"thousand-yard stare"

[George Thompson]

Used several times by Clive James in last week's TLS, in a review of a current mini-series on the Pacific Theatre in WWII.

James an Australian, resident for many years in England.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:57 pm
Subject: Re: "thousand-yard stare"
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> Yes. Practically a cliche' among war correspondents these days.
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> JL
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> 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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