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Kinetics and the art of war

Name that plague

I haven't managed to organise a fall foliage expedition this year.

Last week in this space I poked around a bit on how the word hope has lost some of its ‘oomph' over the past few centuries. As I did, I kept running into another important short word: wait.

The error in 'era'

How not to learn English

The concept of one conversation to which everyone is a party lives on in the tradition of town meetings across New England

On a furlough and a prayer

Ruth Walker writes: I've been giving serious thought lately to games in a broader sense, and to play, as well

Ruth Walker writes:Have you ever seen people vote with their feet for a certain path across a stretch of green, on a campus, perhaps, or in a public park?

Ruth Walker writes: Not long ago the financial sector was nearly brought down by its involvement in loans known as ‘subprime.

Christian Science Monitor: Copy editing should be more than just the careful tending of a menagerie of pet peeves