The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use language
By Victoria WoollastonFeatures correspondent
AlamyMicrosoft word was first released 40 years ago and it has had a surprising affect on the way we use language today (Credit: Alamy)As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution.
For 40 years there’s been an invisible hand guiding the way many of us write, work, and communicate. Its influence has been pervasive, yet its impact has been subtle to the extent that you’ve likely never noticed.
The Wonkblog guide to efficient drinking
Lydia DePillis's story last week about the imminent demise of low-cal liquor made me realize that I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the calorie content of booze. This isn't an accident — beer, wine and liquor manufacturers are held to very different labeling standards than other food and beverage makers, and those standards don't require the familiar "nutrition facts" you see everywhere else.
The history behind this is complicated and a little insane.
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Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits
NEW YORK — Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through name, image and likeness deals, everyone is still trying to find out what the new normal will be.
Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, called it “uncharted waters of change” in July at SEC Media Days in Dallas, as college football season approaches. “Anytime you go through a reset, it is difficult,” said Sankey, whose conference not only includes perennial powerhouses Georgia and Alabama, but, as of this year, Texas and Oklahoma, as well.
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4 poets you need to read, from new poet laureate Tracy K. Smith
Last week, the Library of Congress selected Tracy K. Smith as the new poet laureate. In a conversation with NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown, Smith said the position was a chance for her to “profess publicly all that I really hold true privately — that if we can listen actively enough, if we can put enough pressure on ourselves and our thought processes, language can be a real tool of revelation.”
Smith, who is the author of three books of poetry, one of which won the Pulitzer Prize, is also a teacher, and said she loves sharing language with her students.
Bengals delete post with worrying Joe Burrow image
Explore More Is Joe Burrow injured? That’s what many are wondering after the Bengals quarterback appeared to be wearing a black sleeve or brace on his throwing hand in a since-deleted video the team posted on X, according to WCPO9 in Cincinnati.
Burrow was seen with something wrapped around his right hand while getting off the team bus in Baltimore, where the Bengals will take on the Ravens during “Thursday Night Football” on Prime Video.
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For basic cleaning, use a 200 ppm available chlorine solution, which you make by mixing 2 teaspoons bleach with 1 gallon of water. You also need to pace your work so you don’t let the bleach and water sit on the carpet for more than 10 minutes, after which you should go over the carpet again, to rinse it.Click to see full answer. Correspondingly, can I add a little bleach to my carpet cleaner?