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Noah Webster, A Founding Father and Author of America's First Dictionary Celebrates 250th Birthday on October 16th.
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October 14, 2008
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DARIEN, Conn. -- Noah Webster, the author of the first American dictionary, was born 250 years ago October 16th.
A patriot with many talents, Webster served in the American Revolution and rubbed shoulders with the great figures of the day. George Washington read Webster's works which proposed ideas that later became part of our Constitution. Noah Webster and Ben Franklin became great friends with a common interest in spelling reform. Webster also practiced law, believed and fought for copyright laws, wrote textbooks, and was editor of New York's first daily newspaper ...
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Shaping superstition in late medieval England.(Report)
Magazine article from: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
; Superstition occupied an ambiguous...increasingly reviled superstitions in everyday practices...parishioners' superstitions contains echoes...failing to stop superstition, but for actively...Both judged as superstitions such common devotional...
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COMMENTARY: Superstition finds its way into popular music, film
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...Wonder warns of believing in superstitions when he sings, "When you believe...t understand, you suffer. Superstition ain't the way." Coldplay...another example of a song about superstitions that are open to interpretation...
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The superstitions in public libraries: alive and well?
Magazine article from: The Australian Library Journal
; ...abandoning myths and superstitions accelerated. The...waged war against superstition, and the war was...pseudo-science or superstition, and `generally...people who take superstitions seriously are not...ignorant. The article on superstition describes the matter...
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Where superstitions continue to thrive: The Lost Dutchman Mine has never been found, but Arizona's Superstition Wilderness yields other riches. (Travel.recreation).(Superstition Mountains)
Magazine article from: Sunset
; ...are great memories. Superstitions travel planner For...information about the Superstition Mountains and Wilderness...Arizona holds its Annual Superstition Mountain Trek...demonstrations delving into Superstitions legends and lore...Arizona Trail. The Superstition Mountains and Wilderness...
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Swing and myth: Baseball, superstitions mesh like hand and glove.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...always have its special superstitions, predicts former...player believed in a superstition, it must be true...But his "real" superstition involves what he...Position: Relief pitcher Superstition: Unknown. "I...tell you about my superstitions," Mahay says...
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Taking superstitions seriously [1].(Research Article)
Magazine article from: Folklore
; ...which read: "Taking Superstitions Seriously'--which...conflict between "superstitions" and "seriously...communicated surprise that superstition could constitute the...the narrative about superstitions and folk belief...and the word "superstition" has a long history...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Superstition.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...by applying the epithet 'superstition'. Clearly superstition is an irrational belief...Steve Roud, an expert on superstitions (how does one become one...beliefs are dismissed as superstition. 'One of the key characteristics...
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Workshop on U. Minnesota campus explores Hmong superstitions, beliefs
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...is hosting a "superstition workshop" educating...Moua said the superstitions help explain how...believe in the superstitions because they seem...She said one superstition she remembers...said the word superstition isn't a completely...He said Hmong "superstitions" are more of...
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Flout superstition, tempt fate/ Knocking on wood is necessary only if you believe in it
Newspaper article from: The Gazette
; ...call beliefs superstitions, emphasizing...person's superstition is another...said. "Superstition is usually...Watts said superstitions, which may...about various superstitions around the...My day of superstition-breaking...
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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FRIDAY THE 13TH : SUPERSTITION HAS ROOTS IN RELIGION, DESIRE FOR CONTROL.(Metro)(Profile\Friday The 13th\Superstitions)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
; ...toting along their superstitions: "Some customers...all the bad-luck superstition draped around Friday...the 13th loomed, superstition is about control...had been warped by superstition. Nor has he read...life," he said. "Superstitions are a belief system...
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