Word: orderers
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What that money will buy is the most pertinent fact about the OED2, at least to prospective customers. In essence, the new edition collates into alphabetical order three distinct elements: 1) the first OED, largely unchanged, although some errors and lapses have been corrected; 2) the contents of the four supplements to the first edition, which appeared between 1972 and 1986; and 3) roughly 5,000 words or expressions that have gained currency since the early...
Clearly these are not the golden secrets of anyone's success. They do not sharpen the nation's competitive edge. But let us not be unthankful for small things. ("Think about the foods you order and how attractive they are to be eaten," Bixler suggests. And would that more people did!) At least until the Japanese get hold of it, isn't image consulting what America the Beautiful is all about...
Lisa Bianco was afraid of her husband. So when she decided to end years of beatings and other abuse by divorcing him, she got an order of protection warning him to stay away. But Alan Matheney continued to intimidate her, Bianco complained, and eventually abducted the couple's two young daughters, then 6 and 2. When police caught up with him more than 650 miles away, in Wilmington, N.C., they extradited Matheney back home to Mishawaka, Ind. Bianco pressed charges, but Matheney was released after posting $1,000 bail. Other arrests for beatings followed, as did another release. Finally...
...Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell said, "The turning down of two or three people was a very traumatic and divisive happening. It's not the natural order of things here. So an occasion when two people gain unanimous support across ideological lines is a particularly welcome event after trauma...
...famous person," commands little respect around the Capitol. However, the choice makes sense in the context of an emerging trend within the GOP. Republicans have abandoned the legislative process and shunned decent ethical standards; they have recently turned to destructive partisan confrontations in order to regain control of the Congress...