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  1. Language Lounge

     Person, Place, Thing
    Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2010
    You're right on the money if you guess that this month's Lounge has something to do with nouns. Specifically, we've been digging up data on these very three nouns — person, place, thing — as a result of hearing a news snippet on the radio a few weeks ago, when a speaker characterized a situation as "a Kumbaya thing." Huh? What exactly is a Kumbaya thing?

  2. Contest Corner

     Vocabulary Goes to the Movies
    Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2010
    In the Teachers at Work article "A Daily Vocabulary Bonanza for Teachers," Bob Greenman extols the New York Times television listings (of all places!) as a rich source for classroom vocabulary instruction.

  3. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition
    Fri Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2010
    With the Academy Awards around the corner, we're feeling cinematic with an Oscar-themed crossword puzzle. Solve it and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!

  4. Word Routes

     Owning the Podium (and the Lectern)
    Thu Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2010
    What's the difference between a podium and a lectern?

  5. Candlepower

     The You Decade
    Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2010
    I've been seeing a lot of You lately. Not specifically you, dear reader, but You, the second-person advertorial. Yes, after years of talking about us, marketers have taken a shine to You. And they're eager to tell You just how important you are to their business.

  6. Teachers at Work

     A Daily Vocabulary Bonanza for Teachers
    Tue Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2010
    The New York Times is a vocabulary-learning bonanza for students at all levels, employing a larger number of what teachers would call "vocabulary words" than any other American publication. And inside The Times, every day, there's a bonanza within that bonanza, the succinct and telegraphic television listings page, whose capsule movie reviews employ more vocabulary — including words, terms and expressions — than any other page in the paper. And quite enjoyably, too.

  7. Teachers at Work

     How to Receive the New York Times Electronic Edition
    Tue Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2010

  8. Blog Excerpts

     Rules for Writing Fiction
    Tue Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2010
    Inspired by Elmore Leonard's "10 Rules of Writing," the Guardian asked noted authors for their own rules for writing. Everyone from Margaret Atwood to Zadie Smith chimes in. Read part one here and part two here.

  9. Word Routes

     Crossword Tournament 2010: Dan Feyer Wins!
    Mon Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2010
    The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament has come to an end, and with it the end of Tyler Hinman's amazing five-year reign as champ. Meet the new alpha dog of the crossword world: the one and only Dan Feyer. Puzzlemaster Brendan Emmett Quigley joins us again with his wrap-up of the action from Brooklyn.

  10. Word Routes

     Crossword Tournament 2010: Saturday Report
    Sun Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2010
    Live from Brooklyn, puzzlemaster Brendan Emmett Quigley is providing exclusive commentary from the 2010 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Brendan's got the scoop on all the action at the end of the first day of competition.
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