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dictionary, n., an ever-changing reference book that strives to be edgy and phat
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Soccer moms, lap dancers, bottom feeders, buttheads, noogies, road
rage and going postal have all proven they are here to stay.
But "yada, yada, yada" still has its doubters.
The dictionary folks are at it again-collecting, cataloging and
defining that language we once called English.
All four of the major publishers in the field are releasing
updated or completely new editions this year. And all contain a slew
of new words and phrases.
"It's the new Word Wars," said Wendalyn Nichols, editor in chief
of Random House Reference & Information Publishing, which updates its
college dictionary each ...
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Gibraltar comments on FHLBB actions. (Gibraltar Financial Corp., Federal Home Loan Bank Board)
PR Newswire
; GIBRALTAR COMMENTS ON FHLBB ACTIONS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Gibraltar Financial Corporation (NYSE: GFC) ("Gibraltar") today announced yet another in a series of unpredictable, and in the opinion of Gibraltar...
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Gibraltar solidifying its spot as a domicile.
Magazine article from: Business Insurance
; GIBRALTAR - At the southwestern tip of Europe, the isthmus of Gibraltar, less than four square miles and attached to the...Kingdom's Department of Trade and Industry approved Gibraltar's Financial Services Commission as a competent...
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Gibraltar approved as E.U, gateway.
Magazine article from: Business Insurance
; COLOGNE, Germany - Gibraltar's popularity as a captive insurance company...reinsurers and captive insurance companies based in Gibraltar can now write business across the European Union. Gibraltar passed legislation governing cross-border...
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Gibraltar solidifying its spot as a domicile
Magazine article from: Business Insurance
; SARAH GODDARD GIBRALTAR - At the southwestern tip of Europe, the isthmus of Gibraltar, less than four square miles and attached to...s Department of Trade and Industry approved Gibraltar's Financial Services Commission as a competent...
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Gibraltar on the rocks: the American stake in a sovereignty dispute.
Magazine article from: Policy Review
; ...Jack Straw on a May 3, 2002 visit to Gibraltar. In view of Britain's role as administering...remnants of the far-flung British Empire, Gibraltar and its fate nonetheless possess considerable...and his Labour cabinet are addressing Gibraltar should therefore receive attention within...
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Gibraltar Financial Corp. acquires Queen City Savings and Loan of Seattle.
PR Newswire
; ...Calif., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Gibraltar Financial Corporation of California...Federal Home Loan Bank Board, provides for Gibraltar Financial to acquire the assets and assume...approximately $240 million. It has been renamed Gibraltar Savings of Washington and will operate...
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Gibraltar Savings and Gibraltar Savings Bank become new federal mutual institutions.
PR Newswire
; GIBRALTAR SAVINGS AND GIBRALTAR SAVINGS BANK, F.A. BECOME NEW FEDERAL MUTUAL INSTITUTIONS SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Gibraltar Savings and Gibraltar Savings Bank, F.A. announced today that...
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Gibraltar: Monkey See, Tourists Do; This Rock Full of Primates May Drive You Bananas
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Jamaican hash dealers. Now, as our day in Gibraltar ended, Mai-Trang attempted to find...she said, that was totally weird. Gibraltar is indeed both charming and strange...the Mediterranean Sea. We had reached Gibraltar by car, traveling on the highway that...
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Gibraltar's joy over vote turns to fury at London By Nigel Morris and Elizabeth Nash in Gibraltar
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...faced anger last night after referring to Gibraltar as part of Spain. The day after almost...exercise as pointless. Some 17,900 of Gibraltar's citizens rejected plans for Britain...an electorate of 20,673. Yesterday Gibraltar's leader, Peter Caruana, predicted...
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Gibraltar in uproar at UK 'sell-out'
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; THE people of Gibraltar took to the streets in noisy protest...tiny enclave, while the government of Gibraltar issued a statement condemning his announcement...official residence of the governor of Gibraltar since 1728, and created a cacophony...
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