Word: wording
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speechless," he added. "I couldn't say a single word for a few minutes, and then I started crying...
...easy to forget that a great deal of what we know about the world derives from our exposure to the printed word. Journalists must strive to give us an impression of the world that comports with reality as nearly as possible. They should resist the urge to gild news articles with statements of non-existent, or at least non-apparent, popular consensus...
Ever wonder why we say that a baseball player "flied out to center" instead of "flew out to center"? Pinker explained that the meaning of the word 'fly' has changed as the word changed from a verb to the noun 'fly ball' and then back to a verb. Over that transformation, the suffix for the past tense has also changed...
...Republican Party is also referred to as the conservative party and this is another reason why Buchanan does not belong in its midst. The word conservative should connote a certain skepticism about the efficiency of government and its ability to solve social problems. Many of Buchanan's views are more fundamentalist than conservative--he seems to have incredible faith in the government's ability to implement its programs...
...American and All-Ivy honors in 1997, has earned the right to be considered as one of the greatest squash players in school history. During both her freshman and sophomore years, Herlihy received Second Team All-American accolades and has led the team both by example and by word...