subject: A.Word.A.Day--argus
>
>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)
>
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>
>Pronunciation:
>http://wordsmith.org/words/argus.wav
>http://wordsmith.org/words/argus.ram