WOTY nomination

[Doug Harris]

Margaret Carlson noted this week on MSNBC (Olberman's show, I think) that the new Obama
puppy, when it comes, will be 'shovel ready'. Not the usual sense for the term, but appropriate.
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shovel-ready: a word which sounds more like it refers to a stiff than
a project.
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On Feb 28, 2009, at 3:03 PM, James A. Landau wrote:

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> I know it's early, but I have a nomination already: "shovel-ready".
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