Is Obama Muslim?

Submitted by firozali A. Mulla DBA (Tanzania), Aug 26, 2010 at 01:40

Some of the great orators of our time had the gifted ability to communicate as well as rally an entire nation. One of the most gifted was Winston Churchill. His "we shall fight them on the beaches" and "this is our finest hour" speeches rallied the entire British nation and Allied forces in the epic fight against Nazi domination in World War II. Those speeches were born out of Winston Churchill's many years of political service and his intimate knowledge of the British people. He knew how to tell a story about his own people.

For senior level executives today, the need for a rallying speech of the century may not be that pressing but they need to rally personnel around a deep understanding

(FLOO-vee-uhl)

MEANING:

Of or relating to a river or stream.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin fluvius (river), from fluere (to flow). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhleu- (to swell or overflow), from which flow words such as affluent, influence, influenza, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, fluoride, flush, flux, reflux, and superfluous.

USAGE:

"Our fiesta celebration featured a fluvial procession on the Marikina and Pasig Rivers."
Jaime Laya; A Manila-Marikina-Valencia Connection; Manila Bulletin (Philippines); May 16, 2010.
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. -Francis Baconn, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)

I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA

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