Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Feb 06, 2015)

Sound of Honour



I'm a ten-letter word, but when I am heard,

I have only four, not one letter more.



My first two sounds are neat; a kind of sheet,

That starts with spread, not the kind on a bed.



Of my sounds, the third is what will be heard,

alphabetically, in the middle of modus operandi.



If you want to hear more, then like the shore,

I end at the sea, that's a hint, you see.



What word am I?





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Today in History for 5th February 2015

Historical Events

1929 - Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF

1942 - "Woman of the Year," starring Hepburn and Tracy opens at Radio City

1945 - US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla

1958 - Clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black foreign minister (Romania)

1967 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren

1971 - Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hrs

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Famous Birthdays

1871 - Jovan Ducic, Serb poet (Blue Legends)

1919 - Red Buttons, [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx comedian/actor (Sayonara), born in NYC, New York

1946 - Charlotte Rampling, England, actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict)

1959 - Jennifer Granholm American Politician

1973 - Laura Espinoza-Watson, Torrance CA, female infielder (Silver Bullets)

1984 - Nate Salley, American football player

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Famous Deaths

1888 - Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49

1926 - Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69

1952 - Reginald Allen, cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Aust v Eng 1887), dies

1954 - Vittorio Gnecchi, composer, dies at 77

1957 - Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon (b. 1890)

1997 - John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51

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