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DENGUE
- An acute infectious disease caused by an arbovirus, transmitted by aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash - also called "breakbone fever," "dengue fever."
- Usage: Report on recent outbreak of West Nile Virus.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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HALLELUJAH
- An exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.
- Usage: Local coverage of Chick Hearn's funeral in Los Angeles.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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MEGALOMANIC
- Characterized by a mania for great or grandiose performance, or having a delusional mental disorder that is marked by infantile feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur.
- Usage: Report on Adolf Hitler's accumulation of wealth while leading Germany to war.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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REICHSMARK
- The German mark from 1925to 1948.
- Usage: Report on Adolf Hitler's accumulation of wealth while leading Germany to war.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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VIDOCQ
- Eugene Francois Vidocq, An 18th century French crook-turned-cop who first offered his services as a police spy and informer, and later became so successful at catching criminals that he eventually directed a force of 28 detectives, all of whom were also former criminals, and is considered by historians and those in law enforcement to be the father of modern criminal investigation (pron. "vee-dock").
- Usage: Report on The Vidocq Society, a group of law enforcement members, forensic scientists, artists, physiologists and other experts who focus on unsolved criminal cases.
Source: The Vidocq Society.
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