OXYMORON
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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OXYMORON. [From Greek
oxúmōros sharp and dull. Stress: ‘awk-si-Mo-ron’]. A term in
RHETORIC for bringing opposites together in a compact paradoxical word or phrase:
bitter-sweet;
a cheerful pessimist. The term is often used for social comment, humorously or cynically (such as in reference to
military intelligence, conceived as a contradiction in terms) and dramatically, as in ‘It has become an oxymoron to speak of the Lebanese nation’ ( Jim Hoagland,
The Washington Post, Apr. 1989).
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Gad's war
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 6/24/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...WILL RIDE IN THIS YEAR'S PRIDE PARADE Gad Beck, 74, is describing his first great...with bugs. But the two were so in love-Gad was 19 and Manfred 20-that they simply...out. "We were scratching all the time, Gad chuckles. Then, with a stab of seriousness...
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GAD Passport Renewal: Are Contractors Getting A Fair Deal?(Government Actuary's Department)
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 3/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...the Government Actuary's Department (GAD), with unilateral withdrawals of Local...lengthy delays in the renewal process. Whilst GAD has responded pragmatically to the commercial...valid passports, the current refusal by GAD to issue National Health Service Pension...
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Philippines: the house that GAD built. (Clips).
Magazine article from: Women in Action; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the province's Gender and Development (GAD) Center and the one dozen static of the...the biggest fund in the entire region for GAD since 1999 onwards. Region 10 or Northern...Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon. The first GAD plan received a P1.5 million (US$28...
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EFFEXOR XR SHOWN EFFECTIVE IN TREATING GAD SYMPTOMS.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Business; 8/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...to treat generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), is also the first and only medication...class in treating patients diagnosed with GAD. In the study, 69 percent or more of patients...significant improvements in symptoms of GAD for up to six months, compared with 42...
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A REAL ILLNESS: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).(Pamphlet)
Newspaper article from: Pamphlet by: National Institute of Mental Health; 2/2/2000; 700+ words
; ...these problems, you may have Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) GAD is a real illness that needs to be treated. It's not...your life back! 1. What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)? Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a real illness...
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Weiss refuses Ba-Gad's apology; MKs move to rewrite House Rules
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/5/1995; ; 652 words
; ...punishment for behavior such as MK Yosef Ba-Gad's violation of army censorship from the...from attending five plenary sessions. Ba-Gad entered the committee chamber to hand Speaker...and Avi Yehezkel (Labor) shouted at Ba-Gad, "Get out! Scat" and added in an undertone...
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Structural Features of the Full-Length Adaptor Protein GADS in Solution Determined Using Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT The Grb2-related adaptor protein GADS plays a central role during the initial...signal transduction in T lymphocytes. GADS possesses N- and C-terminal Src homology...largely unstructured. The SH2 domain of GADS binds the adaptor protein LAT; the C...
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Gad working on improving respect for self, Fenwick
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/30/1988; ; 615 words
; ...boys basketball team and star forward Ed Gad have one thing in common: Neither gets much...despite a 3-0 start. He also understands why Gad has been underestimated. But he expects things to change for Gad and his team. "We don't have the outstanding...
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Meeting the challenge of generalized anxiety disorder: worry, tension, and nervousness are the hallmarks of GAD, whose sufferers often stretch the boundaries of the primary care office visit.
Magazine article from: JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) worry constantly and may have symptoms...demographic or medical profiles exist for GAD, which is often difficult to differentiate...of vague somatic complaints suggests that GAD is the cause of the symptoms. * GAD is...
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Solomon Associates Introduces GADS NxL Software; GADS Next Generation Software Migrates to Next Level Platform.
Business Wire; 2/3/2005; 680 words
; ...leading-edge Generating Availability Data System (GADS) software platform, dubbed "GADS NxL(TM)," to its suite of performance optimization...consulting, this step marks Solomon's entry into GADS software development. GADS NxL offers the industry...
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gad
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
gad / gad / • v. ( gad·ded , gad·ding ) [ intr. ] inf. go around from one place to another, in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment: help out around the house and not be gadding about the countryside. gad...
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Gad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gad in the Bible, son of Jacob and Zilpah and eponymous...was the land best suited to the pastoral life, which Gad, like Reuben, continued after the years in Egypt. The "people of Gad" are mentioned on the Moabite stone.
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Baal-gad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Baal-gad , in the Bible, place at the foot of Mt. Hermon. It represented the northern limit of Joshua's conquest. Gad apparently refers to a god of fortune.
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Aṅgad, Gurū
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Aṅgad, Gurū. (1504–52). Second Sikh Gurū...Impressed by his selfless obedience, Nānak renamed him Aṅgad (Pañjābī aṅg , ‘part...
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GAD
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
GAD n. see glutamic acid decarboxylase .
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