Going the way of _Frigidaire_ and _Formica_
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Mon Feb 13 00:09:36 UTC 2012
"Neonatal incubators are sometimes called 'isolettes,' but _Isolette_
is actually the brand-name of a particular company's incubator
product."
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain
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