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Bling is king Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 3:09PMSHILPA SHETTY SMILES OUT OF THE TELEVISION SCREEN. A TINY RAY OF LIGHT BOUNCES OFF HER PERFECTLY SET, RECENTLY FLOSSED TEETH. TING TING TI TING. BUT IF YOU LOOK FIXEDLY FOR A WHILE AT HER ORNATE CHANDELIER EARRINGS, DIAMONDS AND RUBIES SET IN GLISTENING PLATINUM, THEY ARE SLIGHTLY BLINDING, EVEN AS THE SHEER SARI, SWAROVSKI-STUDDED AND WITH A SPRINKLING OF DIAMANTE, HURTS THE EYE. AS A PERFECTLY ...
Ghana Election 2008: A sign of true democracy Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 9:10AMAfter all is said and done, the election for another president has come to pass. The people have decided who to rule, and who not to. The people acknowledged the fact that it is democracy that has enabled them take such an important decision.
Leith sculptor Paolozzi added to online biography dictionary Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 5:04AMLEITH-born sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi has been added to the online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
George Best, two British PMs added to dictionary Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 7:18PM Northern Irish soccer star George Best and two former British prime ministers are among the new additions to the online version of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, which is updated on Thursday.
Joey Marquez cleared from "textbook" estafa and graft charges - Posted on: 2009-01-06 13:21:32 Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 4:16AM Normal 0 Joey Marquez files a motion for reconsideration for the "walis-tingting case" filed against him.
Marquez dodges graft raps Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:56PMEx-Parañaque City Mayor Joey Marquez and two of his co-accused were cleared by the Sandiganbayan of estafa and graft charges over an alleged anomalous P6.41-million textbook contract during his term in 1998.
Joey Marquez, 2 others cleared of estafa, graft charges Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:30AMMANILA, Philippines - The Sandiganbayan has junked two criminal charges filed against former Parañaque mayor Joey Marguez and two others in connection with the alleged non-payment of textbooks worth P6.41 million that his administration purchased in 1998.
Live text - FA Cup third round Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:47AMMan Utd beat Southampton 3-0 after Aston Villa see off Gillingham with a debateable late penalty.
FA Cup third round as it happened Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:45AMMan Utd beat Southampton 3-0 to earn an FA Cup fourth-round meeting with Spurs after Aston Villa see off League Two Gillingham thanks to a debatable late penalty.
Bleeping Expletives Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 9:12PMBonfire of the profanities.
Boyd Tonkin: 2009 will be a year to remember the hero of hacks Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 5:00AM Not yet two days old, the year already carries curses on its infant head.
1 — Learn Something New Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:30PMYour brain is a sparkling universe, as rich with could be as the universe in which Earth is one tiny spinning grain. Yet you’ve explored no more of it than, say, the route you follow, day in and day out, to work. What about all those other roads and routes? Villages, towns and cities?
Boyd Tonkin: A year to remember the hero of hacks Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:23PM Not yet two days old, the year already carries curses on its infant head. Writers, publishers, agents and booksellers have done their share of premature damnation, with every party-wrecking pessimist keen to bring the freshest news of doom. Yet 2009 will bring at least one predictable season of rejoicing. Three centuries after his birth, we will have the chance to celebrate the first, grandest ...
ARTHUR BLACK: I’m addicted to dictionaries Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:18PMDictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. I’ve got at least seven dictionaries scattered around my house. I’m talking about general, A to Z, look-up-a-word dictionaries.
Riddell: Fighting holiday stiffness Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:51AMRigor mortis is defined by the New Oxford American Dictionary as “medicine suffering of the joints and muscles of a body a few hours after death, usually lasting from one to four days.”
The gospel in words: Temperance Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:15PM"Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence." (D&C 4:6) When we hear the word "temperance," we often think of the temperance movement, which advocated total abstinence from alcohol. While, indeed, abstinence is a component of temperance, focusing on this narrow aspect limits our understanding of the richness of the concept ...
Pinter family attend funeral, directed by master of drama Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 9:16AM The family of Harold Pinter gathered Wednesday for a private funeral service for the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, directed according to instructions left by the writer himself, a friend said.
Project again providing dictionaries to Talawanda third graders Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 9:21AMThird graders in the Talawanda School District are again receiving dictionaries through the Sandy Hormell Dictionary Project, sponsored by the Oxford Rotary Club.
Weather: Pull out those union suits gents Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 7:34AM While today’s weather won’t be so bad, if you haven’t got them out yet, might be a good idea to pull your union suits in preparation for some upcoming snow and cold temperatures.
Rules of grammar are not set in stone Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:00AMDelma Denton and her grandson recently had a friendly difference over grammar."He believes that what we call ‘proper grammar’ can change over time,” she said. "I have always believed that proper grammar has been set in stone, so to speak, and that it does not change in any society, nor in any decade.”For example, she said, "ain’t” will never be accepted as good English.To quote James Bond, ...
Latest Updates Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:42PMIn an age when headlines and sensationalism attract our attention, there is a need for us to understand some, if not all, of the different religions that exist.
Inventive lingo goes the extra hypermile Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 9:01AMHAVE you gone "hypermiling" or attended a "topless meeting"?
Tributes pour in for playwright Pinter Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 3:43PMLONDON: Tributes poured in yesterday for Nobel Prize-winning British playwright Harold Pinter, one of theatre’s biggest names for nearly half a century, who died aged 78 on Christmas Eve.
