Date:  Mon, 18 Apr 1994 11:03:30 -0500

From:  Joan Livingston-Webber <webber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CWIS.UNOMAHA.EDU>

Subject: stalking horse



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?

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

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

                        -Clifford Geertz