Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 07:55:01 -700

From: Keith Russell wkr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]US.DYNIX.COM

Subject: Re: stalking horse



On Mon, 18 Apr 1994, Joan Livingston-Webber wrote:



My chair used the phrase "stalking horse" today--which I'd never

heard before. It's in American Heritage, but seems like something

that would have regional variation. (Or am I just trying to

cover my ignorance?) Ideas?

--

Joan Livingston-Webber webber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]unomaha.edu

"What gets better is the precision with which we vex each other."

-Clifford Geertz



Guess I'm ignorant as well. I have never heard the phrase.



It's in Merriam Webster's Collegiate as well....



How did your chair use the expression?



Keith Russell

wkr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]us.dynix.com