Pasty Central Day in History, August 4, 2009    See previous day or Index of Pasty Cameos
Sponsored by: Pasty.NET and Keweenaw Video. Images courtesy of Pasty Central, MTU Archives,
UP Digitization Center, Library of Congress, National Archives, Michigan History Magazine, and Wikipedia.
Joe Kirkish WORD OF THE DAY: assuage - uh-SWAYJ - to soothe, mollify, "take the edge off"
Example: The president failed to assuage fears of "blue-dog" Democrats regarding the health care plan.