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Corrections and Clarifications

In "Corrections and Clarifications" (October 13, 2006), a reader had questioned the use of the word "uideritis" in the Latin phrase "mitrae colorem uideritis!" [that appeared in the report "Manmohan calls for `inclusive globalisation'" on October 12, 2006, page 1]. The reader said it should have been "mitrae colorem videritis!" instead. Siddharth Varadarajan clarifies that he had quoted the phrase "mitrae colorem uideritis!" from the Cambridge University orator's printed tribute to Dr. Manmohan Singh. He also quotes an email from Tim Holt, Deputy Head of Communications, University of Cambridge, enclosing the response of the University orator which says: "`U' and `V' in Latin are different forms of the same letter, which represents both the vowel `U' and the semi-consonant `W'. The sound `v' did not then exist. It is standard practice now to use `V' when writing in capitals and `u' when writing in minuscules."

The item "Act to protect women in place" ("Briefly", October 27, 2006, page 1) stated that it [the Act] was passed in August 2005 and given Presidential assent in September. A reader wanted to know whether it was September 2005 or 2006. The Ministry of Women and Child Development issued a notification to bring The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 into force from October 26, 2006. The Act was passed by Parliament in August 2005 and assented to by the President on September 13, 2005.

The sentence in the box item "Government to seek relief for traders" (October 27, 2006) was: "The decision to write to the Monitoring Committee comes hot on the heels of follows the meeting of a Congress delegation led by DPCC president Ram Babu Sharma with Mr. Bhure Lal on Wednesday." A reader wondered whether it was an editing error. It was, and should have been: "The decision to write to the Monitoring Committee comes hot on the heels of the meeting of a Congress delegation ... ."

The strapline of the report "Manmohan: internal security prime concern" (October 27, 2006, page 1) was: "`Terrorism is the most dangerous threat today and it has become a hydra-headed monster'". A reader points out that the word "hydra" is enough as the dictionary says "it (in Greek mythology) is a many-headed snake whose heads grew again as they were cut-off, and was eventually killed by Hercules."

The results column of the AP report "Lee's strike does the trick" ("Sport", October 27, 2006) stated that Ecijia 1 beat Real Madrid 1 in the English League Cup (football). A reader points out that Ecijia drew with Madrid.

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