Odd Speculation from Pentagon

[Doug Harris]

Papers = newspapers, as in printed media.
Don't we offer hear phrases such as "media speculation"? If media
in general can speculate, surely papers can figure. Figuratively
speaking, of course.
dh


Poster:       "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Odd Speculation from Pentagon
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It's hard to personify "papers" figuring.

Joel

At 8/12/2008 11:10 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 9:44 AM -0500 8/12/08, Barbara Need wrote:
>>I don't get it. What am I missing?
>>
>>Barbara
>
>Parse it with "figure" as the main verb and "Pentagon Papers" as the
subject.
>
>LH
>
>>
>>Barbara Need
>>Chicago
>>
>>On 10 Aug 2008, at 14:45, Doug Harris wrote:
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>>>Just seen on CNN's 'front' web page:
>>>
>>>_Pentagon Papers figure Anthony Russo dies_
>>>
>>>I'd have thought that was easier to confirm
>>>that Mr Edwards' "error of judgement". Or
>>>maybe the body's gone the way of certain WMD.
>>>dh
>>

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