Archive for April, 2006

gloaming: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

gloaming: twilight; dusk.
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microcosm: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

microcosm: a smaller, representative system having analogies to a larger system.
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Development of Human Resources in Science and Technology (Daily News)

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

BASIC SCIENCES: Science is the shared heritage of all mankind. The basic sciences, applied sciences and technology form a continuam. The basic sciences – physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics – play a fundamental role in modern society.
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provenance: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Friday, April 28th, 2006

provenance: origin; source.
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Govt considers introducing compulsory citizenship test (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Friday, April 28th, 2006

ELIZABETH JACKSON: The Federal Government is considering introducing a compulsory citizenship test.
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harridan: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

harridan: a scolding, vicious woman.
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Preparatory Committee Inaugurated in Switzerland (Korean Central News Agency)

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) — The Swiss preparatory committee for commemorating the Day of the Sun and Feb. 16 in 2007 was formed with due ceremony in Basel on Apr. 13.
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equipoise: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

equipoise: equilibrium; also, counterbalance.
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YWCA 2006 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT (Canton Daily Ledger)

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Biographies of the 2006 Women of Achievement and Young Woman of Achievement are given. See a related story on this web site. When Marjorie Rich was very small, growing up on a farm east of Macomb, she learned early to value learning.
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sporadic: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

sporadic: occuring singly, or occasionally, or in scattered instances.
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