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1. buckshot
A firearm that fires only once for each pull of the trigger. It reloads after each shot. The form: a semi-automatic rifle - a semi-automatic weapon - a semi-automatic pistol
See shot
To exclude
Connotation of wrongdoing use acknowledge or said instead of admitted

2. sanitarium - sanitariums
Insurance
Named for Samuel Colt - it designates a make of weapon or ammunition developed for Colt handguns. The forms: a Colt .45-caliber revolver - .45 Colt ammunition
Bad should not be used as an adverb only exceptation is I feel bad.
Sanitarium - sanitariums

3. kilocycles
Use instead of Italy in datelines on stories from communities on this island
A measurement of the diameter of a gun barrel except for most shotguns. Measurement is in either millimeters or decimal fractions of an inch. The word caliber is not used when giving the metric measurement. The forms: a 9 mm pistol - a .22-caliber ri
No hyphen when it means not: inaccurate - insufferable Other uses without a hyphen: inbound - indoor - infield - infighting - inpatient A few combinations take a hyphen - however: in-depth - in-group - in-house - in-law Follow Webster's New World Col
The new term is kilohertz

4. shot
Tape recording (n.) tape-record (v.)
A firearm that fires only once for each pull of the trigger. It reloads after each shot. The form: a semi-automatic rifle - a semi-automatic weapon - a semi-automatic pistol
After a girl reach the age 18 use woman or young woman
Small lead or steel pellets fired by shotguns. A shotgun shell usually contains 1 to 2 ounces of shot. Do not use shot interchangeable with buckshot - which refers only to the largest shot sizes

5. tanks
Extremist Islamic movement that ruled Afghanistan until driven out by U.S.-led coalition after the Sept. 11 - 2001 - attacks. It continues to operate as insugent force with adherents in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The name derives from the Arabic word
Lowercase spell out cents 5 cents or $2.50
Gun is an acceptable term for any firearm
Use Arabic figures - separated from letters by a hyphen: M-60 - plural: M-60s

6. telecast (n.) televise (v.)
Telecast (n.) televise (v.)
Means in a hopeful manner; never use
Add s NO APOSTROPHES:1930s - ifs - buts - ands - low 20s - ABCs - Four VIPs
It's = it is; its possessive form of neuter pronoun

7. imply - infer
See AT&T Inc.
AMA is acceptable on second reference. Also: the medical association - the association. Headquarters is in Chicago
A trademark for a type of high-powered cartridge with a larger case and a larger powder charge than other cartridges of approximately the same caliber. The form: a .357 Magnum - a .44 Magnum
Writers or speakers imply in the words they use. A listener or reader infers something from the words

8. San'a

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9. illegal immigrant
Weak-kneed
Lowercase spell out cents 5 cents or $2.50
Used to describe those who have entered the country illegally - it is the preferred term - rather than illegal alien or undocumented worker. Do not use the shortened term illegals
Capitalize ZIP lowercase code only five number no comma 70791

10. carbine
Spell out when standing alone; when with a city - town - village or military base abbreviate unless Alaska - Hawaii - Idaho -Iowa - Maine - Ohio - Texas and Utah.
AMA is acceptable on second reference. Also: the medical association - the association. Headquarters is in Chicago
A short - lightweight rifle - usually having a barrel length of less than 20 inches. The form: an M-3 carbine
Wastebasket

11. M-1 - M-16
These and similar combinations of a letter and figure(s) designate rifles used by the military. The forms: an M-1 rifle - an M-16 rifle
A firearm that fires continuously as long as the trigger is depressed. Examples include machine guns and submachine guns
One who leaves a country emigrates from it
Connotation of wrongdoing use acknowledge or said instead of admitted

12. take out (v.) take out (n. and adj.)
The name for the worldwide association of the 22 national Anglican churches. Each national church is independent. A special position of honor is accorded to the archbishop of Canterbury - as the pre-eminent officer in the original Anglican body - the
No s
A prefix denoting 1000 units of a measure. Move a decimal point three places to the right - adding zeros if necessary to convert to the basic unit: 10.5 kilograms equals 10 -500 grams
Take out (v.) take out (n. and adj)

13. lie
A measurement of the diameter of a gun barrel except for most shotguns. Measurement is in either millimeters or decimal fractions of an inch. The word caliber is not used when giving the metric measurement. The forms: a 9 mm pistol - a .22-caliber ri
State of reclining lie - lay - lain - lying
Sacagawea
Tablecloth

14. caliber
Headquarters is in Seoul - South Korea
A measurement of the diameter of a gun barrel except for most shotguns. Measurement is in either millimeters or decimal fractions of an inch. The word caliber is not used when giving the metric measurement. The forms: a 9 mm pistol - a .22-caliber ri
Use figures spell out inches - feet - yards hyphen adjectival forms before nouns
Preferred with numerals

