'Integrity' tops online dictionary's searches

Clarkie1

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Sun Dec-11-05 02:37 AM
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'Integrity' tops online dictionary's searches

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) -- In a year filled with political wrangling, natural disasters and pop culture curiosities, Americans turned to Merriam-Webster to help define it all.

Filibuster. Refugee. Tsunami. Each was among the dictionary publisher's 10 most frequently looked-up words among some 7 million users of its online site.

But topping the list is a word that some say gives insight into the country's collective concern about its values: Integrity.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/10/top.word.ap.ap/index.html

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awoke_in_2003

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Sun Dec-11-05 02:48 AM
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1. that is because

most people don't know what it means anymore :)

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NVMojo

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Sun Dec-11-05 02:53 AM
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2. the moddy moved my story link!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1978970

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