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What is a résumé?

CAN you please tell me what exactly a résumé is? I am aware that there are many types of résumés for specific purposes (when applying for job, scholarships, etc). I would be pleased if you could show me examples of writing a good résumé.

Merriam-Webster Honors Lyrically Misunderstood Lady Mondegreen

If you have ever misheard a song or poem and come up with your own version of the words, you are already familiar with the concept of the "mondegreen," one of over 100 new words included in the annual update of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary

Talking Politics

With all sorts of political lingo, it begins to become confusing, and sometimes a political dictionary could set us all straight, says The Weekly Standard .

Antidotes to Liberal climate quackery

When Greg Hunt declares that the Coalition is behind an emissions trading scheme, he’s either lying or he’s totally out of touch with his colleagues.

Has Europe's terminal crisis begun with a triple no vote?

The ultra-Europeans have overplayed their hand. We can now glimpse a chain of events that will halt, and reverse, this extremist push towards an Über-state that almost no one wants.