Link to NY City Council "Bitch & Ho" Resolution

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/7/2007 01:39 PM, Jon L. wrote:
>When my high-school English teacher mentioned the John Ford title in
>1964 we all made a
>   bee-line for the library.
>
>   Yep, the old bait-and-switch.

A teacher unconcerned about censure by the administrators?  Jon,
where did you go to high school?

Joel

>   JL
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>Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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>I was reminded: The rather beautiful 1973 motion picture(starring
>Charlotte Rampling) made from (the Jacobean) John Ford's tragedy
>_'Tis Pity She's a Whore_, when it was released on VHS, bore the
>title, simply, _'Tis Pity_. Or at least the copy I used to own did.
>
>--Charlie
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> >Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:50:52 -0400
> >From: Benjamin Zimmer
> >Subject: Re: Link to NY City Council "Bitch & Ho" Resolution
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> >> "Tis Pity. This is being considered by the "Committee on Civil
> Rights"--a committee with obviously a lot of time on its hands.
> >> ...
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> >--Ben Zimmer
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