Date:    Tue, 5 May 1998 10:39:16 -0500
<br>From:    Gerald Cohen <gcohen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UMR.EDU>
<br>Subject: "pulkes"?
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<br>    A  Wall Street Journal article, May 4, 1998, p.A23  ("A Winning
<br>Strategy for Lewinsky, Starr and the Nation") contains "pulkes";  is this a
<br>misunderstanding of the Yiddish word "toches" (rear-end)?.
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<br>   The context is: "...counsel can represent Ms. Lewinsky only if he knows
<br>the full truth.  This is no time to be avuncular;  given that Mr. Ginsburg
<br>kissed baby Monica's 'little pulkes,' he may have been unwillng or unable
<br>to do what was necessary to wring a complete and accurate account of events
<br>from her." ---[G. Cohen: 'pulkes' is italicized.]
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<br>---Gerald Cohen
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<br>gcohen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]umr.edu
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