Word: latinization
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...very similar (in sound and meaning) to Italian words that are commonly used in spoken and written language. They might not be used every day, perhaps, but they are used by intellectuals, in letters, newspapers and broadcasts. Apodeictic, muliebrity, mansuetude, even caducity, caliginosity, nitid, agrestic, roborant or vilipend have Latin or Greek roots that are very familiar to me and most high school graduates. I do not think that less used words should be deterged from the vocabulary of any spoken language. I think that we have to teach them and use them more. The use of complex words improves...
...Scorsese acknowledges that Ebert closely shares his love of film, his religious roots, and his moralistic worldview. Ebert picks up on that theme in his introduction: "We were born five months apart in 1942 ... We were children of working-class parents ... We attended Roman Catholic schools ... We memorized the Latin of the Mass ... We went to the movies all the time...
...system, which has nine categories spanning A+ to F. Second-year students, whose fate in the transition was most uncertain, will graduate with a transcript with grades under both systems. They will receive letter grades through this year, and then switch to the pass/fail system as third-year students. Latin honors will be determined by a student’s performance during all three years. In an e-mail sent to the student body, Kagan wrote that delaying the transition until next year for second-year students would allow them to demonstrate improvement from their first year. At a town...
...some markets, Disney has gone so far as to nest one franchise inside another. In Latin America, it's created local HSM brands that don't compete with the American version but riff off its popularity with new movies tailored to the local market. This summer came the release of two Spanish-language feature films - High School Musical: El Desafio - one for the Mexican market, and the other for the Argentinian one. These franchises within franchises, says Diego Lerner, president of Disney Latin America, build "closer links with the communities we're aiming for and respect the local cultural environment...
Another difference between the candidates, Paarlberg said, is that McCain has had a “lifelong interest” in foreign policy. Pointing out that Obama has never been to Latin America, Paarlberg called the candidate “distinctively disinterested in foreign policy...