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Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture. Paul McFedries. New York: Broadway Books, 2004.
As I write this, Senator John F. Kerry--the Democratic Party's Seabiscut candidate--is poised to compete against George W. Bush in the November 2004 presidential election. According to the punditocracy, this could be another unusually close contest. Bush has a veritable lock on the Nascar dad vote, whereas Kerry is a sure thing among soccer moms. Sadly, the outcome will have a much to do with how spinnable the...
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