Watching my language: adventures in the word trade

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Before you scratch that seven-year-itch, you might want to know where it came from. In Watching My Language, William Safire investigates these questions and many others, including: What language was Bill Clinton speaking when he fumed, "I want to put a fist halfway down their throats with this. . . .

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