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Dictionaries for Kids
The Newton Rotary Club recently gave each third grader in the Newton Community School District and the Newton Christian School a dictionary. The intent is that the dictionaries will become an important tool for general use, homework completion and fun for the students. Pictured displaying their dictionaries are Aurora Heights students (from left) Kyle Kraft, Jaycie Webster, Andrea Miranda and ...
Helping students open the door to knowledge
Journalists love words. It follows then, that we adore our dictionaries. A dictionary is a powerful book. It opens the door to the world of words and contains the seeds for a harvest of vast knowledge.
Financial records show justices enjoy overseas travel
Justices of the Supreme Court enjoyed a whirlwind schedule of overseas and domestic trips in the past year, newly released financial records show.
Hard work, perseverance pay off for Tellez
Cindy Tellez remembers her first year in American school, when she spent four or more hours a night on homework with dictionaries and her mother by her side.
Advice for stressed-out moms: Just Lie Down
Kristin van Ogtrop knows she's lucky fulfilling career, great husband and three healthy kids. She also knows she is tired. Always. Using stories and insights from her own life, she provides a lexicon for the half-insane working mom in her book, "Just Let Me Lie Down." An excerpt. Mother - Parent - Family - Home - Kristin
Souter Gets a Kindle
David Souter, the retired Supreme Court justice long known for his aversion to new technology, may have joined one of the latest electronic trends, given that his most recent financial disclosure report shows he received a Kindle Wireless Reading Device as a gift. Souter's sidestepping of electronic devices is widely known, but one could imagine him making an exception this time; he had to move ...
The Poetry of Rhyming Compounds
Flap and zap, doom and gloom, cuff and stuff: the allure of rhyme in the workplace. Rhyme gets a bad rap, partly because of bad rapnot to mention awful poetry, painful song lyrics, and crappy childrens books. For every Shakespeare, Dr. Seuss, or Chuck D, it seems like there are dozens of horrendous Hallmark cards and mediocre MCs. I can't be the only one who wishes Hammer had been just legit ...
Open the curtains
Here are the entries for the word open in the following dictionaries. Shall I open the curtain?
Hudson's top speller enjoyed trip to National Spelling Bee in D.C.
Pamela Suchy/Jersey Journal photoJoshua Casquejo, of West New York, prepares for the National Spelling Bee by reading a dictionary.It took Joshua Casquejo, a student at West New York Middle School, three months to prepare for the 2010 Scripps National Spelling...
Newspaper bans use of the word 'tweet'
DO you cringe when you see the word "tweet"? You might want to make an exception for this story.