Quoted in the NYT:

[Victor Steinbok]

Less Bloomberg, fewer problems.

     VS-)

On 3/11/2012 4:30 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> "Towns and counties across the state are starting to have to make the
> real choices - _fewer cops_, _fewer firefighters_, slower ambulance
> response, _LESS teachers_ in front of the classroom."
> MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG of New York City
>
>
> He uses the prescribed _fewer_ for policemen and firemen, but the
> prescriptively-condemned _less_ for teachers.
>
> This is probably of no intrinsic interest, but...
>
> --
> -Wilson

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