crash blossom

Chris Waigl chris at LASCRIBE.NET
Tue Sep 1 09:33:59 UTC 2009


On 1 Sep 2009, at 03:17, Wilson Gray wrote:

> A crash blossom?
>
> "Like Michael Dell, Mr. Belousov started a computer-assembly business
> in Russia while he was still in college."
>
>
> Still in college in Texas? Or is it that Mr. Dell started a business
> in Russia?


Well, a crash blossom is specifically a headline. Nice ambiguity,
though.

Chris

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