Date:  Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:00:09 +0000
From:  "E.W. Gilman" <egilman[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WEBSTER.M-W.COM>
Subject: common sense

The questioned phraseology of the definition using the word _men_ was
written in the 1950s when people understood that _man_ had more than
one meaning. Dictionary editors generally have enough problems to cope
with in the revision of succeeding editions that attending to the
desires of the blinkered outlook of the determinedly PC-minded can be
overlooked. If the challenger of this wording would care to look
into the 10th edition of the Collegiate, he/she will discover that
the wording has now been amended.