rash = 'critically decisive'
Dan Goncharoff
thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Fri Mar 30 17:01:07 UTC 2012
Or maybe it was actually a "rush" decision.
DanG
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> Or maybe it just means 'sudden.' Like that would be much of an improvement.
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> JL
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> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > A CNN journalist narrates the story of a schoolbus driver who saved lives
> > by turning around and taking the bus back to the school rather than drive
> > it straight into a giant, whirling tornado.
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> > I know. But that's not the point. The point is that the narration
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> > the phrase: "Then she made a rash decision" to turn back.
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