"[P]erhaps the day is not far off when we will be informed of the demise of the last known defender of the King's English … My fine local newspaper, which once published a headline that said `One Legged Man Drowns Proving He Can Swim,' recently paid a doubtful tribute to a distinguished citizen by claiming in the over-arching headline that he was `notorious.'"
- Earl Smith, retired dean of Colby College, in an op-ed headlined "Swimming against the tide of poor grammar," in the Morning Sentinel, April 14, 2008, page A5
"Patrick Stewart, a former starship captain, returns to Earth and does good on Broadway"
- headline on an Associated Press story about the positive reviews Stewart has received for his portrayal of the title role in "Macbeth," in the Morning Sentinel, April 14, 2008, page C6
- Filed April 14, 2008Al Diamon can be e-mailed at
aldiamon@herniahill.net .
