Word of the week: malaise. I came across this word in an opinion piece in the NY Times (before it kicked me off) about internships. It's a great read, and the writer uses malaise perfectly to describe the situation at universities. Webster's New World College Dictionary says a vague awareness of moral or social decline. Origin of Fr < mal, bad (see mal-) + aise, ease. American Heritage says the origin is similarly French, from Old French : mal-, mal- + aise, ease; see ease.
Catch of the week: spokesperson.
A hospital spokesperson reportedly said the man was believed to have left the premises.
Correct AP style is spokesman or spokeswoman. If sex is not known, use representative.
Headline of the week: UF Student Government meets with state lawmakers in Tallahassee. Long online hed but not very DWI. I would have used: UF SG meets with Tallahassee lawmakers as part of Gator Day.
Passage of the week:
He waves his hand in the direction of some 7,000 Joe and Jane Six-Packs squatting restlessly in a cavernous exhibition hall in the Orange County Convention Center. The folks are here on this March Tuesday because they are passionate about rural electricity — in other words, middle American and proud of it. Greenwood is here because this is just the sort of conservative gathering that slurps up his greatest hit.
He is about to sing God Bless the U.S.A.
And they are about to lose it.
Great feature from Sean Daly of the St. Pete Times about Lee Greenwood and his hit song. This was interesting to me especially because I used to sing this song, as required by my elementary school, every Friday morning for flag-raising ceremony. Many laughs were had in this feature.
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