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DEFINITION: (noun) A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others. SYNONYMS: deference, compliancy, obligingness, compliance. USAGE: He complied with her request, and answered her challenge in a large wine-cup; she then proceeded with her story, as if appeased by his complaisance.

Lerner, an American lyricist and librettist, began his musical theater career with collegiate contributions to the annual Harvard Hasty Pudding musicals. After two years as a radio scriptwriter, he was introduced to composer Frederick Loewe. Their collaboration resulted in the 1947 musical hit Brigadoon. Their crowning achievement, however, was My Fair Lady (1956), whose film version won eight Oscars. My Fair Lady is adapted from which novel?

The pygmy hippopotamus is a large mammal native to the swamps and forests of western Africa. Reports indicate there are only about 3,000 pygmy hippos worldwide. While their larger relative the hippopotamus tends to live in pods, pygmy hippos are mostly solitary creatures. A breeding project begun in the early 1990s has resulted in the births of 113 pygmy hippos. Aldo was born at the Paris Zoo on June 5th and, at 21 inches (53 cm) in length, he is about the size of a human baby.