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Word of the Day for Saturday, March 19, 2011interregnum \in-tuhr-REG-nuhm\, noun; 1. The interval between two reigns; any period when a state is left without a ruler. Forewarned by his equations that the Galactic Empire is about to collapse, Seldon hopes to shorten the inevitable interregnum from a predicted 30,000 years of bloody anarchy to a mere thousand. They were at the moment enjoying a sort of interregnum from Roman authority. Architecture Culture presents 74 essays, speeches and magazine articles from the postwar era, a period Ms. Ockman describes as an interregnum between modernism and post-modernism. Interregnum is from the Latin, from inter, "between" + regnum, "dominion, reign, rule," from rex, "king." | |||||||||
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  Learn the word that puts the "super" in this weekend's "supermoon." Plus, its ancient "worm" nameWhether you find the hype surrounding the alleged 'extreme supermoon' on March 19th superfluous or completely warranted, this celestial event brings with it some spectacular lunar activity and equally fun vocabulary. While the names of many moon phases are rich in folklore, the supermoon became "super" because of Richard Nolle - an astrologer with a flair for the dramatic. Nolle believes... | |||||||||
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