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DEFINITION: (noun) A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility. SYNONYMS: bad blood, animosity. USAGE: Dorothea had observed the animus with which Will's part in the painful story had been recalled more than once.

Arthur Wynne is generally credited with the 1913 invention of the modern crossword puzzle, which gained widespread popularity following the publication of Simon and Schuster's crossword book in 1924. Players solve these puzzles by inserting words corresponding to numbered clues into a grid of horizontal and vertical squares. When all of the intersecting answers have been filled in, the puzzle is complete. How do the designs of North American, British, and Japanese puzzles traditionally differ?

Between 1995 and 2004, the Naegleria fowleri amoeba led to the deaths of 23 people in the US. This year, American health officials noted a record spike, with 6 cases spanning 3 US States. The killer amoeba thrives in warm environments, and experts suspect that rising global temperatures played a role in this year's exceptionally high death toll. Naegleria fowleri is often found in fresh water, where it feeds off algae and bacteria in the sediment. It invades a swimmer's central nervous system via the nose and climbs along nerve fibers through the floor of the cranium to enter the brain. Victims generally die within 2 weeks of initial exposure.