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 Iran?s Nuclear Plans Prompt New Calls for Sanctions published on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:03 GMT
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 In Toyota Mess, a Lesson for Japan published on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:07:57 GMT
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 Hartford Financial's 4Q profit beats estimates (AP) published on Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:09:09 Etc/GMT
Insurer Hartford Financial Services Group said Monday it was profitable in the fourth quarter as its life and property-casualty businesses both improved.
 HHS secretary asks insurer to justify rate hike (AP) published on Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:06:58 Etc/GMT
The Obama administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect some 800,000 customers.
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A Chinese-born engineer convicted in the United States' first economic espionage trial was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for stealing sensitive information on the U.S. space program with the intent of passing it to China.
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Boeing Co.'s giant 747-8 freighter -- the biggest plane the company has ever built -- took off on its first flight Monday, a year later than originally planned.
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 parsnip published on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:15:01 EST

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 07, 2010 is:

parsnip • \PAHR-snip\  • noun
: a Eurasian biennial herb (Pastinaca sativa) of the carrot family with large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers that is cultivated for its long tapered edible root which is cooked as a vegetable; also : the root

Example sentence:
"A sweet tender treat awaits my taste buds whenever I prepare parsnips. Parsnips are truly one of my favorite vegetables that I first enjoyed as a young child." (Dianne Lamb, Brattleboro Reformer, April 25, 2009)

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The word "parsnip" was borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century as a modification of the Old French word "pasnaie," itself derived from the Latin noun "pastinaca," meaning "parsnip" or "carrot." The scientific name for the parsnip, "Pastinaca sativa," still reflects this history. "Pastinaca," in turn, traces back to "pastinum," a Latin word for a small gardening tool used to make holes in the ground for the insertion of plants, seeds, or bulbs. "Parsnip" may also remind you of the name of another edible root, "turnip," and there's a possible explanation for the resemblance. The Middle English spelling of "parsnip" ("passenep") may have been influenced by "nepe," the old form of "turnip."

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