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Thursday, February 9, 2006 12:00 AM

Losing our leaders

A story on the toll of last week's obituaries.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Thursday, February 9, 2006 08:50 AM

    A Pet Peeve

    First of all, Rebecca, thank you for this post.

    Now, for the pet peeve--I wasn't sure where to post this, but I thought this should work. I read an obituary of Betty Friiedan that referred to

    I have to admit, I'm not all that fond of the word "seminal" in the first place--I think there's a subtle sexism there, that creativity is somehow inherently male. It seems even stranger when applied to a woman's work.

    Perhaps some day important, groundbreaking works will be referred to as "ovan" (or would it be "oval"?)

    —didjman Read didjman's other letters

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