PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, September 15, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, September 15, 2005

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Merriam-Webster Serves Up an Amuse-Bouche of New Words

The latest version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition is fresh off the press -- and hungry word-lovers everywhere are savoring an amuse-bouche (ah-MYOOZ' boosh, a small complimentary appetizer offered at some restaurants) of nearly 100 new words and senses added to America's best-selling dictionary. These newest entries join the more than ten-thousand new words and meanings introduced when the groundbreaking Eleventh Edition launched in July 2003. The 2005 update brings the in-print total to more than one-point-two million copies for this edition, which for the first time combined a print dictionary with a C-D-ROM and online access.

Also new to the 2005 copyright of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition are hospitalist (a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients of other physicians in order to minimize the number of hospital visits by other physicians), and cybrarian (a person whose job is to find, collect, and manage information that is available on the Web).

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Nation's Top Health Experts Urge Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination as Influenza Season Approaches

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Julie Gerberding has joined the nation's leading infectious disease experts to warn the public about the severity of influenza and pneumococcal (new-moh-COCK-uhl) disease. Doctor Gerberding is calling for renewed efforts to increase vaccination rates among those considered at risk of complications from these vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Israel and Japan Once Again Top the List of Countries Seen as Our Closest Allies, According to Harris Poll

Every year at this time Harris Interactive asks a nationwide cross section of U-S adults how they feel about a list of countries with a scale varying from "close ally" at one end to "unfriendly and is an enemy" at the other. In this year's survey, Great Britain, Canada and Australia continue to lead the list as the countries perceived to be our closest allies, followed by Israel and Japan.

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Money Talks, but Employees Walk for Other Reasons

A survey says workers still consider a competitive pay and benefits package to be indispensable, but employers need to offer more than that to keep employees satisfied and on the job. Nearly all of the workforce rated a fair salary as very or somewhat important and 93 percent said the same for benefits. However, when workers' needs regarding career advancement, the relationship with their manager, and training are not being met, they are more likely to look for a new job than when their salary and benefits are poor. This according to Hudson's "Why Employees Walk: 2005 Retention Initiatives Report."

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PRNewswire -- Sept. 15

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