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- From: pat@sphinx.phys.Virginia.EDU (pat walsh)
- Subject: Re: The Dan Quayle Dikshunary
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.215519.10439@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia Physics Department
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:55:19 GMT
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- RAJA@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
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- >The nattering nabobs of negativism is by W. Safire I think!
- >Nothing to do with Slac business....rajagopalan
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- and fledgist@weber.ucsd.edu (Fragano Ledgister) writes:
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- >I think 'nattering nabobs of negativism' was one of Safire's
- >effusions.
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- Safire! Suffering succotash! A salient seismic seizure of the cerebrum has
- caused me to attribute this infamous quote to the wrong man! :-)
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- The "nattering nabobs" quote is probably the most famous example, but didn't
- Spiro (and/or his speechwriters) display a fondness for alliteration on more
- than one occasion?
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- - Patrick Walsh
- University of Virginia Department of Physics
- pw@virginia.bitnet, pw@virginia.edu, pat@gomez.phys.virginia.edu
-