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In a year dominated by presidential campaigns and financial distress, it's no surprise that
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2008 was one that impacted both arenas.
"Bailout"—defined in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh
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