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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!skule.ecf!pelton
  3. From: pelton@ecf.toronto.edu (PELTON MATTHEW ALAN)
  4. Subject: Re: Is there an actor
  5. Message-ID: <C1C0z0.1tu@ecf.toronto.edu>
  6. Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
  7. References: <1993Jan15.111356.25678@rose.com> <EMCOOP.93Jan22112609@bcars148.bnr.ca>
  8. Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:20:59 GMT
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  11.   Doesn't anybody think that the stage direction "beat" is related to the
  12. expression "he let a beat pass."  Folk etymology says it's related to the
  13. musical beat (unit of time).  The stage direction says to rest for one
  14. musical beat.
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