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NPC Board of Governors
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When Press Offices Block the Press
When Press Offices Block the Press
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Campaign Boot Camp 2014: Money 101
NPC Luncheon with Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President and CEO, the United Negro College Fund
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Women Break Silence on Gender-Based Violence
Forum on D.C. Open Government Issues
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Information Governance: The Hottest Topic in the Legal Profession
NPC History and Heritage Committee
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Paul Dickson "Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers"
Gifted lexicographer Paul Dickson will discuss his new book "Authorisms" and sign copies of the book after the discussion. Dickson deftly sorts through neologisms by Chaucer (a ha), Jane Austen (base ball), Louisa May Alcott (co-ed), Mark Twain (hard-boiled), Kurt Vonnegut (granfalloon), John le Carrè (mole), William Gibson (cyberspace), and many others. Presenting stories behind each word and phrase, Dickson enriches our appreciation of the English language in a book as entertaining as it is enlightening. William Shakespeare’s written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds…
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NPC Board of Governors
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John Borsos, Secretary-Treasurer of the National Union of Healthcare Workers
NPC Young Member Happy Hour
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Mongolian Cabinet Minister to discuss "Invest Mongolia"
Portugal and the Euro Zone
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Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
FBI Agents to discuss National Security Issues
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