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Originally Posted by dynalow
Yep.
Another era? The NYT link was to a headline dated 1897  |
My gosh. I didn't realize their archives went back that far!
And come to think of it, the dictionary I quoted from was quite old -- my mother said my father had given it to her before I was born. Since the cop in my story is about 45 years old, I think "firing" might well have passed its vogue before he was born.
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Last edited by Benzadmiral; 07-23-2008 at 01:11 PM.
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