Date:    Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:31:13 -0500
<br>From:    Fred Shapiro  fred.shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU 
<br>Subject: Slimed
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<br>Karen Lubell asked about the political usage of _slimed_.  The earliest
<br>occurrence yielded by a Westlaw search is an op-ed piece by David Nyhan in
<br>the Boston Globe, Dec. 3, 1987.  Nyhan wrote, "Ted Kennedy ... knows
<br>something about running for president, and even more about getting slimed
<br>by the press."
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<br>The second earliest occurrence I can find is in U.S. News & World Report,
<br>June 20, 1988:  "If [House Speaker Jim] Wright were a ghostbuster, he'd
<br>say he's been slimed.  But as the new sleaze pinup for the GOP, he can't
<br>say much of anything."
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