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Barack Obama joins Albert Gore, Jimmy Carter, and Paul Krugman by winning the “Being Against George W. Bush” Prize.
OED Word of the Day
- bob-sled, bob-sleigh: OED Word of the DayToday's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1839 in Amer. Speech (1948) XXIII. 44/1 Then there would be wear and tear of bob-sled. […]