[Ads-l] organically
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sun Apr 17 20:22:46 UTC 2016
Harking back to "grass roots" vs. "astroturf (lobbying)", the latter with its wiki-entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
LH
> On Apr 17, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Joel Berson <berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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> From the notion of "Without artificial fertilization"?
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> Joel
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> From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 2:11 PM
> Subject: [ADS-L] organically
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> CNN:
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> "The concept...isn't something the Sanders campaign comes up with. It's
> something his supporters do organically."
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> "Without prompting; naturally and spontaneously."
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> Not really in OED. The third or fourth time I've heard this in the past
> several weeks.
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> JL
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