Word: hue
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...before dawn, the Romans paid bizarre tribute to it by sacrificing dogs with red fur. Seneca the Younger wrote that "the redness of the dog star is deeper, that of Mars milder." Ptolemy called it "reddish," a description also used by Cicero, Horace and other classical authors. The same hue was attributed to the star in cuneiform texts of Babylonia dating as far back...
...concluded, Sirius looked red no more than 1,400 years ago. Yet only 400 years later, when the Arab astronomer Al Sufi categorized all the stars named by Ptolemy, he did not list Sirius among the red ones. Sometime during that interval, the Ruhr team believes, Sirius changed its hue...
Young Professor of Sino-Vietnamese History Hue-Tam Ho Tai suggested that the Freshman Writing Tutorials recommended to replace Expository Writing should allow students to learn writing techniques for a variety of disciplines...
What's New? The Pocket Mod Electric Mini Euro from Razor ($229) evokes a vintage Vespa, right down to its mint-green hue. Lasting about 10 miles between charges, it has a twist-grip throttle for easy acceleration. Tip: Don't ride it on city streets. It's not meant to compete with cars...
...hear three eligible Eliot gents came dressed only in blue, confirming to the women in attendance that men are always sending mixed signals. Meanwhile, one senior managed to vomit all over her dress—which luckily was already colored an orangey-yellow hue. Pretty and practical...