Ice Bucket Challenge credited with helping raise funds that have allowed researchers to identify gene linked to ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Those icy dousings made a difference! #IceBucketChallenge
One Catholic University student said in an email that the university confiscated a Mass ticket he was trying to sell. "There shouldn't be a market in tickets," says Ms. Gibbs, the Washington Diocese spokeswoman. "You can't pay to celebrate a sacrament."
Web Crackdown
Officials in both dioceses have posted warnings on Craigslist that ticket sales and transfers are prohibited. Tickets are numbered, and, officials say, each bearer's ID and Social Security number will be checked at the stadiums against lists from the dioceses, making it difficult for anyone unauthorized to enter the Mass. The church has been reporting sellers and buyers on the eBay auction Web site to the site's management, which says it has been stopping auctions it hears about.
dousing
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal lead with the latest numbers out from the Commerce Department--which douse any hopes one might have harbored for a near-term recovery--and their implications for a stimulus plan that relies on much rosier projections.Clinton Meets With Obama After Dousing Talk of Ticket
Moving forcefully into the general election, Barack Obama held a private meeting with Hillary Rodham Clinton in an effort to unify Democrats.
The senators instructed their aides not to disclose details of the meeting. They issued an unusual joint statement late Thursday, saying, “Senator Clinton and Senator Obama met tonight and had a productive discussion about the important work that needs to be done to succeed in November.”All of western Sichuan had been closed to foreigners. According to news reports, thousands of Chinese soldiers were flooding into the area to douse any revolutionary sparks threatening to ignite in Tibetan lands, following the riots in Lhasa a few days earlier.
All of western Sichuan had been closed to foreigners. According to news reports, thousands of Chinese soldiers were flooding into the area to douse any revolutionary sparks threatening to ignite in Tibetan lands, following the riots in Lhasa a few days earlier.
douse also dowse
v., doused also dowsed, dous·ing dows·ing, dous·es dows·es. v.tr.
- To plunge into liquid; immerse. See synonyms at dip.
- To wet thoroughly; drench.
- To put out (a light or fire); extinguish.
To become thoroughly wet.
n.
A thorough drenching.
[From obsolete douse, to strike.]
Definition of douse
verb
[with object]Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps imitative, influenced by souse, or perhaps from dialect douse 'strike, beat', from Middle Dutch and Low German dossendouse (MAKE WET), dowse
verb [T]
to make something or someone wet by throwing a lot of liquid over them:
We watched as demonstrators doused a car in/with petrol and set it alight.
douse (STOP BURNING), dowse verb [T]
to stop a fire or light from burning or shining, especially by putting water on it or by covering it with something
douse (STOP BURNING), dowse
verb [T]
to stop a fire or light from burning or shining, especially by putting water on it or by covering it with somethingdouse (MAKE WET), dowse
verb [T]
to make something or someone wet by throwing a lot of liquid over them:
We watched as demonstrators doused a car in/with petrol and set it alight.Wikipedia article "Dowsing"
noun [C]
a very large, usually stone, building for Christian worship, which is the largest and most important church of a diocese (= area):
Salisbury Cathedraldiocese：教區；主教轄區：聖座所指派由主教全權管理的教會行政區域，亦即託付給主教並在司鐸團協助下所牧養部份天主子民的地區教會。如台灣地區共分七個教區：即台北、新竹、台中、嘉義、台南、高雄、花蓮。由本堂神父管理的區域稱「堂區」，與教區有別。
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