HOW WELL did YOU read THE BOOKS this year? Take our quiz! Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:33PMWhich 2008 work takes its title from the rumoured cause for the plane crash that killed Pakistani strongman Zia ul-Haque in 1988?
Holiday wishes for Nanaimo Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 3:23AMEvery Christmas is different, and despite Nanaimo getting a white Christmas for the first time in recent memory there are a few people around who may be wishing to see certain things under the tree come Thursday morning.
A Britney world needs its saints Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 7:07PMTHE latest edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary has produced quite a stir.
Italy Eliminates Laws Dating Back to Mussolini’s Fascist Regime Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:24AMDec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ’s government cleaned up law books by eliminating more than 29,000 dormant regulations, many of which dated back to Benito Mussolini’s fascist dictatorship.
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Review: Kick the Bucket and Swing the Cat by Alex Games Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 1:33AM Combining the findings of the BBC TV series Balderdash & Piffle with a nationwide Wordhunt for the Oxford English Dictionary, this book takes us on a whistle-stop tour through the history of the English language, which was for many centuries "a snotty-nosed child, running around the room shouting anything that sounded funny". It celebrates our capacity to encode and decipher complex ...
2008: A year buzzing with biz words Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 2:24PMThe turmoil in the world economy has done what economists and experts could not do for years-pushing into the day-to-day life numerous financial jargons, many of which have even become household words now.
A year when biz words became buzzwords! Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 3:36AMThanks to the crises and the space devoted to them in the media, many people had to go digging in 2008 for the meanings of hundreds of the financial jargons and are hoping to be wiser in 2009...
Missed Step Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:59PMEveryone has language pet peeves: those little things people say that aren’t quite right, and that we can’t help but correct. For reader Mark Freeman, it’s the phrase “step foot in,” as in “I wouldn’t step foot in (or into) his messy apartment.” He says: “This is a misuse for ‘set foot in.’
Liberal and conservative are not dirty words — COLUMN — COMMENT ON THIS COLUMN Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 10:04AMFinally someone else has said it. We in the media are not the source of all evil and liberal and conservative are not dirty words. [...]
To-do List Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 10:22AMFor you (or yours) this holiday season.
Nature lovers livid that ‘blog’ replacing ‘beaver’ in Oxford’s junior dictionary Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 8:29AMBy editorial Wednesday, 10 December 2008 - 9:26am. VANCOUVER — A B.C. environmental group is flabbergasted that the publisher of the Oxford Junior Dictionary has sent words like “beaver” and “dandelion” the way of the dodo bird.
Cultural cancer Sunday, December 7, 2008 @ 11:49PMWhen the Moors migrated en masse into Spain, they neither established a perfect clone of an Arabian caliphate nor constructed a conventional Christian kingdom.
Know-how is not enough Sunday, December 7, 2008 @ 10:30PMThe diversification of the on-shore economy via the creation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a widely held truism. However, these enterprises are thought to consist of entrepreneurs who are willing to take risks and if funded can create commercial enterprises.
A brief history of ‘Messiah’ Saturday, December 6, 2008 @ 11:02PMGeorge Frideric Handel was the opera composer of the early 18th century, churning out 42 of them. His “Water Music” and “Fireworks Music” are orchestra favorites. Most people don’t know that music, but they do know Handel. That’s because he also wrote “Messiah.” The 1741 oratorio about Christ’s life is performed often during the Christmas season. That’s a long way from where it started — in a ...
Self-Concept And Inner Beauty Saturday, December 6, 2008 @ 10:31AMOur perception of ourselves and who we are is largely dependent on what we believe and how we understand our coming into the world. Most people who have a faith believe that they are created by God and that there is a purpose and uniqueness in every created being.
Who knew? Saturday, December 6, 2008 @ 2:12AMOn the first Saturday of the month, Life & Arts taps into the many questions answered by the staff of the Columbus Metropolitan Library:
Iain Dale: Police tactics in the arrest of Damian Green are more reminiscent of the legal system of a banana republic Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 6:07AMIain Dale: Police tactics in the arrest of Damian Green are reminiscent of the legal system of a banana republic
Media Release: Enfour launches the Australian Oxford Dictionary on iTunes App store - Australia and New Zealand Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 5:28AMToday Enfour, Inc. announced the release of the Australian Oxford Dictionary as the latest in their suite of applications for iPhone and iPod Touch devices.
WORD UP Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 6:49AMBluffton Today’s many Jedi readers no doubt felt a great disturbance in the Force a while back, as if millions of English teachers cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
Still going ... Energizer Bunny to turn 20 Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 2:50PM Turns out he really does just keep going and going.
Say hello to the new frugalistas Friday, November 28, 2008 @ 1:51PMThe other day I saw a woman collecting pine cones from under the towering trees around my house. I didn’t have to ask what she was doing. I already knew. She was making her own Christmas wreath.
CURIOUS TIMES NOV. 26 EDITION Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 10:49AMBy Andreas Ohrt.
Exceptional times Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 6:29AMWhy is Alistair Darling quoting Guy Fawkes?
Desperate times... Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 6:29AMWhy are Brown, Darling et al quoting Guy Fawkes?
Review: More iPhone dictionary apps Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 2:03PMOur look at dictionary applications for the iPhone and iPod touch continues, with a showdown between the Holy Trinity of Lexicons: The Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, and American Heritage.
College Football Plus Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 7:47PMQ. How do you separate Texas, Oklahoma and Texas Tech for ranking purposes this week since they were 1-1 against each other?