"Channel Storm; Continent Isolated" (1931 & 1932)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Bonnie Taylor-Blake wrote:

> Anyone know of earlier examples of the following anecdote?  (If anything
> about the following [likely apocryphal] headline appears in Fred's book,
> it's in hiding.)

The supposed headline appears on page 20 of The Yale Book of Quotations,
findable through the keyword index, s.v. "continent" or "isolated."
Bonnie, with her usual outstanding research, has found slightly earlier
evidence than what I have in the YBQ.

Fred Shapiro


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