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Tuesday May 4, 1999

palindrome \PAL-in-drohm\, noun:
A word, phrase, sentence, or verse that reads the same backward or forward.

Madam, I'm Adam. (Adam's first words to Eve?)

A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama! (The history of the Panama Canal in brief.)

Able was I ere I saw Elba. (Napoleon's lament.)

Mom, Dad.

Palindrome comes from Greek palindromos, literally "running back (again)," from palin, "back, again" + dromos, "running."

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