15. mortar
A scale of temperature based on - but different from - the Celsius scale. It is used primarily in science to record very high and very low temperatures. The Kelvin scale starts at zero and indicates the total absence of heat (absolute zero). Zero on
A fundamental truth - law - doctrine or motivating force
Device used to launch a mortar shell; it is the shell - not the mortar - that is fired
A device used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit - ready for insertion into the magazine of a repeating firearm

16. Safeway Inc.
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
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Formerly Safeway Stores. Headquarters is in Pleasanton - Calif.
Equal to one-sixth of a fluid ounce - or one-third of a tablespoon. The metric equivalent is approximately 5 milliliters

17. tattletale
Headquarters is in Mississauga - Ontario
Headquarters is in Minneapolis
A firearm that fires continuously as long as the trigger is depressed. Examples include machine guns and submachine guns
Tattletale

18. cents
Acronym for improvised explosive device. IED is acceptable on second reference. Roadside bomb is preferable
Exceptions may be made to the normal rules for abbreviations - as necessary to make material fit. But make any abbreviations as clear as possible
Lowercase spell out cents 5 cents or $2.50
Means in a hopeful manner; never use

19. either...or - neither...nor
It means without preparation of advance thought
Untrue statement - lie -lied -lying
Not compound subject; requires a verb that agrees with the nearer subject
Take-home pay

20. Iberia
Introduces two items; between him and her - between you and me
Capitalize building in Washington
No O
Headquarters of this airline is in Madrid - Spain

21. persons
A firearm that fires continuously as long as the trigger is depressed. Examples include machine guns and submachine guns
Ketchup
No apostrophe
Only used in a direct quote or part of a title

22. Percent
Headquarters of this airline is in Tempe - Ariz.
Always spell out and use figures and decimals NOT fractions
Take over (v.) takeover (n. and adj)
Once limited to accepting deposits and making home mortgage loans - they are not banks. Since enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery Act in 1989

23. lie
Wastebasket
Untrue statement - lie -lied -lying
One-fourth of an imperial gallon
DON'T USE IN PRINT

24. Talmud
Use days of the week not today or tonight in print avoid saying next Monday or last Monday
The collection of writings that constitute the Jewish civil and religious law
Their = possessive pronoun - there= adverb indicating direction - they're= contraction for they are
Americorps

25. kilometer
A firearm that fires only once for each pull of the trigger. It reloads after each shot. The form: a semi-automatic rifle - a semi-automatic weapon - a semi-automatic pistol
Their = possessive pronoun - there= adverb indicating direction - they're= contraction for they are
Introduces two items; between him and her - between you and me
The metric term for 1000 meters. (Abbrev.: km) A kilometer is equal to approximately 3 -281 feet - or five-eighths (0.62) of a mile. To convert to miles - multiply by 0.62 (5 kilometers x 0.62 equals 3.1 miles).

26. -in
A firearm that fires only once for each pull of the trigger. It reloads after each shot. The form: a semi-automatic rifle - a semi-automatic weapon - a semi-automatic pistol
Precede with a hyphen: break-in - cave-in - walk-in - write-in
A device used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit - ready for insertion into the magazine of a repeating firearm
Not compound subject; requires a verb that agrees with the nearer subject

27. teen - teenager (n.) teenage (adj.)
A firearm that fires continuously as long as the trigger is depressed. Examples include machine guns and submachine guns
Do NOT use teenaged
It's = it is; its possessive form of neuter pronoun
The collection of writings that constitute the Jewish civil and religious law

28. handgun
A device used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit - ready for insertion into the magazine of a repeating firearm
AMA is acceptable on second reference. Also: the medical association - the association. Headquarters is in Chicago
Handgun
A lightweight fully automatic gun firing handgun ammunition

29. kindergarten
Kindergarten
Tail wind
No O
To argue to the contrary

30. rebut
The collection of writings that constitute the Jewish civil and religious law
Keystone Kops
Wastebasket
To argue to the contrary

31. shell
DON'T USE IN PRINT
The word applies to military or naval ammunition and to shotgun ammunition
Not amuck
Preferred spelling for the capital of Nepal

32. Proper names plural
Do no abbreviate in datelines or stories. Postal code: ID
Most ending in z or es or s add es: Joneses - Gonzalezes - Charleses
Precede with a hyphen: break-in - cave-in - walk-in - write-in
A firearm that reloads automatically after each shot. Note there are differences between fully automatic and semi-automatic firearms. Be specific in usage. The form: a .22-caliber automatic

33. sacraments

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34. keynote address
Also: keynote speech
Takes singluar verb two people look at each other
Connotation of wrongdoing use acknowledge or said instead of admitted
The spelling for the city in New Brunswick. To distinguish it from St. John's - Newfoundland

