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The Lower case

Headlines editors probably wish they could take back

November 10, 2016
 

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In this week’s Lower Case…

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The New York Times, 5/3/76

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Alamogordo (N.M.) Daily News 8/13/75

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SBA News (Youngstown, Ohio) Fall 1975

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Chicago Sun-Times 5/23/79

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