closed circle of friends

[Dan Goodman]

James Smith wrote:
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> She could have been misunderstood by the reporter, or
> heard correctly but the statement
> transcribed/typed/printed incorrectly.

Or "corrected" by a copyeditor.

There are two fantasy novels which include references to the disease
which killed off so many of America's Dutch elms.  (Dutch Elm disease is
  actually a disease brought from the Netherlands [or thought to be
brought from the Netherlands] to which American elms lacked resistance.)

For one of these (Emma Bull, _War for the Oaks_) I'm told by a source I
consider reliable that the author got it right and the copyeditor
changed it (and the author didn't catch this, or it was introduced after
the author's last chance to look over the corrected manuscript.)
>
> --- RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>
>> Miley Cyrus, quoted in today's Orlando Sentinel
>> (2-26-08, pA2):
>>
>> "... My mom is more strict than my dad. You want to
>> keep your closed circle
>> of friends.


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