Word: shorthanded
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...John F. Kennedy School of Government, which has been known for decades as the Kennedy School of Government, recently changed its shorthand moniker to the Harvard Kennedy School in order to emphasize its Harvard affiliation...
Democrats and Republicans sharply disagree on whether “socialized medicine” is a good idea, with Republicans having a more negative view of the term that has become shorthand for conservative criticism of the expanded role of government in health care, according to a new study. The results from the poll—part of a series of studies conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) on health care and social policy issues during each presidential election—found that 70 percent of Democrats see a socialized medical system as positive, while 70 percent...
Much of Cloverfield's visceral force comes from its use of handheld cameras. By the time Blair Witch was made, unstabilized amateur footage was already visual shorthand for disaster, the vernacular of the apocalypse?think of the Zapruder film or the footage of Rodney King being beaten. And that was long before Sept. 11 and YouTube. Grainy, unstabilized footage gives us a sense that what we're watching is real?that the hand brake is off, that we won't be protected by the bland, safe conventions of a studio movie. "I felt like there...
...their income and consumption patterns - 60 million people with high purchasing power, 100 million well on the road to that level of consumption, 100 to 150 million who have just started that journey, and the rest who are at the "bottom of the pyramid" or BOP, in Bijapurkar's shorthand. However, though its members earn less than a dollar a day, the BOP also forms a significant consumer base, says Bijapurkar, and businesses like microfinance have successfully tapped this segment. Indeed, Bijapurkar says, the vast majority of Indian consumers may have limitations but they also have huge potential: low education...
Merriam-Webster decreed “w00t” the number-one word of 2007. A hybrid of letters, numerals, shorthand, and hooting noises, “w00t” is defined as “an interjection expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word ‘yay.’” Instead of analyzing precisely why “w00t” reads better with zeros instead of “o”s, I offer some alternatives, taken from...