Capitalism and socialism named words of the year 2012
Merriam-Webster named capitalism and socialism as the words of the year 2012 with doubled site traffic amid the election debate on American capitalism versus European socialism. The Top 10 also includes malarkey meme and other politically influenced terms reflecting national conversation and key moments from the year.
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New York
Merriam-Webster
Peter Sokolowski
Sokolowski
Springfield
Mass
Joe Biden
Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan
Biden
Ryan
Merriam-webster.com
Malarkey
University of Oxford
Romney
Hillary Clinton
Obama
Navy
2012 weather breaks records amid drought and heat
NOAA notes two consecutive record setting years with extremes across the United States. Heat waves droughts and storms including Superstorm Sandy marked 2012 while Arctic ice melt and unusual tornado patterns highlighted global warming impacts.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Deke Arndt
U.S. National Climatic Data Center
Arctic Ocean
New York City
Michel Jarraud
World Meteorological Organization
America
Othe
U.S. National Weather Service
Laura Furgione
Arndt
Munich
North America
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Mississippi River
New Madrid
Furgione
Jane Lubchenco
Google Zeitgeist 2012 Top Global Searches Worldwide
Whitney Houston topped Google year end searches globaly as people sought news of her death before the Grammys. PSY’s Gangnam Style followed with over a billion YouTube views and the meme era continued with Facebook and Yahoo meme trends.
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Los Angeles
Whitney Houston
Google Inc
Houston
Google
Psy
YouTube
U.S
Apple Inc
Kate Middleton
London
Amanda Todd
New York Knicks
Morgan Freeman
Facebook
Big Bird
Mitt
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Mark Serreze
Greenland
Arctic
Jarraud
Mid- Atlantic
Antarctic
Philippines
South
Toms River
N.J
Alabama
Robert Bentley
Gloria Nobles
Brantley Mobile Home Park
Troy
Ala
Pike County
Whitney
Sandy
Michael Clarke Duncan
Felix Baumgartner
Jeremy Lin
Yahoo
Joseph Kony
Massachusetts
Pilates
Broad St
Elyria
Stocker Arts Center
Frank
Paul Hoffman
Matthew Skitzki
Abbe Rd
Ohio
Stockerartscenter.com
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