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24 Jan
Powerful?


Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 14:37:08 -0800
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: Powerful?

From: Donna Spencer <spencerd@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>

Did anyone else hear Bob Dole, in his response to the State of the Union
address, commit this sordid little hypercorrection?  After talking about
our brave pioneer forebears, he said, "Like they, we are . . .".

My husband says that Dole's political career is over now that he's alienated
the powerful grammar lobby.


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