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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