Date:  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 13:15:47 -0400
From:  Elizabeth Gibbens <gibbens[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NYTIMES.COM>
Subject: Re: Email Address Needed

Dear Jesse,

    I am sure you have seen my query to the ADS list about "privilege."
Mr. Safire would appreciate your insights in particular. In addition, could
you comment on the term "presentism"? According to the _OED_, it has been
around since the 1970's. It means "seeing the past through the glass of the
present," and I believe, although I don't yet have an answer, that it is
used by new-historicist critics.

    If you would like to reply, please do so by tomorrow morning. Mr.
Safire is on deadline. Thanks.

                    Elizabeth Gibbens


At 11:50 AM 7/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>     Does anyone have the e-mail address of Evan Morris? I have to ask
>> her a question about William and Mary Morris' _Dictionary of Word and Phrase
>> Origins_. Thanks--
>
>His preferred address is:
>
>words1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]word-detective.com
>
>Best,
>
>Jesse Sheidlower
><jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]panix.com>
>
>
Elizabeth Gibbens
Researcher
William Safire's "On Language"
The New York Times