Meanwhile, back at the ranch

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   More from the EAST VILLAGE OTHER.

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MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH

   From the EAST VILLAGE OTHER, November 15-December 1, 1966, pg. 14, col. 3:

   Meanwhile, General Westmoreland must play at public relations. (...)
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH...

   Supposedly, this comes from 1920s silent movies, but the OED's earliest
cite (unless they've found better) is 1963.  Is this another "Play It Again,
Sam" kind of quote?

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HO

   From the EAST VILLAGE OTHER, December 1-15, 1966, pg. 7, col. 1:

   The language of prison Negroes is peculiar.  They talk about a "hoe" back
on the street, but finding a hoe or discovering a use for a hoe on asphalt
appears difficult.  Then one realizes that the word is really "whore."  All
women who have had intercourse with more than one male, apparently, are
everymore known as hoes.  Another word, "beech," is equally puzzling.  It is,
nonetheless, used interchangeably with hoe.  Beech means "bitch."  "Close the
doe."  "Don't walk on the wet flow."  "She a hoe."  And we have but scraped
the surface.

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JOE

   From the EAST VILLAGE OTHER, December 1-15, 1966, pg. 2, col. 2:

   Everyone in the world today is a Joe Something: Joe College, Joe Prophet,
Joe Beatnik, Joe Mod, Joe Protest.  (...)  If you don't conform with the Joe
Colleges, you conform with the Joe Mods.

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SKINNY DIPPING

   OED has PUNCH, 12 October 1966.
   The EAST VILLAGE OTHER, September 15-October 1, 1966, pg. 10, col. 1
headline:  "WHERE SKINNY DIPPERS DO IT."
   They do it in San Francisco, it seems.
   The first citation is probably to be found in the SAN FRANCISCO ORACLE, a
"sister" underground publication of E.V.O.

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TELL IT LIKE IT IS

   The EAST VILLAGE OTHER, October 1-15, 1966, pg. 6, col. 1:

   He found it necessary as an artist, "to tell it like it is."

(More from the ranch at another time--ed.)