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September 17th, 2002
CADRE
A group of people having some unifying relationship.
Usage: Coverage of golf tournament.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
KIBOSH
Something that serves as a check or stop.
Usage: Business report on debate over ending excessive compensation for CEOs.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
PARLANCE
Formal debate or parley; manner or mode of speech; idiom.
Usage: Report on recent shipment of U.S. military equipment from European ports to the Persian Gulf region.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.

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