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Webster still has the last word -- on line
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He was a nerdy schoolmaster in rural Connecticut. And a very
dull date for young women.
He gave the written word "skunk," to the American language. And
chowder. And hickory.
That was Noah Webster, the earnest pedant whose success in 1782
with a blue-jacketed spelling book, which became a best-seller, won
him the slim but steady income he needed to devote his life to the
first American dictionary, published in 1806.
Springfield printers George and Charles Merriam bought the r...
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Webster still has the last word -- on line
The Boston Globe
; He was a nerdy schoolmaster in rural Connecticut. And a very dull date for young women. He gave the written word "skunk," to the American language. And chowder. And hickory. That was Noah Webster, the earnest pedant whose success in 1782 with a blue-jacketed spelling book, which became a
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Behind the Screen: A Publicist's Downward Spin; Court Records Document Steve Webster's Slide From FX Exec to Felon.(TV Currents)(News Corp.)
TelevisionWeek
; ... law. A lawyer for FX's parent company, News Corp., sat in the front row, a visible ... TelevisionWeek Senior Reporter James Hibberd and News Editor Melissa Grego. Ms. Grego has known ... in the mortgage business to serving as a news anchor for a local TV station. According ...
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Town of Webster seeing growth
Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
; The Town of Webster, while one of Rochester's oldest towns, has only recently seen a surge in popularity in the past few years. Real estate professionals agree Webster is Rochester's newest hot commodity. "Webster has had continued growth for about three to four years now and there's no reason to
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Webster's riches to rags life comes to end; Ex-Badger: Center's life spiraled after football
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
; PITTSBURGH (AP) - Mike Webster's durability and toughness made him a four-time Super Bowl champion and one of the NFL's best linemen ever. Those very qualities also might have led to a brain injury that sent him spiraling into drug use and homelessness. The bare-armed strongman nicknamed "Iron
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Webster sworn in as city police chief: 11-year police veteran picks former deputy chief, head of traffic division to serve as deputy chiefs
Charleston Daily Mail
; DAILY MAIL STAFF Lt Brent Webster is now officially in charge of the Charleston Police Department. In front of a standing-room-only crowd in Charleston City Council chambers, Mayor Danny Jones swore in Webster Monday morning. Webster, an 11-year veteran of the force and the former chief of
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Ravens' troubled Webster makes most of last chance.(Sports)
The Washington Times
; OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Larry Webster is the first to admit he has no more chances. The Baltimore Ravens' defensive tackle started the season serving an NFL-mandated eight-game suspension for a third violation of the league's alcohol and substance abuse policy. Now Webster is one week away from playing
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STONE & WEBSTER AGREES TO SELL OFF MOST ASSETS PLANS BANKRUPTCY FILING AFTER INKING BUYOUT WITH CALIF. FIRM
The Boston Globe
; Stone & Webster Inc. said last night that it plans to sell most of its assets and seek bankruptcy protection, ending a 111-year run for what was once the hottest technology start-up in town. Founded in 1889 by a pair of graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the firm grew on
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HISTORIANS SAY WEBSTER PASSES MUSTER FOR HIS TIME
The Boston Globe
; ... States and Great Britain in 1842 when, as secretary of state, he negotiated a new US-Canadian boundary with Britain. Although maps supported more land for Maine, Webster conceded much of the acreage. The British ambassador belonged to a banking family that ...
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Merriam-Webster dictionary goes digital. (Link-Up: At Home).
Information Today
; Schoolmaster Robert Cawdrey published the first completely English dictionary in 1604. It listed only 3,000 words and had a title so long that it seems to include a good chunk of them: A Table Alphabeticall, conteyning and teaching the true writing and understanding of hard usuall English wordes,
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Questions arise over Webster's service on company board
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Questions arise over Webster's service on company board Commissioners weren't told of involvement with firm accused of fraud By STEPHEN LABATON New York Times Thursday, October 31, 2002 Washington -- Shortly before William H. Webster was appointed to head a new board overseeing the accounting
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