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Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 1, 2011ambisinister \am-bi-SIN-uh-ster\, adjective: Clumsy or unskillful with both hands. I feared I had simply become ambisinister until I realized that his sitar had fewer frets than mine did. Professor Fischer says that the reserve physicians "Were surgically ambisinister, medically at the zero point, and lacking in discipline, military skill and temperance." Ambisinister is a combination of the Latin roots Ambi-, "both," and sinister, "to the left side." | |||||||||
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  How are groundhogs connected to a dying, 3,000 year-old language?February 2 marks the annual Groundhog's Day. This year's winter has been particularly harsh on the East Coast, so we'll keep our fingers crossed that Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow. While the frost is still thick on the ground, we want to explore the unusual origin of the common name for the herbivorous... | |||||||||
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