ARRANGING FOR THE CONTROL TACTICS INSTRUCTOR COURSE. The basic entry level instructors course is ten (10) days in length, usually from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but times can be modified if necessary. Classes are conducted on Monday through Friday for two weeks with the weekend off.
Etymologists believe that quippy derived from the Latin quippe, a word meaning indeed or to be sure that was often used ironically. The earliest sense of quip, referring to a cutting or sarcastic remark, was common for approximately a century after it first appeared in print in 1532.
quiÂ·esÂ·cent (kwÄ-Äsâ²Ént, kwÄ«-) adj. 1. Quiet, still, or inactive. See Synonyms at inactive. 2. Characterized by an absence of upheaval or discord: We tend to think of the decades following the final overthrow of Napoleon as remarkably quiescent (Walter McDougall). 3. Astronomy Having little or no sunspot activity.