Language Maven Strikes AgainDoubleday, 1990 - 447 sider A collection of the author's weekly columns "On language" from the New York Times magazine. |
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Side 6
... Defense Initiative , or S.D.I .; this phrase has not really caught on , and the initials do not form an acronym . Some thought has been given to changing the countername to Strategic Initiative for Defense , so that it could be called ...
... Defense Initiative , or S.D.I .; this phrase has not really caught on , and the initials do not form an acronym . Some thought has been given to changing the countername to Strategic Initiative for Defense , so that it could be called ...
Side 10
... Defense Initiative Organization at the Pentagon , the harassed general replied : " We endeavor to correct the misconception generated by the inap- propriate name ' Star Wars ' at almost every speaking engagement . . . . I see ...
... Defense Initiative Organization at the Pentagon , the harassed general replied : " We endeavor to correct the misconception generated by the inap- propriate name ' Star Wars ' at almost every speaking engagement . . . . I see ...
Side 152
... defense may swarm to one person with the basketball , a variation of the man - to - man ) or a zone ( except in the NBA ) where the defense players cover territory on the court rather than an individual player . A half - court press may ...
... defense may swarm to one person with the basketball , a variation of the man - to - man ) or a zone ( except in the NBA ) where the defense players cover territory on the court rather than an individual player . A half - court press may ...
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