Date:    Tue, 3 Mar 1998 01:35:06 EST
<br>From:    Bapopik  Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM 
<br>Subject: Re: Mellon Grant
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<br>First, I'd type in "slang" and "etymology" and "jargon" and "dialect."  Not
<br>only do you get these articles, but you get relevant parts of otherwise
<br>unrelated articles.  Only with a computer can you get that sentence or
<br>paragraph that really matters.
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<br>I looked over the JSTOR journals, and they're somewhat dull.  "Sooner" and
<br>"Boomer" should be in a "history" periodical, and I'm interested in that.  As
<br>you know, I'm doing business words, and there are tons to look up, from "P/E
<br>ratio" to "right to work" to "closed shop" to "depression mentality" to "dead-
<br>cat bounce" to "Wobblies" to "walks like a duck."  For the political journals,
<br>I'd get SAFIRE'S NEW POLITICAL DICTIONARY and re-check every entry.
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<br>I've decided to go through the entire WALL STREET JOURNAL.  Is there any plan
<br>to computerize the back issues of that as well?  (It'll probably happen after
<br>I spend a year on it.)
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<br>--Barry Popik
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