(fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"

Fri Aug 5 19:06:33 UTC 2011

At 8/5/2011 12:13 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
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>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.personals/msg/7c4bf0b0b5c24aa0
>alt.personals, Apr. 6, 1996
>We are a Portland Couple looking for a single female.

Perhaps the same couple as in my 2001 cite?

"Aggie nodded and lowered her hands, turning her
tear-drenched face towards Glenda. "I hear him on
the phone. Oh God ... he was talking to some old
ex-girlfriend back in Port."

JSB

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