Defining 'Bailout'
Sep 10th, 2008 · Commentator Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED, discusses the different and sometimes contradictory meanings of the term bailout.
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One Man, One Year, One Mission: Read The OED ****
Aug 8th, 2008 · Many avid readers know the sense of sadness that can come along with the end of a book. For Ammon Shea, that feeling led him to an idea: Why not read one of the longest books out there, The Oxford English Dictionary?
Venerable OED Turns to Readers for Help ****
Jan 4th, 2007 · hele Norris talks with the Oxford English Dictionary's editor at large, Jesse Sheidlower. The dictionary is calling on the public for help as it looking for the origins of 40 terms used in everyday language, like "Bloody Mary" and "identity theft."
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