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A.Word.A.Day--hansardPronunciation: WAV or RealAudioHansard (HAN-sard) noun The official report of the proceedings and debates of a legislature in the Commonwealth of Nations, especially of the British or Canadian parliament. [After Luke Hansard (1752-1828), British printer.] "The agency pays pounds 600 per month to Citigate Westminster to check on Hansard, government announcements and parliamentary questions which might affect it." Fran Abrams Political Correspondent, Taxpayers' money is being spent on lobbying, Independent, 14 Jul 1998. This week's theme: eponyms.
X-BonusI don't divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures, those who make it or those who don't. I divide the world into learners and non-learners. -Benjamin Barber
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