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- From: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
- Subject: Re: What does the Globe's one-liner mean?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.035326.18953@osf.org>
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:53:26 GMT
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- mgelman@cyclades.ma30.bull.com (Michael A. Gelman) writes:
- >
- >Can anyone tell me the purpose of the cryptic one-liner over the weather
- > on the front page of the Boston Globe? Today's was something about
- > "air gasp", I think. I don't understand any of them.
-
- (gentle reminder: make sure your outgoing news has line breaks; the above
- was one long line)
-
- The one-liner actually says "SLIP FROM AIR GASP". It often helps to read
- them out loud (air = our). The humidity will make you gasp, and slippery.
-
- Yesterday's was "RESIDENT STICKER". This airmass does seem to be here to
- stay...
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