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1:00 pm
Tue March 6, 2012
Varied Takes On The Power Of The Word 'Slut'
By editor
Syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh called a Georgetown student a "prostitute" and a "slut" after she testified before a Senate committee and called for federal health care coverage to include the cost of contraception. Limbaugh apologized, but it has prompted a re-examination of the term, "slut."