"soon before"?

[Dennis R. Preston]

Come on. You all wake up soon?

dInIs

>On May 18, 2005, at 4:20 PM, sagehen wrote:
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>>Seymour Hersh in  /Chain of Command/ on pp. 355-6 writes:
>>"....security official said in an interview _soon before_ the transfer
>>of
>>sovereignty that..."  [my emphasis].
>>This looks & sounds very odd to me;  I would expect _shortly
>>before_here.
>>A. Murie
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>You have my vote!
>
>-Wilson


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