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Lexicon of English Idioms, Words, and Catch-Phrases Launched

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:50:42 GMT

Lexicon of English Idioms, Words, and Catch-Phrases Launched

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http://www.Whatdoesthatmean.com

Is it an insult to be called a stickybeak? If you're riggwelted, is that good or bad? A new web site at WhatDoesThatMean.com offers a fun, free lexicon of English idioms, words and catch phrases from around the world, and will help you find out. Whatdoesthatmean.com is designed to help English speakers translate each other. Built on the MediaWiki platform (the same platform used for Wikipedia and Wiktionary), the site allows anyone equipped with an Internet connection and a web browser to search for, add and/or edit entries.

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Library of Congress Adds Content to Veterans History Project

Wed, 18 May 2005 16:20:17 GMT

Library of Congress Adds Content to Veterans History Project

http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/voicesofwar/

This is the seventh set of individual stories—comprising interviews, letters, photographs and written memoirs—to be featured on the site, which is titled “Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project.”

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GuruNet Launches Answers.com, Providing Instant Reference Answers

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:21:41 GMT

GuruNet Launches Answers.com, Providing Instant Reference Answers http://www.Answers.com GuruNet, a leading provider of integrated online reference information, today announced the release of Answers.com, a site-and-software combination providing instant reference answers rather than lists of search engine links. GuruNet, through its Answers.com site, plans to generate revenues from ads placed alongside its topic entries, rather than from the subscription fees it previously charged for the use of its premium service. ------------------------------------------- URLwire - http://www.urlwire.com/headlines/ URLwire helps quality content get reviewed, written about and linked all over the web.