Fwd: Bad hair day

[Laurence Horn]

Sigh, back on the cutting room floor again.  At least WE learned a lot;
thanks, everyone (esp. Fred and Barry on the antedates).

larry


>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 10:00:03 -0500
>From: Diane Scarponi <dscarponi at ap.org>
>Subject: Re: Bad hair day
>To: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
>Organization: Associated Press
>
>Prof. Horn,
>       The bad hair day story was on the wire Tuesday and Wednesday. I
>will not
>know for several weeks which newspapers printed it.
>       Unfortunately, the story ran long and my editors decided not to delve
>into the origins of the term. None of the information you collected for me
>made
>it into the final story.
>       Thanks again for helping me out.
>       Diane Scarponi
>       Associated Press Correspondent
>