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| Mustache film festival to be held in Maine
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:51:50 GMT Reuters - Move over, Cannes. Maine will be playing host to its first-ever international mustache film festival, part of its annual pageant that celebrates the bristly facial hair. |
| Aww, man! Bart Simpson joins Barbie in Iran ban
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:22:39 GMT Reuters - The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran. |
| Toledo hot dog chain made famous on "M*A*S*H" sold
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:11:25 GMT Reuters - A troubled Ohio hot dog restaurant chain made famous in the TV series "M*A*S*H" has been sold after months of legal wrangling, allowing descendants of the eponymous Tony Packo's to keep running Cpl. Klinger's favorite frankfurter place. |
| Germany hunts out deer calling champion
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:19:44 GMT Reuters - Hunting enthusiasts grunted, bawled and bellowed in the battle to be named Germany's champion deer caller. |
| Hole lotta fun as Japanese dig for Golden Shovel
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:09:36 GMT Reuters - Over a thousand people gathered on the outskirts of Tokyo, shovels and ladders in hand. Their goal: to dig their way to victory in the Japan All-National Hole Digging Competition, and claim the coveted Golden Shovel. |
| New record set at Wing Bowl eating extravaganza
(Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:34:18 GMT Reuters - More than 17,000 mostly beer-fueled spectators packed a Philadelphia indoor arena on Friday for the city's annual early morning eating extravaganza in which competitors vie to eat the most chicken wings. |
| Miami named most miserable U.S. city
(Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:05 GMT Reuters - Warm sun, white beaches, and million-dollar mansions notwithstanding, Miami has captured the dubious distinction of being the most miserable city in the United States, according to a new poll. |
| U.S. border cops nab go-kart hauling Mexican pot
(Reuters)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:08:05 GMT Reuters - U.S. border cops in far-west Arizona have seized an off-road go-kart and trailer packed with marijuana, in the latest bizarre attempt by Mexican smugglers to beat beefed up border security. |
| Wanted: Retirees to live in Ecuador for a month free
(Reuters)
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:17:00 GMT Reuters - Interested in adventure and exploring new places? An international magazine is looking for volunteers to spend a month in Cuenca, Ecuador to test its potential as a retirement destination. |
| Big freeze stops famed Brussels statue from peeing
(Reuters)
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:47:46 GMT Reuters - The Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a young boy urinating that is a symbol of Brussels and a major tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures, Belgium's tourist office said on Wednesday. |
| China bans toddler palm-reading assessments
(Reuters)
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:38:29 GMT Reuters - China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers' intelligence level and potential, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. |
| Italian shoemaker pays record rent at London store
(Reuters)
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:21:10 GMT Reuters - Italian luxury shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo is close to agreeing a deal to pay a record UK rent at its Bond Street store that will break the 1,000 pounds ($1,576) per square foot mark for the first time, a source familiar with the deal told Reuters. |
| German city's parking fines are just the ticket
(Reuters)
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:03:50 GMT Reuters - German authorities are giving parking violators in one city an unexpected break by issuing tickets without fines. |
| German beer drinking slide stopped by warm weather
(Reuters)
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:42:31 GMT Reuters - A steady slide in beer consumption in Germany was stopped cold last year thanks to warmer weather, the federal statistics office said on Monday. |
| San Francisco airport unveils yoga room for travelers
(Reuters)
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:41:19 GMT Reuters - Just cleared airport security and in need of a little deep breathing and stretching relaxation? |
| School bans fuzzy boots used to hide cell phones
(Reuters)
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:32:53 GMT Reuters - Singer Nancy Sinatra may have had boots made for walking, but she never attended Pottstown Middle School. |
| Babette's errant email cripples German parliament
(Reuters)
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:31:43 GMT Reuters - The German parliament's email system was hampered for several hours for more than 4,000 staffers and deputies when hundreds of workers responded to an errant email sent by one staffer named "Babette" to all 4,032 co-workers. |
| Revealed: Famous names who snubbed UK queen's honors
(Reuters)
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:59:17 GMT Reuters - Receiving an honor from Britain's Queen Elizabeth marks the pinnacle of many careers. But for more than 250 people named in a once-secret official document, the idea was so unappealing that they turned down the monarch's offer. |
| Irishman makes "billion-euro home" of shredded notes
(Reuters)
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:49:26 GMT Reuters - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust. |
| Four-year-old U.S. boy pulls out marijuana at school
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Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:09:03 GMT Reuters - A four-year-old U.S. boy who announced to his teacher at school snack time that he wanted to share pulled nine bags of marijuana out of his jacket pocket, police said on Wednesday. |
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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.