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Category: Language/Words

What’s the word of the year for 2011?

December 15, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor, Ideas, Language/Words, Politics Leave a comment

Newspapers, linguists, politicos, magazines and blogs are always looking for end-of-year hooks for stories. One perennial favorite is to choose—unilaterally, or via a poll

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Can St. Louis get its groove back?

January 24, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik History, Language/Words, Literature/Arts/Film, Missouri region Leave a comment

2011 is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, an era in which St. Louis had grandiose ideas for itself. A

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