Misuse of words sparks reader column protest and debate
Readers push back on foreign terms and misnomers revealing how language errors cross classes. The exchange touches Kane's retirement, editors, and a New Republic article on Reagan era elites, with letters from Belle Plaine and local readers about du jour au jus and tuna sandwich usage.
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Palestinians in Ramallah assume control of the troubled West Bank school system in a first step toward broader self rule. The move follows an Israel signed transfer amid Cairo talks on health culture welfare and taxation. The plan faces funding gaps student crowding decayed facilities and a seven year uprising’s disruption.
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