[Ads-l] "What Happens in" story is now online (UNCLASSIFIED)

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

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> I was interviewed by the New York Times for a Kavanaugh-related video story on the origin of the phrase "What happens in X stays in X."  I
> have a very brief speaking appearance near the beginning of the clip.  (The Kavanaugh connection to the phrase is that the judge uses it a
> lot, as in "What happens in Georgetown Prep stays in Georgetown Prep" or "What happens on the bus [returning to Yale Law School after
> bar-hopping in Boston] stays on the bus" or "What happens at the Federalist Society after-party stays in the Federalist Society after-party.")
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> Fred Shapiro
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I don't see much on the subject phrase in the archives, or on Barry's site. 

NY Daily News 20 Jul 1956 p 23-C col 4
"What happens in the clubhouse on occasions like this should stay in the clubhouse."

Miami [FL] News 20 Jul 1970 p 2-B col 7
"What happens in the clubhouse should stay in the clubhouse."

NY Daily News 4 Dec 1980 p M-10 col 1
"We insist that what happens here stays with us."

Pittsburgh Press 6 Jun 1983 p C-6 col 1
"What happens in our clubhouse stays in our clubhouse."

Cleveland Plain Dealer 6 Aug 1987 p 6-C col 1
""What happens in the office, stays in the office," O'Brien said."


Fort Lauderdale FL South Florida Sun Sentinel 28 Dec 1988 p C-1 col 1
"Sorry, Jimmy, what happens here stays here."

The vast majority of the earliest cites I found were in a sports context.
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