God in the deatils (1960); No names, no pack-drill (1930)

[Wilson Gray]

Thank you, Fred. I had no idea that it was so recent. For some reason,
it's always seemed kind of 19th-century to me.

-Wilson Gray

On Jan 25, 2005, at 10:00 PM, Fred Shapiro wrote:

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> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> How old would you guess the "God" version to be?
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> I have traced it back to 1925.
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> Fred Shapiro
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