TOP 100 DICTIONARY SITES
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| Poll: Will You Watch Tomorrow Night's Mayoral Debates? (Bostonist) Despite the sweet t-shirts , YouTube channels , rock band endorsements , and shiny new presents from the city , the 2009 Boston mayoral race has been kind of a snoozer. Sure, Menino's opponents have dogged his record on development, education, and crime, painting him as a dictatorial autocrat with his hands on every municipal project. But, when you open up the dictionary to "Mayor of Boston ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
Pastor finally sees fit to retire - at 92 (Lancaster Online) Pastor finally sees fit to retire — at 92Webster's Dictionary defines "retire" as "to give up one's work, business, career, etc., esp. because of advanced age."Don't tell that to the Rev. Harold Hight.In March, after almost 20 years, the 92-year-old Hight "retired" from his part-ti... us.rd.yahoo.com |
News architects use dictionary, not Oklahoma law (The Oklahoman) The architects of our Constitution might beat their heads against the Sheetrock to see how tightly some people try to control everyday words.Take "architect.†Oklahoma state law, for good reason, spells out carefully who can and who cannot practice architecture or claim to be an architect.Awhile back, we ran a feature story about a man who is a professor in an architecture college here, and some ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
Unblemished records among the biggest stories of the year gone by (Yakima Herald-Republic) Perfection, as defined by Webster’s New World College Dictionary, means “the quality or condition of being perfect; extreme degree of excellence according to a given standard.†And since 2009 will soon go final, as they say, perfection played a major role in the most compelling local sports stories over the last year of this century’s first [...] us.rd.yahoo.com |
Businesses Whose Employees Text or Place Business-Related Calls While Driving Could Be Found Vicariously Liable, Says ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SCHAUMBURG, Ill.----"Distracted driving" may have been Webster's Dictionary's "Word of the Year" for 2009, but in 2010, businesses that provide their employees with mobile devices should keep a related phrase in mind: "vicarious liability." us.rd.yahoo.com |