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Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
Revision as of 12:57, May 10, 2009
, 12:57, May 10, 2009Luntz popularized the "death tax" term
|death tax
|death tax
|1989
|1989
|interesting, the term was coined by Canadians opposed to the high estate tax on their assets held in the United States
|interestingly, the term was coined by Canadians opposed to the high estate tax on their assets held in the United States; Frank Luntz is credited with later popularizing this term in the United States.<ref>''See'' Dr. Frank Luntz, ''Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear''</ref>
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|decrypt
|decrypt
|hypothesis
|hypothesis
|1656
|1656
|an assumption made for the sake of argument. Its use was rejected by [[Issac Newton]] in his famous statement, "Hypotheses non fingo" (translated, "I feign no hypothesis").
|an assumption made for the sake of argument. Its use was rejected by [[Issac Newton]] in his famous statement, "Hypotheses non fingo" (translated, "I feign no hypotheses").
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|[[imperialism]]
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