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Tag: language

Tara Isabella Burton: Fatherlands

January 2013

I looked at real estate in cities I’d never been to, just in case.

Erika Anderson: Apocalist

December 2012

From snowpocalypse to foie-mageddon, what’s behind our new obsession with end-times word endings?”

Rebecca Solnit: Our Words Are Our Weapons

October 2012

Our political language is in desperate need of a change.

Meakin Armstrong: The War and the Word Games

January 2007

Much of that Presidential power comes from proper use of words: “We have nothing to fear but ____ (finish the sentence).” “The buck stops ____” “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this ___.”

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