QOTY? -- "hiding in plain sight"

[Garson O'Toole]

The phrase was also used repeatedly during the media coverage of an
event in May:

Bin Laden discovered ‘hiding in plain sight’
By Greg Miller and Joby Warrick
2011 May 2 Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/bin-laden-discovered-hiding-in-plain-sight/2011/05/02/AFEljUbF_story.html

Tight deadlines combined with lethargy may cause headline writers to
use it again soon.

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:22 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> No explanation is necessary for the quote (the phrase was used by the Boston
> Globe to enumerate known contacts Bulger made in Massachusetts and NY since
> going into hiding). But why would it be QOTY? It's used routinely in
> literature and cinema. I can cite at least three films I've seen recently
> (of various vintage) that had the line in them (OK, one was 1970s and
> French, but who is going to argue with Lino Ventura?).
>
> VS-)
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> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> No explanation seems necessary -- or is Whitey Bulger only a phenomenon of
>> the Boston area and perhaps now Santa Monica?
>>
>> Joel
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