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Last updated on: 9/3/2013 4:29:59 PM PST Death Penalty Home Page > Source Biographies > >American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (fourth edition)

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (fourth edition) Biography

Position: None Found to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
Reasoning:
No position found as of Aug. 19, 2008
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:  Media and Academic Journals
Mainstream print, broadcast, radio, and internet media entities such as the New York Times, CNN, ABC News, National Public Radio, Slate.com, Seattlepi.com, etc., as well as influential academic journals such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Foreign Policy, etc.
Description:
"This newly updated edition of America's favorite dictionary features revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical elements. Among the 500 entries new to this update are Amber Alert, blogosphere, gravitino, halo effect, hawala, lycopene, malware, micropolis, proteome, Qi Gong, SARS, shout-out, speed dating, sudoku, Texas hold'em, text message, and wiki."
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company website (accessed Jan. 28, 2008)
Mission:
American Heritage Dictionary's publisher Houghton Mifflin Company stated on its website, "As part of a major educational publisher, we are dedicated to publishing works that will become a part of the canon taught in schools and colleges in the future."
"About Us," Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company website (accessed Jan. 28, 2008)
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