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- From: michael@albert.bu.edu (Michael Chaplin)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.dan-quayle
- Subject: Re: The Dan Quayle Dikshunary
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- Date: 24 Dec 92 03:41:04 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.215519.10439@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- In-reply-to: fledgist@weber.ucsd.edu's message of 22 Dec 92 23:52:52 GMT
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- In article <1h89okINNj01@network.ucsd.edu> fledgist@weber.ucsd.edu (Fragano Ledgister) writes:
- =In article <1992Dec22.215519.10439@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> pat@sphinx.phys.Virginia.EDU (pat walsh) writes:
- =>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
- =>
- =>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! :-)
- =>
- =>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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- =Yes, they did. And Safire was frequently to blame. Another famous
- =phrase is at the tip of my tongue, but I can't quite remember it.
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- Would that be "pusillanimous pussy-footing"?
- Was that Safire's or Buchanan's, though?
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- =ObQuayl(e): Happy campers you will always be.
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- Chaplin.
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