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  1. Baseball, Xenophobia, and Optimism

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    February 14, 2025 by libroshombre

                The Sage of Baltimore, H.L. Mencken, is largely forgotten these days, but as a magazine journalist writer, editor, and …
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    Category: American English, baseball, language, racism, reference books, word origins, words, xenophobia | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  2. Worries, Words, and Monikers

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    July 31, 2024 by libroshombre

                “Don’t worry about the horse being blind,” coach John Madden instructed, “just load the wagon.”  His point was to …
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    Category: health, libraries, memory, names, Newspapers, psychology, pubic libraries, publishing | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

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