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To: Poohbah
Main Entry: ho·lo·caust
Pronunciation: 'hO-l&-"kost, 'hä- also -"käst or 'ho-l&-kost
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French holocauste, from Late Latin holocaustum, from Greek holokauston, from neuter of holokaustos burnt whole, from hol- + kaustos burnt, from kaiein to burn -- more at CAUSTIC
Date: 13th century
1 : a sacrifice consumed by fire
2 : a thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life especially through fire 3 a often capitalized : the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II -- usually used with the b : a mass slaughter of people; especially : GENOCIDE

Yeah...busing!

65 posted on 05/02/2002 2:25:04 PM PDT by f.Christian
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To: f.Christian
Supplying a dictionary definition for an unrelated word is NOT supplying context. You should be able to prepare a grammatically correct post, consisting of complete sentences and paragraphs, that attempts to make a point and offers specific evidence to support that point.
69 posted on 05/02/2002 2:30:54 PM PDT by Poohbah
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