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D'Estaing joins the French 'immortals' *
The former president of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, was elected yesterday as a member of the Académie Française, the elite cultural institution whose main task is to compile the definitive French dictionary. [More]

Discover wikipedia *****
We love Wikipedia, and we bet you will, too! [More]

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Dashed if I know *
Can't tell a hyphen from an em-dash? A possessive from a pronoun? Numerous guides to word usage will have you punctuating in style, REBECCA CALDWELL writes. [More]

The World Almanac 2006 World Atlas (Keyes review) ****
John Keyes finds much to like about the new World Almanac 2006 World Atlas from Hammond . . . [More]