Until a few decades ago, Ukraine was almost always referred to as 'the Ukraine'. Then people started dropping the definite article, and now you almost never see it. Here's why.

There are several renal syndromes that are unique to patients with cancer, being caused either by the cancer itself or by its treatment. This Review provides nephrologists—who are essential ...

This, says respected lexicologist Garner, is the correct etymology of shyster. The linking of shyster to Shakespeare's Shylock is, reports Garner, only one of several mistaken hypotheses.