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DEBATE: a formal setting in which opposing opinions are presented

October 20, 2010

I went to Dictionary.com last night to see if I was missing the point.  I had just witnessed the debate between the two leading candidates for the U. S. Senate seat which is up for grabs in the State of Rhode Island.  What I saw there was unlike anything I could relate to the term debate.  [...]

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PROSOPOGRAPHY: “the cumulative study of the careers of individual people as a means of escaping from a more abstract, impressionistic, and doctrinaire historiography.”

October 11, 2010

I love listening to Says You, the adult game show on NPR.   What they do with words is humorous, educational, and sometimes outlandish.  Almost every week I scribble down a word with which they have struggled, adding it to my list of words and phrases to be employed in this blog at some point. One [...]

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TRANSPARENCY: a clear picture of what is taking place; no smoke screens

August 25, 2010

You have heard me talk about my favorite coffee shop, the LaSalle Bakery in Providence.  It is where I have my bran muffin and coffee every morning.  It is also where I read the New York Times, chat with regulars and staff about the Red Sox and the Syracuse Orange.  But it also where I [...]

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GOVERNOR: putting the brakes on or accelerating?

March 1, 2010

The State House of the State of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations (that’s the official name of the state) is a magnificent structure, situated high on a rise overlooking the city.  There was a time when it would have towered over the buildings of the city.  Recent development of the beautiful downcity of Providence [...]

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AMERICA'S CUP: back page news?

February 16, 2010

I may well be the only person in Rhode Island who doesn’t know how to sail. It wasn’t part of my childhood, and prior to my mid-adulthood I didn’t know a single person who talked about sailing. Looking back on it, I suspect there were some friends who sailed, but, as I have said, they [...]

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