Date:  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 10:09:28 -0500
From:  mmcdaniel <mmcdaniel_at_interval-miami[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]INTERVAL-INTL.COM>
Subject: Re: ADS-L Digest - 23 Oct 1997 to 24 Oct 1997

   <<Can someone enlighten me about when the expression "sea change" came into
   our language? It's a common buzzword in corporate writing...a sea change in
   management, etc.

   It's an allusion to Shakespeare's Tempest: "Full fathom five thy
   father lies;/Of his bones are coral made:/Those are pearls that
   were his eyes:/Nothing of him that doth fade,/But doth suffer a
   sea-change/Into something rich and strange." (I.ii)

   Here it means 'a change brought about by the sea', but it's
   now used to mean 'any major transformation'. >>

   OK, somebody enlighten me: How does corporate America pickup (and
   latch onto) Shakespearean terms?