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To change the topic back to language: it was jarring to hear a Denver
newspaper reporter, interviewed on NPR this morning, describe the Colorado
mass murderer as "the gentleman who did this." For the reporter and likely
for some Americans as well, the word "gentleman" has broadened from its
original meaning to denote simply a male person, with apparently neutral
connotation.

Dick

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