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Focusing on Words Newsletter #11


A newsletter that will enhance your English-vocabulary knowledge and skills!


Experience the wonder of words by focusing on the Latin and Greek elements used in English. This newsletter is produced whenever time can be found, so there is no regular schedule.



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“The truly skillful politician is one who, when he comes to a fork in the road, goes both ways.”

-Marco Almazan





Table of Contents

Political Quotes that Hit the Point
Inventory of Cross-Reference Units
Links to all newsletters.
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With all of the political problems in the U.S., the following quotes will prove to be more truth than joking.


    “Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.”

    -Will Rogers


    “Politicians say they’re beefing up our economy. Most don’t know beef from pork.”

    -Harold Lowman


    “Washington is a place where politicians don’t know which way is up and taxes don’t know which way is down.”

    -Robert Orben


    “Politics is the art of getting money from the rich and votes from the poor, with the pretext of protecting one from the other.”

    -Muy Interesante

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    Cross-Reference Inventory of “Completed” Units

    There are Links to Cross-Reference Groups that include alphabetical sections that have been “completed”; that is, with as many definitions as can be found or with a significant number of examples.


    With these summaries, one can determine which word elements have the definitions and which of them have self-scoring quizzes.

    Updates will be made as new thematic units are completed.

    These summaries may be found at Word Files.

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