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...Burchfield, the O.E.D.'s chief editor, replies, in effect, "balderdash." He told the Philological Society that "we are concerned with the accurate recording of language, not what people think it should be." Burchfield's chief concession to his lexicographical critics has been to include in the supplement's definition of Jew a historical note explaining how Jews became known as moneylenders in England during the Middle Ages.* If by chance Shloimovitz does win his case, the O.E.D. will undoubtedly have other aggrieved readers in the courtroom. Among them might be thousands of irate Yorkshiremen. "Yorkshire," says...
...families come primarily from the Brookline area, although White said that black and Spanish-speaking families from Boston will supplement the program...
Pediatricians and psychologists will administer extensive health and education examinations, intended to supplement the work of the family physicians
...program will be used to supplement the present counselling facilities of the OGCP, Robert J. Ginn Jr., assistant director of the OGCP, said yesterday...
South African official policy "assumes that South Africa will continue to rely for an indefinite period on a net inflow of foreign exchange to supplement local sources of finance," said a report by the Investor Responsibility Research Center, (IRRG), a factfinding organization Harvard joined other universities and foundations in setting up last Fall. American investment, about 15 per cent of total foreign investment in the country, was close to $1 billion...