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  • Allure of the Seas (7 January 2013) A cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. Together with her sister ship, Oasis of the Seas, she holds the record for the largest passenger ship ever constructed, although Allure is 50 millimetres (2.0 in) longer than Oasis, making her technically ...
  • 47 percent (6 January 2013) An infamous term used by the 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to describe the percentage of voters who relied too much on the government for their lives and that they would vote for Obama no matter what happened. In hidden camera video clips posted by ...
  • Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) (4 January 2013) A space observation system that consists in an array of large 40-foot (12-meter) radio telescopes installed in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. The high precision telescopes, 66 initially, are linked together to make up the world's largest radio telescope to observe at ...
  • Alibaba Group (3 January 2013) A privately owned Hangzhou-based family of Internet-based business that covers business-to-business online marketplaces, retail and payment platforms, shopping search engine and data-centric cloudof computer services. Its products and services are designed to make the ...
  • Modern Family (2 January 2013) An American comedy which started in ABC on September 23, 2009. Presented in mocking style, the fictional characters often talk directly to camera. It talks on Jay Pritchett, his second wife and stepson, his two children and their families. Christopher Lloyd and Steven ...
  • transverse sinus venous thrombosis (1 January 2013) The symptom of a blood clot forming in the vein that is situated in the area between the brain and the skull behind the right ear. The transverse sinus is one of the major veins that drains the brain and let the blood out. Transverse sinus venous thrombosis is an uncommon ...
  • new year's resolutions (31 December 2012) A new year resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to one or more personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit. This lifestyle change is generally interpreted as advantageous and it’s done to improve the wellbeing of one. A new year’s resolution is ...
  • One Pound Fish (30 December 2012) The popular name OF the British-based Pakinstani singer Muhammad Shahid Nazir who originally composed the song 'One Pound Fish' as a promotional piece for the fish market where he was employed as a sales person. Unexpectedly, the song started to rise up the British music ...
  • Dan Roundfield (30 December 2012) Dan Roundfield (May 26, 1953 – August 6, 2012) was a former American professional basketball player. Roundfield began his career with the Indiana Pacers, who were then in the American Association of Basketball. He went on to play with the Atlanta Hawks for six seasons. At ...
  • come together (27 December 2012) A 2012 Starbucks campaign where store employees write the phrase ‘come together’ on customers' coffee cups to urge the U.S. government to resolve political differences in order to prevent the country from falling off the 'fiscal cliff'. The cup campaign was initiated by ...

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