Antedating of "French Fries"

[victor steinbok]

I'd rather have a food fight than a pissing contest. Would you like fries
with that?

VS-)

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> According to the Times Higher Education Supplement, Harvard is tied for #2
> in the world and Yale is ranked #11.
>
> I'm an alumnus of Harvard University myself, and have spent some of the
> best days of my life doing research in their wonderful libraries, but
> anyone who cares about libraries should be aware that Harvard is currently
> working very hard to destroy their library system.
>
> Fred Shapiro

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