Headlines roll by; heads will roll by

[Matthew Gordon]

On a related note, I was in a Dunkin Donuts this weekend and noticed a
hand-written sign that read:
"Whole bean coffee
buy the pound
$13.99"
or something like that. The wording and layout made it ambiguous enough that
either 'buy' or 'by' was possible.


On 4/7/08 11:57 AM, "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:

> NYTimes headline, today, columns 1-3, front page (New England Edition):
>
> When Foreigners by the Factory: 2 Towns, Opposite Paths.
>
> America for Sale: The Outsiders.
>
> Joel
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