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• n  (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
• n  an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• n  a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
• n  a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
• n  a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
• n  an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas

• From Kim Jong Il's khaki unitard to Putin's bare-chested bravado, PTI examines the many fashion faux pas committed on the world stage.
• Just as it is a bloomer to talk about the price of sea foods to a man whose wife has died of oyster ptomainea faux pas to discuss prohibition in a house recently disgraced by .
• Dance of the PremiersRivalry for Turkey's prime-minister-ship has become an ongoing pas de deux.

• dad
• dada
• daddy
• pa
• papa
• pappa
• pop
• protactinium
• protoactinium
• Pa
• atomic number 91
• pascal
• Pennsylvania
• Keystone State
• PA
• public address system
• P.A. system
• PA system
• P.A.

News & Articles

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• Calls for action mark 6 months since Newtown
  Six months after the Newtown school shooting, the tragedy will be marked with a moment of silence, the reading of thousands of names of gun violence victims and calls around the country to pas…
  June 14, 2013 - Forest City Summit
• Bienvenue Janot, au revoir Dunfield et Kansas City
  Une rumeur, une autre : celle-ci amène le gardien de but français Jérémie Janot en MLS. Plusieurs sources en parlent, notamment Ouest-France , le plus grand quotidien de l’Hexagone, mais aussi le joueur lui-même qui, sur son compte Twitter , n’hésite pas à relayer les messages l’envoyant du côté ouest de l’Atlantique.
  June 13, 2013 - Major League Soccer
• Leader in Pain Therapeutics Chooses PAS-X PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
  Werum's software product ensures transparent management of starting materials in pharmaceuticals development at Grünenthal, Germany Lueneburg, Germany - The research-based international pharmaceutical company Grünenthal will deploy the PAS-X PROCESS DEVELOPMENT package. The group is leading in the field of pain therapies and invests more than a quarter of its revenues in research and ...
  June 10, 2013 - ThomasNet

Quotes

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• Rowan Williams in Earthtimes
  In London, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams told the BBC: "I can't see any justification for this at all. I think this is an absurdly disproportionate response to what is at worst a cultural faux pas."
• Ashley Jensen in International Herald Tribune
  But everybody makes faux pas,says Jensen.
• Koby Clemens in SI.com
  I was very impressed by her in our conversation. I found her to be very hardworking, very forthright. And she had some faux pas with the media when she first started, as have a number of people who have gone on to be outstanding in their... David Paterson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paterson&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGZhLDuDrrFz2_YVi2GgVPvpe8WYA NPR http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php%3FstoryId%3D99715950&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFm-c8IZa65kzRiWoL_x6oiVyw-Jw Jan 21, 2009 72521 97041 pasadena I don't know what to say. It doesn't make sense a little bit," Koby said. "The only reason I'd go down there is if my dad was going down there. He wasn't with me, apparently. Why would I drive all the way down to Pasadena to go work out,...