"thousand-yard stare"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes. Practically a cliche' among war correspondents these days.

JL

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Should the OED add "thousand-yard stare"?  Wikipedia's article of
> that name dates it to the title of a Life Magazine painting in 1944
> (although that used "2,000").  Google Books gives about 57 results
> before 1951, all snippets, and some journals and so needing verification.
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> Joel
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