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  3. From: rickg@netcom.com (Rick Gordon)
  4. Subject: Re: Orientals . . .
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan21.203337.16313@netcom.com>
  6. Followup-To: alt.peeves
  7. Organization: Netcom - SF Bay, Cal Northifornia
  8. References: <1993Jan19.210718.6344@igor.tamri.com> <1ji6otINNffl@CATHY.NA.CS.YALE.EDU> <ATAYLOR.93Jan20215359@gauss.nmsu.edu>
  9. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:33:37 GMT
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  12. In article <ATAYLOR.93Jan20215359@gauss.nmsu.edu> Nosy writes:
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  14. > [ ... ]
  15. >    Only superficially. The Soviets spilled literally oceans
  16. >    of blood and of ink to create the "New Soviet Man", a     
  17. >    creature that would live the Communist ideal. 
  18.  
  19. NitPeeve: "Literally", when used as an intensifier, changing the sense
  20. of a statement to meaninglessness.  It grates, is what it does.
  21.  
  22. -- 
  23. Rick Gordon      | "Loud is good." 
  24. rickg@netcom.com |   -- Frank Loesser 
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