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Weasel word
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Weasel word

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In rhetoric, a weasel word, or anonymous authority, is a word or phrase aimed at creating an impression that something specific and meaningful has been said, when in fact only a vague, ambiguous, or irrelevant claim has been communicated. The terms may be considered informal. Examples include the phrases "some people s…

Drums in communication
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Drums in communication
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Developed and used by cultures living in forested areas, drums served as an early form of long-distance communication, a…

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Allen Media Group
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Allen Media Group, alternatively known by its former name of Entertainment Studios, Inc., is an American media and enter…

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On This Day

10 events
2011
Chilean_Air_Force
Bad weather caused a Chilean Air Force aircraft to crash into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 21 people on board.
2002
Educational_entertainment
American animated edutainment show Liberty's Kids aired its first episode.
1992
1992_Nicaragua_earthquake
An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw off the coast of Nicaragua became the first tsunami earthquake to be captured on modern broadband seismic networks.
1985
Hurricane_Elena
Hurricane Elena, an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast, made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 3 major hurricane.
1967
Roy_Bates
Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).
1957
South_Vietnam
South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.
1946
Interim_Government_of_India
The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
1945
United_States_Navy
On the deck of the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from the Empire of Japan and the Allied powers signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender , formally ending World War II.
1912
Arthur_Rose_Eldred
Arthur Rose Eldred became the first person to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
1901
Theodore_Roosevelt
U.S. vice president Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" (cartoon pictured) at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening to use military force.

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