"ancestors" in NYT

[Laurence Horn]

On Jun 10, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> But for how long?

We may not be around long enough for that day to come, but we can be sure our ancestors will.  And our descendants will roll over in their graves.

LH
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> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
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>>> The first "ancestors" now reads "descendants".
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>> Whew! Dodged a bullet!;-)
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