Word: copydesk
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America lacks a language dictator like the Académie Française, whose 40 members, known as immortels, determined that the commonly used e-mail may not be accepted into the French language while un hamburger may. The closest thing here may be the copydesk of the New York Times, a stickler for protocol; yet it too is uncertain of its semiotic bearings. When the Obamas called on the Bushes after the election, the newspaper reported that "Mrs. Bush" greeted the Obamas and "Ms. Bush wore a brown suit." During the campaign, Hillary Clinton was two women in a single sentence...