towing the line, extended

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:35 PM -0500 2/2/07, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>Barbara,
>
>"Tow the line" is fun, but maybe not as much fun as a local Lansing
>MI newspaper writer who noted that everybody had their own axe to
>gore.

An eponym alluding to the renowned poet "Ax" Tagore, Rabindranath's brother.

LH

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