[Ads-l] fewofa

[Laurence Horn]

Seems like Brinkley could have opted for "in so few words" here, but I do like "fewofa".  Except maybe it should be "fewva"--I read "fewofa" on first pass as if it were Elmer Fudd trying to ask for a felafel.

LH

On Jan 2, 2015, at 10:46 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Historian Douglas Brinkley on CNN:
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> "It's amazing how much Lincoln could say in so few of a words."
> 
> Let's see if this is corrected in the transcript.
> 
> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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