crash blossom

[Wilson Gray]

Thanks for the clarification!

-Wilson

On 9/1/09, Chris Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:
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> On 1 Sep 2009, at 03:17, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> A crash blossom?
>>
>> "Like Michael Dell, Mr. Belousov started a computer-assembly business
>> in Russia while he was still in college."
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>> Still in college in Texas? Or is it that Mr. Dell started a business
>> in Russia?
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>
> Well, a crash blossom is specifically a headline. Nice ambiguity,
> though.
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> Chris
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