心一點零-B12

Word of the Day for Thursday September 15, 2005

quorum \KWOR-uhm\, noun:
1. Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is
legally competent to transact business.(法定被選取人數)
2. A select group.(被選出來的一群人)
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The extraordinary powers of the Senate were vested in
twenty-six men, fourteen of whom would constitute a quorum,
of which eight would make up a majority.
--Akhil Reed Amar, [1]The Bill of Rights: Creation and
Reconstruction

What other quorum in American history, save those who wrote
our constitution, could claim as much impact on our
day-to-day lives?
--Gavin de Becker, [2]The Gift of Fear