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Jul 14, 2013 10:26 pm
What's the idea behind 'associated' in 'Associated Press'?
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Jul 15, 2013 1:35 am
The Associated Press has been breaking news since it was created in 1846. That year, five New York City newspapers got together to fund a pony express route through Alabama in order to bring news of the Mexican War north more quickly than the U.S. Post Office could deliver it.
Jul 15, 2013 3:57 pm
Associated should be same as United in 'United States': partners of equal status.
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Which would make 'Associate Press' all wrong.
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'Associate State,' though never actually used, might describe well Puerto Rico, Italy, Greek- as a state that is of partial or lesser status relative to the other partners, as in Associate Professor, Associate Editor.