Terror Dome; Dallas Morning News (1885-present?)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Shouldn't that be, "that there has been *no* terror" ?  Or are we using different senses of "argue" ?

JL

Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> TERROR DOME--I've seen "terror dome" applied to the New Orleans Superdome.
> "Welcome to the Terror Dome" was a song by Public Enemy. I don't think it
> applies here; New Orleans was attacked by a hurricane, not by terrorism.

Leaving aside the question of whether the hurricane resembles a terror
attack for which we were unprepared, "terror" can be inspired by a lot of
things other than terrorism. Few would argue that there has been terror
in the Superdome.

> DALLAS MORNING NEWS (_www.dallasnews.com)--I_ (http://www.dallasnews.com)--I)
> was looking at a Texas newspaper--the Dallas Morning News, perhaps the best
> newspaper in Texas. Is it all online from 1885? Can you buy a day pass for

I think it just goes back to 1985, not 1885.

Fred Shapiro


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