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

[Laurence Horn]

At 1:36 PM -0700 9/5/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Shouldn't that be, "that there has been *no* terror" ?  Or are we
>using different senses of "argue" ?
>
>JL

I'm assuming Fred's "argue" here = "argue with the claim", as opposed
to "argue the claim".  It does get tricky:  note the difference
between "arguable" and "arguably".

LH

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>Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
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>>  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.
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>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.
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>>  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
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>I think it just goes back to 1985, not 1885.
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>Fred Shapiro
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