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A man of many worlds: he spend his life creating a dictionary of how Americans really talk. And he made it only to O

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Linguist Frederic Cassidy, born in 1907, attempted to compile a reference book of local idiom throughout his career. The efforts were long, but he was not able to complete the book before his death in 2000. He was a professor in the English department at the University of Wisconsin.

Author: Moore, Lorrie
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
Obituary, Linguists, Cassidy, Frederic

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Human shield, running home: I went all the way to Baghdad, hoping to help, but in the end I was too scared to stay

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A human shield, one of the coterie of international peace activists lodging at strategic sites in Iraq as a protest against the U.S.-led attack, relates his experiences and how he came to his painful decision to leave before the war started.

Author: Meynell, Godfrey
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2003
United Kingdom, Iraq, Psychological aspects, Personal narratives, International aspects, Demonstrations and protests, Peace movements, Strategic aspects, Pacifists, Peace activists, Iraq War, 2003-

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Bumfuzzled? A dictionary that can help you out

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Reporters turned to the 'Dictionary of American Regional English' to President Clinton's use of regional vernacular.

Author: Cassidy, Frederic G., Hall, Joan Houston
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Analysis, Usage, Language and languages, Vocabulary, Dictionary of American Regional English (Book)

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