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| Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S. Thu, 17 May 2012 08:32:40 GMT Non-Hispanic white births are no longer a majority in the United States, a tipping point that has implications for politics, the economy and a nation’s identity. |
| DealBook: JPMorgan’s Trading Loss Is Said to Rise at Least 50% Thu, 17 May 2012 01:22:12 GMT Hedge funds and other investors taking advantage of JPMorgan Chase’s distress have fueled faster deterioration in the underlying credit market positions held by the bank. |
| D.E.A.’s Agents Join Hondurans in Drug Firefights Thu, 17 May 2012 10:02:11 GMT The Central American country is a growing focus of American efforts aimed at drug cartels that have sought to use its ungoverned spaces. |
| Greek Stimulus Is an Option, Merkel Says Thu, 17 May 2012 10:59:48 GMT Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said she would discuss stimulus programs to get the Greek economy growing again and that she was committed to keeping Greece in the euro zone. |
| G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama Thu, 17 May 2012 09:24:07 GMT A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire, Joe Ricketts, seeking to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era. |
| The Caucus: Romney Raises $40.1 Million in April, Nearly Matching Obama Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:47 GMT The contributions on behalf of Mitt Romney represent a huge jump over the $12.6 million that his campaign raised in March, an increase partly attributed to donors coalescing around Mr. Romney as the nominee. |
| Figure in China’s Political Drama Found in Cambodia Thu, 17 May 2012 10:21:59 GMT Until now, Patrick Henri Devillers, a French architect who has been part of the Bo Xilai drama in China, had not been heard from. |
| Trayvon Martin Case Shadowed by Police Missteps Thu, 17 May 2012 05:47:19 GMT Mistakes by the Police Department in Sanford, Fla., and circumstances beyond its control, could make it more difficult to pursue a case against George Zimmerman. |
| Caretaker Greek Cabinet Is Sworn In Thu, 17 May 2012 10:30:06 GMT Greece’s caretaker prime minister on Thursday appointed a mix of veteran politicians and eminent economists to act as a temporary cabinet until the June 17 general election. |
| In Trial of Ratko Mladic, Details of Srebrenica Massacre Thu, 17 May 2012 11:10:19 GMT Prosecutors at the trial of Ratko Mladic set out in detail the events leading to and during the 1995 massacre of some 8,000 men and boys. |
| Taliban Stage Deadly Strike on Afghan Governor’s Office Thu, 17 May 2012 10:35:32 GMT At least 11 people died after Taliban insurgents on Thursday attacked a provincial governor’s office, but were beaten back by security forces, Afghan officials said. |
| DealBook: Ahead of Facebook I.P.O., a Skeptical Madison Ave. Thu, 17 May 2012 10:25:03 GMT Despite the overwhelming level of interest in its I.P.O., Facebook is facing fresh concerns over its ability to attract enough advertising revenue. Will the social network reach its advertising potential? |
| HDL ‘Good Cholesterol’ Found Not to Cut Heart Risk Thu, 17 May 2012 05:45:21 GMT People genetically prone to higher levels of HDL, often called “good cholesterol,” showed that they did not have any significant decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease. |
| Senate Passes Cuomo’s Bill Creating State Agency to Police Care of Disabled Thu, 17 May 2012 05:02:48 GMT The centerpiece of the governor’s legislation is to create a new state agency — the Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs — with prosecutorial powers. |
| Mary Kennedy, Estranged Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Is Found Dead Thu, 17 May 2012 04:24:15 GMT Mary Kennedy, who married Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 1994, was found dead in an outbuilding of the family property in Bedford, N.Y. |
| Lens Blog: International Center of Photography Celebrates Gordon Parks Centennial Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:45 GMT A new exhibit honoring the centennial of Gordon Parks’s birth will be displayed in the windows at the International Center of Photography. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.