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Improving Your Spelling with the VT
Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2008
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Blog Du Jour
Twainiana
Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2008
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Word Count
Five Ways to Put More Hours in Your Writing Day
Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2008
Practice matters. That not-so-profound thought occurred to me while I was standing on the edge of a field recently, basking in the warmth of a glorious autumn afternoon and watching my 14-year-old daughter play soccer.
Okay, let's be honest, I wasn't standing so much as sitting in a lawn chair. I was also contemplating how much more fun it would have been if I'd thought to fill my water bottle, which was opaque, with something made from, say, hops. It's tough being a soccer mom, lipstick or not.
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Word Routes
NOAD Word of the Year: "Hypermiling"
Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 EST 2008
The leaves have fallen and there's a chill in the air, so that could mean only one thing: Word of the Year season is starting! This year, the New Oxford American Dictionary kicks things off with its annual choice: hypermiling, meaning "attempting to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one's car and one's driving techniques."
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Candlepower
True (Business) Believers
Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2008
No U.S. politician who professes to be an agnostic can hope for much of a career: a majority of Americans require their elected representatives to take the deity very seriously and insert "God bless America" into every speech. But in the world of business, and especially in high technology, agnostic isn't just accepted, it's practically — well, revered.
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Blog Excerpts
Crichton and Terkel on Charlie Rose
Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2008
The literary world lost Michael Crichton and Studs Terkel in recent days. Watch interviews with both Crichton and Terkel on the Charlie Rose Show.
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Word Routes
Mailbag Friday: "Landslide"
Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2008
Jon D. of King of Prussia, Pa. writes in with a Mailbag Friday question: "
There has been a lot of talk about a landslide victory during this recent presidential election. Not being sure if we actually experienced one or not, I was wondering if you could educate us on what the term actually means and its historical context in describing elections."
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Blog Du Jour
Farewell, Michael Crichton
Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2008
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Evasive Maneuvers
Frozen Associates (and Other Inexpressibles) in the Life Celebration Home
Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2008
Like NyQuil, a good euphemism can quiet the mind, induce sleep, and stop you from coughing up unpleasant things, like truth or phlegm.
Unlike NyQuil, not all euphemisms are available in local drug stores. For the fine euphemism connoisseur, I hope you'll enjoy these lesser-known dances around the truth — their lexical jigs may be unfamiliar, but their style is unmistakable, in this land of purple majesties, low-information voters, and rhetorical flourishes.
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Word Routes
The VT Helps Out A Literary Bee
Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2008
Last night, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses held its fifth annual Spelling Bee in support of its non-profit efforts to help out independent literary publishers. The CLMP always attracts an all-star cast of spellers from the New York book world. This time around, the Visual Thesaurus joined forces with the CLMP Bee, supplying the words to stump the cream of the literary crop.
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