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