[Ads-l] guest-conducted

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sun Sep 6 20:15:29 UTC 2015


The great documentary "Meru" includes author Jon Krakauer saying"You have
to be able to ice-climb *and* mixed-climb."

JL

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I saw "guest-conducted" in W[iki]pedia, where no one is trying to save on
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> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > Intended for all, not just Joel:
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> > He has conducted as the guest of leading orchestras internationally.
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> > Of course, if you have to save words at all costs, as in a newspaper or
> > magazine, "guest-conducted" will have to do.
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> > JL
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