rash = 'critically decisive'

[Jonathan Lighter]

I don't criticize.

I document.

Then I ridicule.

JL

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> It was a rush decision to avoid the crash. Although it may have seemed
> brash at the time, it was necessary to avoid a brush with danger and
> turning students into rashers amidst a pile of trash in the brush.
> Seconds later the bus might have been flying like a thrush into the
> crush of the massive vortex. So let's not be too rash in criticizing
> this use of "rash"--it may look like a mishmash, but the harsh truth is
> that it's close enough.
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>     VS-)
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> On 3/30/2012 1:01 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> > Or maybe it was actually a "rush" decision.
> > DanG
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