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| Hurricane Dolly weakens, fears turn to flooding Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:21:29 GMT BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.... |
| Obama pays visit to Jerusalem holy site Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:53:25 GMT JERUSALEM (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall.... |
| House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:24:05 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.... |
| Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:11:17 GMT PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.... |
| McCain denies he misstated timing of Iraq surge Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:10:01 GMT BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy in early 2007.... |
| Ambassador: Al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:09:39 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.... |
| Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:09:05 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers.... |
| Calif. woman mauled by bear recovers after surgery Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:44:16 GMT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A woman mauled by a bear in a rural area of Southern California was recovering Wednesday as game wardens sought to trap and kill the animal.... |
| 50 Cent sues Taco Bell in NY over ad campaign Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:27:34 GMT NEW YORK (AP) -- 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.... |
| Red Sox complete sweep of Mariners with 6-3 win Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:14:12 GMT SEATTLE (AP) -- Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green in the 12th inning, and the Red Sox took advantage of two outfield errors to beat the lowly Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday and complete Boston's first series sweep at Seattle in 15 years.... |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 23, 2008 is:
natatorial • \nay-tuh-TOR-ee-ul\ • adjective
*1 : of or relating to swimming 2 : adapted to or characterized by swimming
Example sentence:
The Olympic swimmer's natatorial prowess was on full display as she won her fifth gold medal.
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On a warm spring weekday afternoon, the local swimming hole beckons . . . and boys will be boys. "Mr. Foster [the town truant officer] knew very well where to find us . . . at our vernal and natatorial frolics," confessed John Gould in The Christian Science Monitor (January 10, 1992), some 70 years after that warm spring day of his youth. The Latin verb "natare," meaning "to swim," gave English the word "natatorial" and its variant "natatory." It also gave us "natant" ("swimming or floating in water"); "supernatant" ("floating on the surface"); "natation" ("the action or art of swimming"); and last but not least, "natatorium" ("an indoor swimming pool").
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.