When I posted the piece on Merriam Webster's annual "top ten" list early this month, I had no idea that one word could easily dwarf all others for the year in the last wee days of 2004. So sad it had to be a word of utter destruction and heartbreak, yet as one commentator remarked, 'it reminds us all how little we control in this world, and puts us in awe of creation'. The word is tsunami.
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