"close enough for government work" 1965

[Dave Wilton]

Arrgh!

<vent>Another example of the maddening incompetence of those behind Google
Books. This is a federal government publication, which means that it is not
(and cannot be) copyrighted. Why the snippet view?</vent>


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Joel S. Berson
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 7:28 AM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: "close enough for government work" 1965

At 4/27/2008 07:39 PM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>Both lines are marked in the transcripts as "CC" or "Capsule
>Communicator", so it could very well have been the same fellow at
>Mission Control on both occasions.

I look forward to seeing as "quotation author" in the OED, CC.

Joel

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