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Tony Blair: 'Nothing wrong' about ties to press

A close interaction between politicians and the press is inevitable, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the Leveson Inquiry.

Mr Blair told the inquiry that at its best British journalism was the best in the world.

But he said the use of newspapers as instruments of political power created a relationship that was "unhealthy".

At one point a protester had to be ejected after getting into the court and calling Mr Blair a "war criminal".

Proceedings were interrupted for around 20 seconds before the man was escorted away.

Lord Justice Leveson apologised to Mr Blair and questioned how the man was able to enter the court through what should have been a secure corridor. An investigation was immediately ordered.

Mr Blair said on the record that there was no truth in the allegation, made by the protester, that he had a paid relationship with JP Morgan.

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"Tea" (a social word from the 17th century) is one of the words David Crystal examines in his book The Story of English In 100 Words.

"Tea" (a social word from the 17th century) is one of the words David Crystal examines in his book The Story of English In 100 Words.

This interview was originally broadcast on April 2, 2012.

Linguist David Crystal describes English as a "vacuum cleaner of a language." Speakers merrily swipe some words from other languages, adopt others because they're cool or sound classy, and simply make up other terms.

In his new book, he tells The Story of English in 100 Words, using a collection of words classic ones like "tea" and new words like "app" that explain how the the English language has evolved.

Crystal thinks every word has a story to tell, even the ones as commonplace as "and."

"Poor little words like 'and,' and 'the,' and 'of' ... they don't get any press at all," Crystal tells NPR's Neal Conan. "And this is a great shame, because without them, we have no syntax. We have no grammar. The whole language falls apart."

Crystal discusses the idiosyncrasies of the English language and some of his favorite words that made the list.

On the English language as a vacuum cleaner

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From 'App' To 'Tea': English Examined In '100 Words'

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E-Rate

Congress created the E-Rate program in 1996 to help schools and libraries keep up with the cost of providing Internet and telecommunications access.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 provided a fund of $2.25 billion annually to be distributed to these entities.

While it is not funded by taxpayer dollars, telecommunications companies pass their costs along to customers through a charge on their bills, sometimes labeled as Federal Universal Service Fund.

The program reimburses schools and libraries for 20 to 90 percent of their costs to provide telecommunications and Internet access, including internal connections and basic maintenance as well as usage costs.

The discount provided is based on the level of poverty of the children served.

For example, Coachella Valley Unified School District has received 88 to 90 percent reimbursement in the past three years, Palm Springs Unified has received 82 to 86 percent and Desert Sands Unified has received 70 to 76 percent.

Schools are required to submit a technology plan and use a competitive bidding process to find vendors and meet other requirements to receive funding.

In 2011, the program distributed nearly $2.23 billion.

E-Rate funds are distributed by the Universal Service Administrative Company, which was designated by the Federal Communications Commission.

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Coachella Valley Unified students remain frozen in digital divide