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...browser wants to cry havoc. says TIME's Jesse Birnbaum. Still, dictionaries must face factoids. So, with due sensitivity, the handsome new Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary (2,230 pages; $50) quarantines about 1,000 examples of jargon, fad words and lamentable journalese and corrals them into a separate "Addenda Section." The Addenda provides a useful glimpse into the netherworld of post-contemporary wordsmithery. Control freak is here, as are dream team, deadbeat dad, drive-by (shooting), granny dumping, latte, managed care, mosh pit, outsource (but not downsize) and wellness. Tattered cliches like reality-based, reality check and wake...
Still, dictionaries must face factoids. So, with due sensitivity, the handsome new Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary (2,230 pages; $50), a revised edition of the 1967 family-size version, quarantines about 1,000 examples of jargon, fad words and lamentable journalese and corrals them into a separate "Addenda Section...
...Addenda provides a useful glimpse into the netherworld of post-contemporary wordsmithery. Control freak is here, as are dream team, deadbeat dad, drive-by (shooting), granny dumping, latte, managed care, mosh pit, outsource (but not downsize) and wellness...
Beyond the dread Addenda, the dictionary is sound and scholarly, comprising more than 315,000 entries (1,500 of them updated), with etymologies aplenty, regional variations and usage guides. A selection of well-known names, places and events is even catalogued handily in the main text. Dictionary lovers should find the contents illuminating, despite depressing evidence that the English language is getting a severe dumbing down. That term, oddly enough, is not to be found in these pages. --By Jesse Birnbaum
...right, Handel composed more than one version of his beloved oratorio -- have become a holiday ritual since the premiere 250 years ago. A pragmatist as well as a great composer, Handel penned several alternative sections to accommodate the strengths and limitations of different musical ensembles. This recording assembles, as addenda, all the alternative arias, recitatives and choruses (hence the three volumes). Nicholas McGegan, a major authentic-period- instrument and practiced Handel conductor, leads marvelous singers and players in a splendid performance. Hallelujah...