The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More Passing the buck March 11, 2010, 6:10 am Q: What is the origin of "pass the buck" and Harry Truman's riff on it, "the buck stops here"? A: This buck-passing and buck-stopping business can be traced back to the poker tables of the 19th century.
Regret the Error Apology March 11, 2010, 6:00 am ON JUNE 28, 2006, The Advertiser published an article in which it was asserted Trish Draper had attended a meeting with Channel Ten executives in Canberra and threatened and pressured Channel Ten to drop Big Brother – Adults Only or their case for media law changes would be damaged by the [.
Regret the Error A pseudo-apology from the Sun (U.K.) March 11, 2010, 6:00 am THE SUN today unreservedly apologises to Nicklas Bendtner after his stunning treble sent the Gunners storming into the Champions League quarter-finals. Yesterday we may have inadvertently given the impression that Bendtner could not hit a cow’s Arsenal with a banjo.
CJR Audit Notes: FT "News," Overdrafts Over at BofA, No Marketwatchdog March 10, 2010, 8:31 pm By Ryan Chittum There they go again. The Financial Times has a scoop so big it thought it decided we media types couldn't wait to read it in the paper or online—we needed a flash email. So what's the "exclusive" headline? Pandit sees revival of Citi's fortunes You mean Vikram Pandit, Citi CEO, sees a revival of his company's fortunes? Stop.
CJR Cranston Attorney Now a Journal Star March 10, 2010, 1:30 pm By Ryan Chittum It's probably a bad sign if you're a Rhode Island lawyer who's the subject of two page-one Wall Street Journal articles in three weeks. And so it is here. The paper got a two-fer on Joseph Caramadre, who makes money taking advantage of loopholes with dying people.
CJR Times Peeks Inside CFPA Dealmaking March 10, 2010, 8:46 am By Ryan Chittum The New York Times has a great scoop on the making of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency bill sausage. No surprise: It's indigestion-inducing. The paper reports that Senator Bob Corker, the Republican who's proposing to neuter the agency by sticking it inside the Federal Reserve, is also doing a huge favor to his home-state cronies in the.
The Grammarphobia Blog: Grammar, Usage, Etymology, and More Hic transit gloria March 10, 2010, 6:10 am Q: Why did "hiccup" become "hiccough" even though the two words are pronounced the same? A: When the word first appeared in English in the 16th century, it was written every which way—"hicket," "hickot," "hickop," "hikup," and so on—all onomatopoeic spellings of the sound itself.