35. automatic
A firearm that reloads automatically after each shot. Note there are differences between fully automatic and semi-automatic firearms. Be specific in usage. The form: a .22-caliber automatic
Someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree ex. school principal
Is possessive
The abbreviation Ste. instead St. because the full name is Sault Sainte Marie

36. weapons
Gun is an acceptable term for any firearm
More than two look at one another
A trademark for a type of high-powered cartridge with a larger case and a larger powder charge than other cartridges of approximately the same caliber. The form: a .357 Magnum - a .44 Magnum
Extension of time or degree

37. Imax Corp.
DON'T USE children 15 and younger
Headquarters is in Mississauga - Ontario
Lowercase (without quotation marks) the bugle call for 'lights out -' also sounded at military funerals
Sandwich

38. kilo
Headquarters of this airline is in Madrid - Spain
A prefix denoting 1000 units of a measure. Move a decimal point three places to the right - adding zeros if necessary to convert to the basic unit: 10.5 kilograms equals 10 -500 grams
Capitalize only when referring to the total collections of events
Tailspin

39. Inauguration Day
Not amuck
Only used in a direct quote or part of a title
The metric term for 1000 grams. A kilogram is equal to approximately 2.2 pounds or 35 ounces. To convert to pounds - multiply by 2.2 (9 kilograms x 2.2 equals 19.8 pounds)
Capitalize only when referring to the total collections of events

40. each
Takes singluar verb two people look at each other
Their = possessive pronoun - there= adverb indicating direction - they're= contraction for they are
Most significant word is made plural: daughters-in-law - assistant attorneys general - major generals
The '90s - 1920s

41. American West
The metric term for 1000 grams. A kilogram is equal to approximately 2.2 pounds or 35 ounces. To convert to pounds - multiply by 2.2 (9 kilograms x 2.2 equals 19.8 pounds)
Use Saudi as the adjective in referring to the people or culture of Saudi Arabia. It's Saudi diplomacy - not Saudi Arabian diplomacy. For the Saudi monarchy - follow the syle on British and other monarchies. Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal wou
Headquarters of this airline is in Tempe - Ariz.
A fundamental truth - law - doctrine or motivating force

42. San Francisco
The city in California stands alone in datelines
After a girl reach the age 18 use woman or young woman
This acronym - drawn from the words American travel by track - may be used in all references to the National Railroad Passenger Corp. Do not use AMTRAK. The corporation was established by Congress in 1970 to take over intercity passenger operations f
Use days of the week not today or tonight in print avoid saying next Monday or last Monday

43. Taliban
Extremist Islamic movement that ruled Afghanistan until driven out by U.S.-led coalition after the Sept. 11 - 2001 - attacks. It continues to operate as insugent force with adherents in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The name derives from the Arabic word
Two words unless used as adjective before a noun in a nautical sense
To flow in a continuous stream
A unit of power - mostly associated with electricity. Electrical energy is measured in watt-hours (or kilowatt-hours or mega-watt hours). Do not use 'megawatts Per hours.' Abbrev.: W - kW - MW.

44. SARS
Impassable means that passage is impossible: The bridge was impassable. Impassible and impassive describe lack of sensitivity to pain or suffering. Webster's New World College Dictionary notes - however - that impassible suggest an inability to be af
To stand still
Acceptable in all references for severe acute respiratory syndrome - but it should be spelled out somewhere in the story
Is pronoun that is always a subject

45. Kansas City
A firearm designed or made to be fired from the shoulder and having a rifled bored. It uses bullets and cartridges for ammunition. Its size is measured in calibers. The form: a .22-caliber rifle
Americorps
A trademark for a process of making color motion pictures
Use KANSAS CITY - Kan. - or KANSAS CITY - Mo. - in datelines to avoid confusion between the two

46. biennial
Describes money - do not capitalize - city where a seat of government is located
When someone is the object of a verb or preposition
Every two years
Add s NO APOSTROPHES:1930s - ifs - buts - ands - low 20s - ABCs - Four VIPs

47. over
Tail wind
A unit used to measure the power of nuclear explosions. One kiloton has the explosive force of 1000 tons of TNT. The atomic bomb dropped Aug. 6 - 1945 - on Hiroshima - Japan - in the first use of the bomb as a weapon had an explosive force of 20 kilo
Lowercase with periods avoid the redundant 10 a.m. this morning
Spatial relationships

48. sacrilegious
A rifle that is capable of being fired in fully automatic and semi-automatic modes - at the user's option. Designed for - and used by - military forces. Also used by some law enforcement agencies. The form: an M16 assault rifle.
Sacrilegious
Lowercase the common noun elements in plural uses
@ sign not used when needed spell them out and provide an explanatory editor's note

49. people
To flow in a continuous stream
Not amuck
A lightweight fully automatic gun firing handgun ammunition
Preferred to persons as the plural

50. IM

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