[Ads-l] words connected to a single provenance
W Brewer
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Mon Aug 27 19:46:45 UTC 2018
<infamy> (good meaning)
LH: << Is this shift described in print somewhere? >>
WB: Beats me. Kilmeade's most recent <infamy> (in a good sense) was
(something like) "his story will live in infamy". Brian Killmeade was
referring to Air Force Tech Sgt John A. Chapman, who died while trying to
save a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan; after TRUMP POSTHUMOUSLY HONORS MILITARY
HERO with an MOH. That was August 22.
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