[Ads-l] NYTimes: "A _fathom_ of lies"

[Andy Bach]

> Landry Prep did offer Mr. Sassau a compressed version of The Tempest
(“Full fathom five thy father lies”).

The Tempest was one of the google hits I had  before I added quotes around
"fathom of lies" but I don't think I should add Mr. Sassau's usage to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_fathom_five_(catchphrase)

On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 1:27 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> Interesting.  Maybe as awful as it was, Landry Prep did offer Mr. Sassau a
> compressed version of The Tempest (“Full fathom five thy father lies”).
>
>
> > On Dec 7, 2018, at 1:56 PM, Andy Bach <afbach at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > *A Times investigation* found that a Louisiana school previously
> celebrated
> > for getting underprivileged black students into top colleges falsified
> > transcripts, invented student accomplishments and exploited the worst
> > stereotypes of black America
> > <
> http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=pMJKdIFVI6pghfX2HXfSzxRpdoyDWYNWuWr9t/FYfi7Pbcgy+RdIKQMy92vRGnAsnc59Sb4RPqeK5m3DMVZtkH8T/iZV7tK2yG31j3AJwpDFcS8Tr/jnxcDl0ngi4EHXhKw/L7u26I+xN1Z8juZ13Upti3q2ujunOnqxZl3YOy0=&campaign_id=57&instance_id=5823&segment_id=8223&user_id=a908a479818f024d9e05edf3ee8eded0&regi_id=5433534720181130
> >.
> >
> >
> > “I was just a small piece in a whole fathom of lies,” one former student
> > said.
> >
> >
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/tm-landry-college-prep-black-students.html?emc=edit_ne_20181130&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5433534720181130&te=1
> >
> > "Fabric of lies" maybe?
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