Samuel Johnson's dictionary of 1755 greatly favoured Norman-influenced spellings such as centre and colour ; on the other hand, Noah Webster's first guide to American spelling, published in 1783, preferred spellings like center and the Latinate color.

The 1954 version of Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, reflects the poorly grounded perceptions of the people whose use of the term effectively defined it for the people of that time: " a man supposed to have supernatural powers of curing disease and controlling spirits.

Webster's New Haven home, where he wrote An American Dictionary of the English Language.

Though it now has an honored place in the history of American English, Webster's first dictionary only sold 2, 500 copies.

Austin ( 2005 ) explores the intersection of lexicographical and poetic practices in American literature, and attempts to map out a " lexical poetics " using Webster's dictionaries.

Webster's dictionaries were a redefinition of Americanism within the context of an emergent and unstable American socio-political and cultural identity.

The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture ( 2011 )

" Neglect of Economic Education in Webster's ' Blue-Backed Speller '" American Economist, Vol.

Philip Babcock Gove, an editor at Merriam-Webster who became editor-in-chief of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, wrote a letter to the journal American Speech, fifteen years after the error was caught, in which he explained why " dord " was included in that dictionary.

* Noah Webster ( 1758-1843 ), an American known for creating Webster's Dictionary

The name " quetzal " is from Nahuatl quetzalli, " large brilliant tail feather " ( American Heritage Dictionary ) or " tail coverts of the quetzal " ( Merriam – Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ), from the Nahuatl root quetz = " stand up " used to refer to an upstanding plume of feathers.

However, according to Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, flautist is the preferred term in British English, and while both terms are used in American English flutist is " by far the more common choice.

Austin ( 2005 ) explores the intersection of lexicographical and poetic practices in American literature, and attempts to map out a " lexical poetics " using Webster's dictionaries.

Webster's dictionaries were a redefinition of Americanism within the context of an emergent and unstable American socio-political and cultural identity.

Noah Webster's assistant, and later chief competitor, Joseph Emerson Worcester, and Webster's son-in-law Chauncey A. Goodrich, published an abridgment of Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language in 1829, with the same number of words and Webster's full definitions, but without the literary references.

One such revision was Webster's Imperial Dictionary, based on John Ogilvie's The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, itself an expansion of Noah Webster's American Dictionary.

Between the 1930s and the 1950s, several college dictionaries, notably the American College Dictionary and ( non-Merriam ) Webster's New World Dictionary, entered the market alongside the Collegiate.

The American Heritage Publishing Co., highly critical of Webster's Third, failed in an attempt to buy out Merriam-Webster and determined to create its own dictionary, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.

Other medium-sized dictionaries have since entered the market, including the New Oxford American and the Encarta Webster's, while Merriam-Webster has not attempted to compete by issuing a similar edition.

The American Bishops assembled at the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore urged the Catholic people to read the Holy Bible.

* Mwakikagile, Godfrey Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era, Third Edition, Pretoria, South Africa, 2006, on Angola in Chapter 11, " American Involvement in Angola and Southern Africa: Nyerere's Response ", pp. 324 – 346, ISBN 978-0-9802534-1-2.

* Third Annual North American Alphorn Retreat

* 1970 – Kevin Cadogan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Third Eye Blind )

Some of his policies, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and welfare reform, have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance, while on other issues his stance was left-of-center.

* Third North American blizzard of 2010

The resulting album, On the Third Day, was released in late 1973, with the American version featuring the popular single " Showdown.

The movie opens with Scott's rendering of Patton's famous military " Pep Talk " to members of the Third Army, set against a huge American flag.

It influenced two American TV shows, Northern Exposure and Third Rock from the Sun.

Bardeen was one of 11 recipients given the Third Century Award from President George H. W. Bush in 1990 for " exceptional contributions to American society " and was granted a gold medal from the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1988.

Third worldism is closely connected with Pan-Africanism, Pan-Arabism, Maoism, African socialism, and Latin American socialist trends.

* 1973 – Mark Lee, American guitarist and songwriter ( Third Day )

As Third World countries increased their influence in the arena of world politics and Soviet – American détente created opportunities for countries in both blocs, North Korea declared 1972 a year of diplomacy.

* New Oxford American Dictionary, Third Edition, Angus Stevenson and Christine A. Lindberg ( editors ), 2096 pages, August 2010, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-539288-3.

In fact, several stories and books describing the aftermath of a total American victory in the Third World War — such as " Sam Hall " and its loose sequel " Three Worlds to Conquer " as well as " Shield "— are scarcely less bleak than the above-mentioned depictions of a Soviet victory.

" The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.

Therefore, in 2001, the American Law Institute proposed in a draft of the Restatement ( Third ), Torts: Liability for Physical Harm ( Basic Principles ) that proximate cause should be replaced with scope of liability.

* 1964 – Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Third Eye Blind )

* 1953 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer ( Skeleton Crew, Third Person, and Curlew ) ( d. 1998 )

But the most significant unofficial funding for the contras came in the form of secret payments from conservative Third World governments solicited by senior American officials.

Third Worldism has been defined as " the idea, popular among Third World autocrats and many American and French leftists in the late 60s and 70s, that – contrary to orthodox Marxism's view that the Western working class would deliver the world from the tyranny of capital that ... Third World elites were the privileged historical actor.

* A. Huffington, Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream.

Despite holding a master's degree in an era when American conscripts often lacked a high school diploma, Lehrer served as an enlisted soldier, achieving the rank of Specialist Third Class ( later retitled " Specialist-4 " and currently " Specialist "), which he described as being a " corporal without portfolio ".