Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.

When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.

A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion.

Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.

The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door.

Sweets to the sweet! Farewell.