Languages of Namibia (1998); Look like a million dollars (1908)

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FEW PEOPLE, MANY TONGUES:
THE LANGUAGES OF NAMIBIA
by J. F. Maho
Windhoek, Namibia: Gamsberg MacMillan
222 pages
1998
2001 reprint

  There's a nice bibliography here.  The author is from Sweden.  Let me know if anyone wants a copy of the book.

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LOOK LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS

  The FINANCIAL TIMES, April 17-18, 2004, pg. W10, cols. 1-8:

_The real worth of a million-dollar man_
In 1911...


  The OED is cited here. OED chief editor John Simpson is quoted.  He must be real sure about this one.


(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
Washington Post - 1/5/1908
...to the Mound City, And it looked LIKE A MILLION dollArs to me. TAd Jones Good CAtcher.....Some offered me A month And thAt looked LIKE big money to me In those dAys. But I.....AverAges: M'GRAW ONCE PLAYED FOR FIFTEEN DOLLARS AWEEK Ridicules Young: Pitcher Who.....whom Con DAly recommended to McGrAw looks LIKE A good pitcher. He cAlled on McGrAw lAst..
Washington, District Of Columbia   Sunday, January 05, 1908  987 k



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