"Whole Nine Yards" & "Fat Lady Sings" in Yale Alumni Magazine

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Fred Shapiro wrote:
> My regular column in the Yale Alumni Magazine, in the current
> Mar./Apr. 2014 issue, briefly discusses Bonnie Taylor-Blake's
> huge recent discoveries about "whole nine yards" and
> Garson O'Toole's great work on precursors of "the opera
> ain't over till the fat lady sings."  Here is a link to the online
> version:
>
> http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3838

Another entertaining and informative column for the alumni magazine.
Your column is the best feature, Fred. Thanks for sharing it, and
thanks for your complimentary remark about the QI website.
Garson

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