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chuchotage: Word of the day for February 7, 2017

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Word of the day is chuchotage : The interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person in proximity to other people.

Article of the day for February 7, 2017

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Article of the day is Johnson Creek (Willamette River). Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

chuchotage: Word of the day for February 7, 2017

chuchotage , n : The interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person in proximity to other people.

84 Lumber Builds A Door In The Border Wall In Ad Deemed 'Too Controversial' For Broadcast

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84 Lumber Builds A Door In The Border Wall In Ad Deemed 'Too Controversial' For Broadcast Donald Trump pledged a "big beautiful door" in his border wall, but he probably didn't mean like this one, from an ad that 84 Lumber says contained "content deemed too controversial for the original ad and banned from broadcast." February 6, 2017 at 02:17AM

Trump May Tweak Regulations And Raise Senior Healthcare Costs, And Other Trump News From Monday

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Trump May Tweak Regulations And Raise Senior Healthcare Costs, And Other Trump News From Monday We're collecting all of Monday's Trump news in one place. Trump's travel ban moves through the courts, Gorsuch's supposed volunteer work comes under scrutiny, and Putin gives Iran support.

84 Lumber Builds A Door In The Border Wall In Ad Deemed 'Too Controversial' For Broadcast

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84 Lumber Builds A Door In The Border Wall In Ad Deemed 'Too Controversial' For Broadcast

Trump May Tweak Regulations And Raise Senior Healthcare Costs, And Other Trump News From Monday

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Trump May Tweak Regulations And Raise Senior Healthcare Costs, And Other Trump News From Monday

Article of the day for February 7, 2017

The Article of the day for February 7, 2017 is Johnson Creek (Willamette River) . Johnson Creek is a 25-mile (40 km) tributary of the Willamette River in the Portland metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Oregon. Part of the drainage basin of the Columbia River, its watershed covers 54 square miles (140 km2) of mostly urban land occupied by about 180,000 people. The creek flows generally west from the foothills of the Cascade Range through sediments deposited by glacial floods on a substrate of basalt. Though polluted, it provides habitat for salmon and other migrating fish along its free-flowing main stem. Prior to European settlement, the heavily forested watershed was used by Native Americans of the Chinook band for fishing and hunting. In the 19th century, white settlers cleared much of the land for farming. The stream is named for William Johnson, a settler who in 1846 built a water-powered sawmill along the creek. By the early 20th century, a rail line parallel to the stream en