"aspire to"

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 20, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:

> Jon, you're getting close, but you will never (repeat, never) arrive until
> the last two volumes of HDAS see the light of day.
>
> We're all still waiting.
>
> GC


And we'd even settle for one double-wide.

LH
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> Jonathan Lighter wrote,Monday, January 20, 2014 7:49 AM:
>
> I  aspired to be Superman before I realized that the existence of one
> already meant there was no opening.
>
> After that, all I could aspire to be was somebody *like* Superman. (Still
> have a way to go.)
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 12:35 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> aspired to (become), ellipsis.
>>
>>
>> "Ellipsis"? Where?
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