A man of many worlds: he spend his life creating a dictionary of how Americans really talk. And he made it only to O
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Linguist Frederic Cassidy, born in 1907, attempted to compile a reference book of local idiom throughout his career. The efforts were long, but he was not able to complete the book before his death in 2000. He was a professor in the English department at the University of Wisconsin.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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Human shield, running home: I went all the way to Baghdad, hoping to help, but in the end I was too scared to stay
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A human shield, one of the coterie of international peace activists lodging at strategic sites in Iraq as a protest against the U.S.-led attack, relates his experiences and how he came to his painful decision to leave before the war started.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2003
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Bumfuzzled? A dictionary that can help you out
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Reporters turned to the 'Dictionary of American Regional English' to President Clinton's use of regional vernacular.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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