The hotel clerk took pity on me, pointing out that in Hindi, the word for tomorrow is the same as the word for yesterday.
The denizens of the company headquarters breezily refer to it as the Googleplex, that being the word for the unimaginably large number defined as a one followed by a googol of zeros.
But I think this market has the potential to boom a decade or two from now as nostalgia sets in for the printed word.
Factor in Rubens Barrichello's frightening accident, when one of his rear wheels flew off at 180mph, and you wonder how Jean Todt, Ferrari's team director, managed to limit himself to "disappointing" as his word for the weekend.
Europeans spoke of white moors, brown and tawny moors, as well as black moors, for the word "moor" indicated neither skin color nor ethnicity the moors whose long and culturally fruitful domination of Spain was finally ended in 1492 were mainly of Berber and Arab stock.
As for Mahmoud, he is waiting for word on the American investigation into his finances and on the inquiry into Kabul Bank.
In 1877, Schiaperelli thought he saw streaks on the Martian surface, and referred to them in his publications as canali, the Italian word for channels.
But whoever the next president is, corporations are likely to be the target of the R word, as the government desperately searches for revenues as it makes cuts where it can.
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The market is still waiting for word from Guido Mantega as to what the new macromeasures will be to curb credit and stifle demand.
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Four, on the other, is traditionally perceived as unlucky because its pronunciation echoes the Mandarin word for "death".
Fernandez has proved as good as his word, averaging nearly 17 points per game for Real in the current Euroleague season and winning rave reviews for his performances.
Each of these distinctions is expressed simply as a conjugation of the root word for vision.
If you look it up in the dictionary, one definition for the word has it as a synonym for an underhand plot or conspiracy.
Ironically, says Rob Cunningham, Christian Aid's programme manager for South Africa, just as the word is taking off in Western society the values it embodies are in decline in the land of its origin.
What is clear is that the current procedures are simply not up to the job, and unless those involved come up with some forward looking pro-active plans, over-the-air television is going to be tied up in the courts for a long time as companies and consumers look to exploit the old-word rules with new-age technology.
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Jenin is a rare place in the Arab world where ordinary people have a good word for Tony Blair, whose visits as envoy for the Quartet (the EU, Russia, the UN and the United States) put the city on the map.
LaViolette again dodged answering the question directly, and instead explained that Arias lied after the killing in an attempt to "feel normal, " and that there was evidence she had been "flirtatious" with men, but the two traded barbs over the definition of the word manipulative as court adjourned for lunch.
Like just about every other cardinal who is regarded as "papabile" - the Italian word for a possible Pope - he refuses to discuss his chances.
But even as the adventures of a bespectacled boy wizard have proven that the world still has an appetite for the written word, one wonders if Hodgman still sees a place for the publishing world he abandoned a decade or so ago to great success.
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Similarly, when users search for terms such as BitTorrent, RapidShare or utorrent, they now have to type in the entire word and hit "search" for relevant results to pop up.
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World Book Day UK has been gradually growing each year to include more projects, such as Spread The Word, Quick Reads Initiative and Books for Hospitals.
It is expected that Beckham will relocate to join his family in London, however, there is still no word as to what the future holds for the soon-to-be former footballer.
Take my word for it as a former whistleblower: the prospect of an improbable, distant financial reward rarely will cause an individual to risk almost certain and immediate unemployment, intense hostility and potential lifetime career damage.
With over 6, 000 people cheering her on, you can perhaps appreciate why she reached for the word "mental", especially as it's so often used in a casual manner away from the arena of mania and schizophrenia.
Since it generally takes two or more to plot and conspire, it could be reasonably argued that the use of the word "scheme" in the statute should allow for more than just one party (such as the investment banks, accountants and lawyers) to be labeled the "participants" in the fraud and hence be held accountable.
With Anne Hathaway, the Golden Globes speech came off as rehearsed word for word.
No word as yet as to what this means for the organizational structure behind the customer interface.
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Gandy credited nationwide awareness programs, such as Go Red for Women day February 6, with helping spread the word about heart disease detection and prevention.
It hopes they will become the killer aps of the new platform, rather as Word and Excel were for Windows.
The Germans, as always, have an apt word for their predicament.
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