http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Merriam_Webster_IncFind stories, videos, and photos about Merriam-Webster Inc. from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:06:08 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2008/POLITICS/07/16/hispanic.vote/tztop.mccain.ap.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Merriam_Webster_Inc14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Merriam-Webster Inc. from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/16/hispanic.vote/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/16/hispanic.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText"Pandering." According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to pander is to: "provide gratification for others' desires." So is that what John McCain and Barack Obama are doing with Hispanic voters?Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:34:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/16/news/companies/newspapers/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/16/news/companies/newspapers/index.htm"Newspaper: a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising."Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/08/politcal.correctness/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/08/politcal.correctness/index.htmlYou've heard several people on our show, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others, admonish us not to use the term "refugee" when describing the New Orleans citizens who've had to flee their homes. Jackson and others, including President Bush, have said or implied that term is racially insensitive.Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/17/new.words.ap/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/17/new.words.ap/index.htmlThe response from the "vocabularians" was so "ginormous" that the lexicographers let out a "whoot."Tue, 17 May 2005 11:49:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/10/01/350603/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/10/01/350603/index.htmOnce a decade, Merriam-Webster rewrites its best-selling collegiate dictionary, adding new words, new definitions of old words and specialized words that have become part of everyday life. These da...Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/07/06/244798/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/07/06/244798/index.htmhq: new york city founded: 1995 sales: n.a. employees: 37 stock: privately held web address: www.medscape.com Mon, 06 Jul 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/06/01/85168/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/06/01/85168/index.htm''Mega biblion, mega kakon'' (''A big book is a great evil''), said Callimachus, the Greek poet cherished among pedants as the champion of brevity. But what would the Hellenic worthy say about the ...Thu, 01 Jun 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70923/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70923/index.htmGreed is on the march again. No -- strike that. Blathering about greed is on the march. The blather seemed for a while to be focused on insider trading, but the jurisdiction now seems to be expandi...Mon, 29 Aug 1988 04:01:00 EDT