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<br>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 &quot;the gentleman who did this.&quot; For the reporter and likely for some Americans as well, the word &quot;gentleman&quot; has broadened from its original meaning to denote simply a male person, with apparently neutral connotation.<br>
<br>Dick<br>
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