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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
In 1961, Dwight Eisenhower the 34th president, was praised for using the term military-industrial complex to warn against the powerful alliance
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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
of the military, government, and private corporations. But then he was criticized for using the word finalize in a speech.
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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
By adding -ize, he turned the word “final” into a verb.
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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
Major papers at the time wrote that it was not “proper English” and called the word “meaningless.”
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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
Dickson says necessity is the reason presidents continue to create new words. There was a solid majority from Richard Nixon the 37th president.
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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
And Barack Obama the 44th president, used shovel-ready to describe public work projects that were ready to start immediately.
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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
When Joe Biden, the 46th president, ran for the White House in 2019, his campaign slogan was no malarkey
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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
Malarkey is believed to be an expression often used by Irish Americans to describe insincere or meaningless talk.
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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
And that, my friends, is no malarkey. I hope you enjoyed this special presidential Words and Their Stories.
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US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
Until next time I’m Anna Matteo.
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Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits
In the American state of Florida, rancher Jim Strickland can see his cows at any time, day or night.
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Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits
To do this, all he needs is his phone. Strickland uses virtual fencing to watch and control the movements of his animals.
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Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits
The fencing, based on Global Positioning System (GPS) technology can help Strickland and researchers improve grazing lands, preserve
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Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits
wildlife and save time and labor for workers. It can also help improve animal health.
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Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits
Strickland has been using the system for about six months. He told VOA Learning English he has already seen many good results with the new technology.
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Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits
“It has exceeded by far my expectations.”
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Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits
This means you cannot see the fence. This keeps animals within, or outside of, certain areas.
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Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits
The signals come from nearby mobile phone towers. The signals can also come from base stations that can be moved using a small truck.
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Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits
Each animal wears a collar around its neck. The collar has a radio signal receiver and a GPS device that shows the animal’s location.
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