Consequence, as a verb
Robert Hartwell Fiske
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Thu Jan 27 17:52:07 UTC 2005
In a message dated 1/27/2005 12:35:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
flanigan at OHIOU.EDU writes:
Well, now I can see why Fiske's dictionary itself might be disagreeable.
Yeah? Well, I'm no fan of Flanigan ... (Fiske himself is far more
disagreeable than his dictionary)
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