it must be earlier

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:18 PM -0500 12/28/10, David Barnhart wrote:
>OED shows 1952 as earliest date for _oil spill_.
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>I found 1950 in JSTOR (Sewage and Industrial Wastes, April p 519)
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>And 1948 in NewspaperArchive.com (in Alton Evening Telegraph, July 2, p 12)
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>But, I can't believe it's not earlier.
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Especially if it extends to olive oil.

LH

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