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from BBC News (UK)
Do apostrophes still matter?
The battle is over, bad grammar has won. That was the message of retired journalist John Richards, who announced the end of his 18-year campaign to preserve the proper use of the apostrophe last month. "We have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times has won," the 96-year-old wrote. Richards founded The Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 to defend the "much abused punctuation mark", waging war against advertisements for "ladies fashions", or the much maligned grocer's apostrophe, used to sell apple's and pear's.
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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
The Cost For Saving A Life
A few weeks ago in Afghanistan, the Taliban handed over one American and one Australian citizen in exchange for three high-level Taliban prisoners, including a leader of the notorious Haqqani terrorist network. President Trump praised the swap, tweeting (November 20, 2019, 1:45 p.m.), “Let’s hope this leads to more good things…” The reaction by the Congress and the mainstream press in America was muted but positive in tone.
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from SPIEGEL International (Der Spiegel)
Putin's Killers in Europe: How Russian Agents Hunt Down Kremlin Opponents
A secret Russian death squad appears to be killing Moscow's enemies in the West in an effort to destabilize Europe. Perpetrators with connections to the Russian government appear to be responsible for the slaying of a Georgian national in Berlin.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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