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E pluribus unum

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E PLURIBUS UNUM. One from more. The motto of the arms of the United States.


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The motto on the actual seal reads E pluribus unum, Latin for "Out of many, one.
In an impressive use of multimedia by Brian Nishii/Westwell Productions, a stream of video images projected onto a dancer's pregnant belly reminded us all the potential e pluribus unum holds for a fractured world.
Vice President Gore, in what may have been a Freudian slip of the tongue, or a political calculation or a simple error, interpreted e pluribus unum as "from one, many", rather than "from many, one.
 
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