two NYT articles on word origins

[Robert Greenman]

Today's New York Times has two stories on word origins.

A Passover Sermon, a Play, and a Century of the Melting Pot
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/nyregion/08melting.html

Was He the Eggman?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/nyregion/thecity/08eggs.html

Bob Greenman

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