I got to c-u-r, “curettage” and “curium: a metallic radioactive element produced artificially.”. From Wordnik.com. [Spelling Counts « Exile on Ninth Street] Reference
If a Latin speaker were to use the phrase “per curium,” he would mean “by or according to the city in Cyprus” i.e., Kourion. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
Small point: firefox auto-spell check prefers curium over curiam, though it is not attempting anything other than a dictionary search. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
Oh, I forgot to mention, the unsigned per curium opinions that Sotomayor was on both appeared to follow the binding precedent United States v. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Sonia Sotomayor versus the Second Amendment:] Reference
What I never understood is why people add in a parenthetical stating that the decision is a “per curiam” — or, for that matter, a “per curium.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
Yet “per curium” is common enough to be warning people against: A search through the Brief-All file date 1/1/2010 reports 88 instances of “per curium.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
Yet “per curium” is common enough to be warning people against: A search through the Brief-All file (date 1/1/2010) reports 88 instances of “per curium.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
A quick Westlaw search through Allcases date 5/1/2010 confirms that “per curium” is still nonstandard: “Per curiam” gets 1427 hits, “per curium” only 10. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
A quick Westlaw search through Allcases (date 5/1/2010) confirms that “per curium” is still nonstandard: “Per curiam” gets 1427 hits, “per curium” only 10. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
A contemporary English speaker who uses “per curium” has made a simple mistake, and unless Latin comes back into everyday use, the Latin language will never evolve to embrace it. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
The United States Supreme Court per curium reversed and remanded, stating that tax laws such as the one at issue which tax people differently are generally upheld under rational basis. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Iowa state trial court judge rules for gay marriage:] Reference
The remainder of this booklet is made up of dissents from the order of the court, so that a per curium, something that they all signed on to, they all dissent from in various and different parts. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2000] Reference
Then you finally get to the end here, where Breyer with whom Stevens and Ginsburg join, accepts in part 1A and 1, and Souter joins as to part 1, dissenting -- dissenting to their whole per curium decision. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2000] Reference
Neutrons could be the antidote to curium and the other actinides. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
Madame Curie, who justly gets a unit of radiation named after her (the curium). From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
After the per curium decision in Brunner, it is questionable whether Sandusky County. From Wordnik.com. [American Thinker] Reference
The 5 percent stream would be plutonium, curium, neptunium, and americium to burn in the reactor. From Wordnik.com. Reference
In its decision per curium, the Court said Mooney displayed contempt by not only failing to abide by the terms of the May 22 order, but also in not defending herself. From Wordnik.com. [West Virginia Record] Reference
When actinides like curium and plutonium are irradiated with neutrons inside a reactor, they can be made to undergo fission, which destroys the original radioactive material. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
An imperfect specimen of Bellerophon obtained here cannot easily be distinguished from B. carbonariicSy while the Cytoceras is closely related to C. curium of the Illinois coal measures. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
Instead, their main purpose would be the production of neutrons that could then be used to destroy the most dangerous wastes produced by the world's growing fleet of fission reactors, wastes like curium. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
If a Latin speaker were to use the phrase “per curium,” he would mean “by or according to the city in Cyprus” (i.e. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
I’ve helped edit a collaboratively written annual practitioner’s guide, and “per curium” pops up in a huge number of submissions, over and over again. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » PC] Reference
This is the pro curium part. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: The Spin Room: U.S. Supreme Court Delivers for Bush - December 13, 2000] Reference
0.1% minor actinides (americium, curium, neptunium). From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear waste management] Reference
And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium. From Wordnik.com. [Qulog 2.0] Reference
7. t curium e diis praccipue celun quem folum iurant, a quo f nitos quoque fe aiunt. From Wordnik.com. [Lexicon vniversae rei nvmariae vetervm et praecipve Graecorvm ac Romanorvm cvm observationibvs antiqvariis geographicis chronologicis historicis criticis et passim cvm explicatione monogrammatvm edidit Io. Christophorvs Rasche] Reference
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