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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=170183822-22052004></SPAN>I<SPAN
class=170183822-22052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>f this is
the analogy, then how is doctor in "spin doctor" and "vodoo
doctor/witch-doctor" used?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=170183822-22052004></SPAN><SPAN
class=170183822-22052004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>I<SPAN class=170183822-22052004>n the latter case is
see </SPAN><SPAN class=170183822-22052004> "doctor" as someone
with special powers, while my feeling is
that</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=170183822-22052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=170183822-22052004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>i<SPAN class=170183822-22052004>n "spin doctor" the reference is to
someone who "doctors"</SPAN><SPAN class=170183822-22052004> information.
But it could also</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=170183822-22052004>mean a specialist in "spin." Or
both? </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
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class=170183822-22052004>Fritz </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT><BR>The metaphorical sense of "put a [positive or negative]
spin" on some<BR>piece of news/information has been around for quite awhile.
But I recall<BR>some discussions on network TV a decade or so ago after the
Republican<BR>party held its nominating convention in New Orleans (I think
when the<BR>Bush-Quayle ticket was nominated) about the emergence during
the<BR>convention of the term "spin doctor", which was (folk?-)etymologized
as<BR>being formed on the analogy of "voodoo doctor", a common practitioner
in<BR>New Orleans.<BR><BR> Rudy<BR><BR></TT><BR>
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