[Ads-l] dime-store novel
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jan 14 13:16:55 UTC 2019
I mentioned this rationalization of "dime novel" back in 2005 and again in
2007. I heard it more than once from a student in 1992.
Joshua Green, CNN Political Analyst, has just characterized the current WH
intrigue as "something in a dime-store novel."
With the eclipse of dime-stores, however, the idea will have to be
rationalized again.
JL
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