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  • commuter week (5 November 2012) The week after the 2012 autumn hurricane where New York-area residents began their first full week of commuting after superstorm Sandy crippled the biggest U.S. mass-transit network, and put a hamper on power-restoration efforts.
  • movement (3 November 2012) A term used by U.S. Republican candidate Mitt Romney to describe his 2012 presidential campaign as he kicked off the final weekend of campaigning across the country. A movement is usually a series of grassroots events and actions taken by a large number of people working ...
  • Norv Turner (2 November 2012) The head coach for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers. He also has served as head coach of the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders, and as offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, and San Francisco 49ers. His ...
  • James Harden (1 November 2012) An American professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012. Harden played college basketball for the Arizona State Sun ...
  • Halloween (28 October 2010) Also known as All Hallow's Eve, Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31st in America, Canada, and the UK. It is supposedly the one day during the year when the barrier between the physical and spiritual worlds is most thin. In observation of Halloween, ...
  • Star Wars sequel trilogy (31 October 2012) A trilogy of Star Wars films released after the original and the prequel trilogy, starting with Episode VII in 2015. George Lucas' original vision became a reality. After initially offering up the promise of a seventh Star Wars film in 2015, Disney—which bought ...
  • Psy (30 October 2012) A South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and record producer. He is well known for his humorous videos and stage performances, and for his hit single "Gangnam Style", a song about where he came from and which talks about the life of the people of Gangnam, which is ...
  • Duel at Jinsha Lake (29 October 2012) A unique golf exhibition match featuring the sport's two top-ranked players, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, in a one-on-one competition in China on October 29, 2012. McIlroy shot a 5-under 67 to beat Woods by one stroke in an 18-hole at the Jinsha Lake Golf Club in central ...
  • Venus (29 October 2012) Venus is the christened name of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs' yacht, after the Roman goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. Built entirely out of aluminum, the yacht was designed by Jobs personally along with the French minimalist designer Phillipe ...
  • dragon ship (29 October 2012) The dragon ship is a partially reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company based in Hawthorne, California. Dragon was launched into space by the SpaceX Falcon 9 two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle. During its uncrewed maiden ...

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