I emailed a friend from childhood about my Jewish Journal cover. She replied:
Indeed you are. This is quite an article. It sounds like a love/hate relationship with the Jewish world and reporters. But I applaud your willingness to expose dishonesty inspite of threats to you personally. You haven’t changed–what courage. Now Luke, you must admit this is a trait like your father’s–courage. And I trust you would not ruin someone’s reputation with untruths about them.
Now, on a different note, I always did say you would be rich and famous one day. Well, the famous has happened, now we’ll wait for the rich! Most of all, I pray for your safety.
I emailed my mother. She responded:
Which, oh which are you?
Roget’s New Millennium¬Å Thesaurus Main Entry: FAMOUS
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: notable
Synonyms: acclaimed, applauded, august, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, extraordinary, foremost, glorious, grand, great, honored, illustrious, important, imposing, in limelight*, in spotlight*, influential, leading, lionized, memorable, mighty, much-publicized, noble, noted, noteworthy, notorious, of note, outstanding, peerless, powerful, pre-eminent, prominent, recognized, remarkable, renowned, reputable, signal, splendid, talked of, well-knownRoget’s New Millennium¬Å Thesaurus Main Entry: INFAMOUS
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shameful
Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, bad, base, caitiff, contemptible, corrupt, degenerate, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, egregious, evil, flagitious, foul, hateful, heinous, ignominious, ill-famed, iniquitous, loathsome, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, questionable, rotten, scandalous, scurvy, shady, shocking, sorry, unhealthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked Antonyms: reputable Notes: famous means widely known, renowned, and esteemed while infamous means having an exceedingly bad reputation, notorious
