Benjamin (BEN-juh-min) noun Benjamin is a nickname for the US one-hundred-dollar bill. The name derives from Benjamin Franklin, US statesman, whose portrait adorns the bill.
The US currency notes are printed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing plants in Washington, DC and Fort Worth, Texas. I visited the Washington DC money factory a few years back and have to say the place feels a bit surreal. You can see sheets of currency notes rolling through by the millions, as if they were the daily newspaper to be read and discarded. Workers move the giant stacks of uncut sheets with forklifts. No matter how the economy is going, this is one place that always makes money. It's perhaps fitting that it's Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an inventor and printer, whose picture is printed on the highest denomination currency note in the US. -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=benjamin "Remember, it's not all about the benjamins. What good is the best price if the seller doesn't actually have the Xbox 360 to ship when you need it?" Linda Stern; Start Your Browsers!; Newsweek (New York); Oct 10, 2005. Sponsors' messages: 101 questions answered! Why do hurricanes happen? Who put New Orleans where it is? How many stars are in the sky? http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw101005 Increase your euphrasia with a t-shirt that'll amaze ya! 63 unusual words! Or choose love/romance tanktop! $21. Pix at http://www.spizzquiz.net/tshirts.htm ............................................................................ Political freedom cannot exist in any land where religion controls the state, and religious freedom cannot exist in any land where the state controls religion. -Samuel James Ervin Jr., lawyer, judge, and senator (1896-1985) Discuss this week's theme or words at our online bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/benjamin.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/benjamin.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/benjamin.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
