The court used the case to draw a clear legal distinction between obscene speech, which is punishable, and vulgar or abusive speech.  | India News ...

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The phrase was first used back in 1828.

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Hans Aarsleff, a professor of English and renowned scholar of the history of the study of language, died July 1. He was 100.

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