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malediction |
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(noun) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil. |
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In the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty," the princess is trapped in a death-like sleep because of the malediction uttered by an angry witch. |
SYNONYMS: | curse, denunciation | Yesterday's Word of the Day |
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JESSICA'S DIVA DEMANDS
Jessica Simpson, 25, likes to act clueless, but she can swing her celebrity weight like a pro. According to a studio source, weeks before the press tour for The Dukes of Hazzard began, "we were bombarded with a six-page pamphlet of demands for Jessica from the office of her dad, Joe Simpson." Among Jessica's requests: paid accommodations for her hairstylist and assistant in the same hotel as Jessica; a wardrobe budget estimated in the thousands of dollars; cases of Evian water; and paid private...
JEN FREAKS OVER ANGELINA'S NEW BABY JULIA STILES, GWYNETH PALTROW AND MORE!
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Currency | U.S. Dollar (USD) | Euro (EUR) | Canadian Dollar (CAD) | Japanese Yen (JPY) | Australian Dollar (AUD) | USD | 1 | 1.243701 | 0.835143 | 0.00914077 | 0.771600 | EUR | 0.803794 | 1 | 0.671283 | 0.00734729 | 0.620208 | CAD | 1.196800 | 1.488461 | 1 | 0.0109397 | 0.923451 | JPY | 109.3500 | 135.9987 | 91.32287 | 1 | 84.37448 | AUD | 1.295337 | 1.611011 | 1.081791 | 0.0118404 | 1 |
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Recorded details of Sept 11 NY attacks made public Sally Regenhard, who lost her fire fighter son Christian Regenhard, reacts after the Fire Department of New York released recordings of radio communications and oral histories after loosing a court battle in New York, August 12, 2005. Dramatic and previously unreleased details of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on New York were made public on Friday following a court order that overruled the city's efforts to keep some records of the World Trade Center attack private. The audio tapes, transcripts of emergency workers' radio dispatches and oral histories by rescuers recount the harrowing and grim moments when thousands of people were trapped and died in the flames and debris of the twin towers. (Chip East/Reuters)
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1:02 pm PT Sprint FON and NXTL announced that they have completed their merger transactionþFON 25.95 -0.67:Sprint Nextel common stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, under the symbol "S."
| 12:59 pm PT Afternoon Wrap: Choppy week, tech lags :The market is ending the week on a down note but the averages did rebound in late trade amid thin volume. For most of the averages it has been a very choppy week following last week's breakdown suggesting that buyers have been reluctant to enter the fray with any enthusiasm. The tech dominated indices have lagged with the Nasdaq Comp holding on to a better than 20 point loss for the week. Pressure today has been noted in Semi -1.5%, Casino -1.1%, Telecom -1.1%, Oil Service -1.1%, Chemical -1.1%, Defense -0.8%. Minor gains posted in Gold +0.4%, Oil +0.3%, Retail.
| 12:39 pm PT CFW: Cano Petroleum unaware of adverse information 4.07 -1.41:Cano Petroleum (CFW) announced today that it is unaware of any adverse information that would account for the sharp decline and high volume in its common shares.
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