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Word of the Day for Thursday, April 14, 2011moratory \MAWR-uh-tawr-ee\, adjective: Authorizing delay of payment. Notwithstanding these admonitions, appellant persisted in his moratory ways. Moratory measures were adopted to protect the banks. Moratory is based on the Late Latin mora, "delay." | |||||||||
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  Three language lessons you can learn from the word "schlemiel"In honor of National Poetry Month, let's tackle some of the trickiest aspects of meaning - after all, poetry is one of the great ways to express subtle and slippery thoughts. Our focus today is translation. How can someone convey the meaning of a word that has no equivalent in another language? Among the toughest words to translate,... | |||||||||
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