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►New jetliner crashes in Indonesia during demonstration flight

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►Changing views on same-sex marriage, including Obama's, suggest faster pace of social change

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This week's word in the news: ASSESSMENT

DEFINITION:
The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"Using computer models ... for estimating nuclear weapons effects, as well as techniques developed for use in predicting damage in Japan from attacks by Godzilla, Mothra, and particularly Mechagodzilla, the damages from this week’s invasion by the Chitauri have been estimated," Watson wrote in his damage assessment, tongue firmly planted in cheek.
►Savannah Morning News -- 05/14/2012