Word of the Day: Gravitas
When Katie was a kid, her dad -- a journalist -- used to ask the Couric children to come to the dinner table every night with a new word.
When it was announced that Katie would have a blog here at CBS, she thought it would be a great idea to resurrect that custom. The "Couric & Co." team has been hard at work, poring over dictionaries and ancient scrolls.
And after considerable digging, we've found our first word of the day: gravitas .
After hearing that word a few times too often this summer, and hearing naysayers carp that it was something she needed, she finally decided: "I'm convinced gravitas is just Latin for testicles."
When it was announced that Katie would have a blog here at CBS, she thought it would be a great idea to resurrect that custom. The "Couric & Co." team has been hard at work, poring over dictionaries and ancient scrolls.
And after considerable digging, we've found our first word of the day: gravitas .
gravi-tas (grav'i tas) - n. Reserved dignity; properiety and good taste in behavior and speech, as of a leader or official.That's all well and good. But personally, I prefer Katie's own definition.
After hearing that word a few times too often this summer, and hearing naysayers carp that it was something she needed, she finally decided: "I'm convinced gravitas is just Latin for testicles."
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See all 34 CommentsMy sign-off suggestion i emmailed yesterday is "that's our world today, enjoy yours tonight."
Keep up the good work and to heck with the old dogs.
So glad to have you back on the air. I found the new format that you delivered for CBS last night ground breaking.
I look forward to this transition for CBS.
I must share this with you,Katie. My Dad, kept your birthday in his book with all our family birth dates. He considered you family! He thought you were "a real person".
I wish you continued success, we will be watching.
Best Regards.
Freedom of speech, like the other freedoms enumerated in the Bill of Rights, is indeed just that; a right. One that pre-existed the US government, grated to us by our Creator and acknowledged by the Founding Fathers as such. It cannot be taken away (legally) by the US federal government, and hence, it is not a 'privilege'.
The distinction, though subtle, is not minor.
Thank you for your time.
Bill Mattocks
Wilson, NC
Leave out the hard luck stories, hollywood and the commentary, and maybe we will get the news.
And please Katie, report the news, not you.
Drop "Free Speech". That segment served no purpose. Her choice of picking that idiot from "Super Size Me" was really poor. It's also idiotic that she's going to have Rush Limbaugh on Thursday. He already gets more free speech than he deserves on his radio show.
Don't cram too many stories in 60 seconds, like she did with the Steve Irwin tragedy.
You're giving air time to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' baby was also pointless.
Don't open the newscast with "Hi everyone". "Good evening" will do.
Here's a closing line for you: "I'm Katie Couric, I don't really belong here, but who gives a rip?"
The story about the Taliban was a bold lead, and bolder still was the time devoted to it. Nice to watch a news program that treats me like an adult with an attention span of more than 3 seconds.
And it's great to have you back on the air. Keep up the great work!
Robert R. Roberts
El Paso, Texas
B.Higgins
Grand Prairie, TX
The whole family..including the boys watched, 16, 14, 9...
How's this for a good night ending..
"Good night and Think Positive!"
Just my thoughta....
from another single mom who went through heart-ache like you...
JEZ are my sons initials...I am very handicapped..lololol and your age...but I look normal...from a car crash...
xxxooo
JEZ-
pcs in nh
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