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| Mexico's ruling party picks woman as presidential candidate Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:43 EST Mexico's conservative ruling party has picked a former congresswoman as its nominee for the nation's top job. If she wins, she would become the country's first female president. |
| Brazil sends 3,500 troops into Salvador amid police strike Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:27 EST Some 3,500 troops are being deployed in the northern Brazilian city of Salvador to rein in a wave of looting and killings set off by a police strike that started last week. |
| Panama's ex-ruler Noriega taken to hospital Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:51:22 EST Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who is serving time in prison for crimes committed during his rule, was taken to a hospital, Panamanian police said Sunday. |
| At least 16 dead after migrant boat sinks near Dominican Republic Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:28:31 EST Authorities in the Dominican Republic called off their search for survivors Sunday after a small wooden boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized just off the coast, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, which had been helping in the search. |
| Chavez, allies call for sanctions against Britain over Falklands Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:54:16 EST The Ecuadorian president is calling for sanctions against Britain for its long-running dispute with Argentina over who owns the Falkland Islands. |
| Fidel Castro unveils 1,000-page memoir Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:23:03 EST Fidel Castro has released a previously unannounced two-volume memoir of his life, Cuban state-run media reported Saturday. |
| Colombian police: 6 killed in blast Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:21:58 EST Six people were killed in an explosion targeting a police station in southern Colombia Thursday, authorities said. |
| Cartels targeting police officers in Juarez, authorities say; 8 officers dead Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:55:53 EST Julian Juarez Baena, a police officer in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, had just finished his shift. It was just after 9 p.m. last Saturday, and he was driving home. |
| Canadian authorities bust child porn rings Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:39:13 EST At least 60 people have been charged in connection with one of Canada's largest ever pornography busts, authorities said Thursday. |
| Ciudad Juarez plans to protect police by housing them in hotels Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:10:49 EST In this violence-plagued border city, officials are stepping up security -- for police. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 06, 2012 is:
propinquity • \pruh-PING-kwuh-tee\ • noun
1 : nearness of blood : kinship 2 : nearness in place or time : proximity
Examples:
Many of the retirement community's residents cite the propinquity of the area's various cultural offerings as a significant reason for their choice of the facility.
"Canada was faced with the overwhelming propinquity of the United States; it was just next door -- for almost nine thousand kilometres." -- From Derek Lundy's 2011 book Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America
Did you know?
"Propinquity" and its cousin "proximity" are related through the Latin root "prope," which means "near." That root gave rise to "proximus" (the parent of "proximity") and "propinquus" (an ancestor of "propinquity"). "Proximus" is the superlative of "prope" and thus means "nearest," whereas "propinquus" simply means "near" or "akin," but in English "propinquity" conveys a stronger sense of closeness than "proximity." (The latter usually suggests a sense of being in the vicinity of something.) The distinctions between the two words are subtle, however, and they are often used interchangeably. "Propinquity" is believed to be the older of the two words, first appearing in English in the 14th century; "proximity" followed a century later.