NYT on Daniel Cassidy (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: NYT on Daniel Cassidy
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> FWIW, I agree with Cassidy that the source of "galore" is
> Irish _go leor_ [g@ l'or], as does the OED On Line. "Even a
> stopped clock has the correct time twice a day," to coin a phrase.
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> -Wilson

And even a blind pig (or squirrel) can occasionally find an acorn (or
nut).
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