"coincidental": another reversal?

[Laurence Horn]

Tonight on ABC's World News, the (almost?) always carefully-spoken Christiane Amanpour explained that the already "rattling nerves" in the wake of Kim Jong Il's death were heightened when "The Pentagon confirmed that North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles, although they don't believe that there was anything coincidental about that--not deliberately timed with this death."  She must have meant that the timing *was* (what used to be called) entirely coincidental.  Not sure if this reflects an unusual slip by Amanpour or an even more unusual meaning shift.

LH

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