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US court rules again against vaccine-autism claims - Reuters
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:51 GMT+00:00
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Hurdles Still Remain for Ground Zero Settlement - New York Times
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:06:06 GMT+00:00
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New Plavix Warning: Lack of Effect in Many People - WebMD
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:22:25 GMT+00:00
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Growing doubts over standard prostate cancer test - AFP
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:45:54 GMT+00:00
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CPSC Warns of Baby Sling Dangers - CBS News
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:52:46 GMT+00:00
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For insurers, health care debate is a prescription for uncertainty - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:50:00 GMT+00:00
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Catholic hospitals support health care bill - The Associated Press
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:23:22 GMT+00:00
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New Numbers for Swine Flu - New York Times
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:15:16 GMT+00:00
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FDA says Basic Food Flavors knew plant was contaminated with salmonella - Washington Post
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:17:13 GMT+00:00
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Roche's Prostate Cancer Drug Fails in a Trial - New York Times
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:55:02 GMT+00:00
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 13, 2010 is:
acronym \AK-ruh-nim\ noun
: a word formed from the beginning letter or letters of each or most of the parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation formed from initial letters
Example sentence:
The new committee spent a fair amount of time choosing a name that would lend itself to an appealing acronym.
Did you know?
"Acronym" was created by combining "acr-" ("beginning") with "-onym," ("name" or "word"). You may recognize "-onym" in other familiar English words such as "pseudonym" and "synonym." English speakers borrowed "-onym" directly from the Greek (it derives from "onyma," the Greek word for "name"). "Acr-" is also from Greek, but it made a side trip through Middle French on its way to English. When "acronym" first entered English, some usage commentators decreed that it should refer to combinations of initial letters that were pronounced as if they were whole words (such as "radar" or "scuba"), differentiated from an "initialism," which is spoken by pronouncing the component letters (as "FBI" and "CEO"). These days, however, that distinction is largely lost, and "acronym" is a common label for both types of abbreviation.
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