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Health Care Bill 'Still a Jump Ball,' White House Official Says - FOXNews
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:12:53 GMT+00:00
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In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt - New York Times
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:35:07 GMT+00:00
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Next-Generation -- Alarm Clocks! - CBS News
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:17:25 GMT+00:00
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For the Love of Islam - Wall Street Journal
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:48 GMT+00:00
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Texas education board adopts social studies standards - News 8 Austin
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:09:05 GMT+00:00
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AG Holder didn't reveal all legal papers to Senate - The Associated Press
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:24:25 GMT+00:00
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At UN, Clinton rallies for more women's opportunities worldwide - Washington Post
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:53:12 GMT+00:00
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Newsom has vision for lieutenant governor post - San Francisco Chronicle
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:42:35 GMT+00:00
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Hanks and Spielberg return to WWII together for 'The Pacific' - USA Today
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:58:10 GMT+00:00
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Tea Party Avoids Divisive Social Issues - New York Times
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:54:44 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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