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COURT-MARSHAL
- A court consisting of commissioned officers and in some cases enlisted personnel for the trial of members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction.
- Usage: Story on a Lieutenant Colonel who may face trial for criticizing a sitting president and commander in chief.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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LOTHARIO
- A man who seduces women (after Lothario, a character in "The Fair Penitent," a play by Nicholas Rowe).
- Usage: Story on Georges, a male bottlenose dolphin, thought to be sexually aggressive, who has been attacking female swimmers off the coast of Weymouth harbour, Dorset, England.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
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MEA CULPA
- Formal acknowledgement of personal fault or error.
- Usage: Introduction to interview segment on church sex-abuse scandal and the recent Bishops' meeting in Dallas.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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MEGIDDO
- Town of ancient Palestine, overlooking the Plain of Esdraelon (Valley of Jezreel), located about 18 miles southeast of Haifa in northern Israel.
- Usage: Story on recent car bombing in Mideast.
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica CD 98.
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SUCCINYLCHOLINE
- A crystalline compound formed by esterification of succinic acid with choline and used medically to produce brief but complete muscular relaxation.
- Usage: Story on nurse who allegedly murdered 10 hospital patients by injecting them with lethal doses of this muscle relaxant.
Source: The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
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