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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Linda Kerns speaks to reporters in this 2017 file photo taken of the lawyer as she represented the Philadelphia Republican Party,  which was then suing to invalidate the results of a special election in the 197th legislation district. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY)
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Trump campaign lawyer in Philadelphia withdraws from federal election suit

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Analysis: Pa. faces a several billion dollar tax shortfall thanks to the pandemic-affected economy

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Residents call for sweeping reform during Philly’s first-ever public hearing on police contracts

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Republican canvas observer Ed White, center, and Democratic canvas observer Janne Kelhart, watch as Lehigh County workers count ballots as vote counting in the general election continues, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Allentown, Pa. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
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Pennsylvania

Pa. House Republicans vote for election procedures study

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President Trump speaks to U.S. troops at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Thanksgiving Day 2019. The Trump administration says it's cutting U.S. forces from 4,500 to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, one of several abrupt military moves announced recently. (Alex Brandon/AP)
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Trump shakes up the military, but to what end?

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FILE- In a Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, a supporter of President Donald Trump is seen during a rally in Milwaukee after it was announced that the president was defeated by Democrat Joe Biden. President Trump will have to pay $7.9 million if he wants a statewide recount of unofficial results showing him losing to Biden by about 20,500 votes. The Wisconsin Elections Commission released the estimate on Monday, which was based on costs submitted by the 72 counties. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
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Trump pays $3 million for recount of 2 Wisconsin counties

He paid $3 million for a recount of two heavily Democratic WI counties, saying that they were the sight of the “worst irregularities” although no evidence of wrongdoing

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Sen. Kim Ward
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Pennsylvania
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Two women just made history in the Pa. legislature. Will that be the last thing they have in common?

Two women just made history in the Pa. legislature. Will that be the last thing they have in common?

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Biden’s win shows rural-urban divide has grown since 2016

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Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt wears a mask while sitting at a table
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Philadelphia

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Victim advocate Jennifer Storm, second left, joins survivors of child sexual abuse including Patty Fortney-Julius, third left, and Mary McHale, second right, waiting for a news conference in the Pennsylvania Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
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Pennsylvania

Pa. Victim Advocate criticizes Senate ‘no’ vote as ‘political vendetta’

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Bill in Pa. House would loosen pollution reporting requirements

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