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To: Jack Clarke who wrote (71)	1/2/1998 12:16:00 PM
From: Andy Dennie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4710

Athletes and hairdressers... I can appreciate the ambiguity in the athlete's part, and deep down, I know that she is really saying: "I will accept nothing less than [the accomplishment of my goal, which is to finish with no more than] a time of 1 minute, 12 seconds." However, the proximity of the "less than" to the quantity in question exerts a force in my brain that pulls in the opposite direction of the intended meaning, and in this case, overpowered it. Still, I can't seem to wrangle the hairdresser's statement the same way and let her off the hook. "We ask the customers wash their hair at least [???] 8 hours before their appointment". Also, I'll grant you that "stadiums" has crossed into the realm of acceptability, but I still hear "stadia" often enough that my brain feels comfortable with it.