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  • n  cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
  • n  (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
  • n  shallow container made of metal
  • n  chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
  • v  make a sweeping movement
    The camera panned across the room
  • v  wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
  • v  express a totally negative opinion of
    The critics panned the performance

  • Last week Pan American Airways stretched its lines to within 6,000 miles of encircling the globe.
  • The airline industry has been swept by a Jetstream of rumors for weeks that the Pan American World Airways board was locked in a bitter intramural fight over the company's top.
  • Put a lot of olive oil in a pan.
News & Articles

  • Pan-Mass Kids’ Ride to be held at Randolph middle school
    Children younger than 18 might be exempt from the Pan-Mass Challenge’s annual trek from Sturbridge to Cape Cod, but there’s still a way they can pedal their way to help pediatric cancer research. Christian Denny, 12, and his mother, Catherine, have organized a Pan-Mass Challenge’s Kids’ Ride on Sunday, June 23, at Randolph Community Middle School.
    June 17, 2013 - The Patriot Ledger
  • M. Golf. Pan Ends Up Second Among U.S. Open Amateurs
    Husky stalwart Cheng-Tsung Pan wrapped up an excellent week at the U.S. Open by shooting 76 in the final round on Sunday to finish tied for 45th with some of the games top names.
    June 17, 2013 - GoHuskies.com
  • Pan and Kim put Asia on the map at Merion U.S. Open
    By Mark Lamport-Stokes ARDMORE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Amateurs Pan Cheng-tsung of Taiwan and South Korea-born Michael Kim kept the flag flying high for Asia with stunning performances in difficult conditions at the U.S. Open on Friday. Pan birdied two of his first nine holes to lie joint third at level par midway through the weather-delayed second round while Kim was a further stroke back ...
    June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • Viviane Reding in Xinhua
    Pan-European telecom services, such as in-flight mobile telephony, need a regulatory 'one-stop shop' to operate throughout Europe and this is why the Commission has acted today,said EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding.
  • Steve Jobs in Brisbane Times
    This is an important step toward a pan-European marketplace for music,said Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs in a statement.
  • Lee Westwood in The Associated Press
    It's amazing how things pan out,Westwood said.

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