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An 'aiyo' call for hope

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The Heritage Foundation member Adam Kissel, of Charleston, West Virginia, asks the panelists how they would measure their ...
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The dictionary, which is one of the most ambitious linguistic projects in Arabic history, represents over a decade of ...
The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...